| 06th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
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| 20110032419 | PICTURE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PICTURE PROCESSING METHOD - An interpolation frame producing method when a frame rate converting operation is carried out, the method comprising a motion vector detecting step for detecting a motion vector of a picture; a frame rate calculating step for calculating a frame rate based upon the detected motion vector; and an interpolation frame producing step for producing an interpolation frame based upon the calculated frame rate; in which in the frame rate calculating step, a movement feature amount of a picture is calculated from the motion vector detected in the motion vector detecting step; and the frame rate is calculated in such a manner that a frame rate of a picture, the movement feature amount of which exceeds a predetermined threshold value, becomes lower than a frame rate of a picture, the movement feature amount of which is smaller than, or equal to the predetermined threshold value. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032420 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA APPLICATION OF DIGITAL BROADCASTING - A method for providing a data application of a digital broadcasting is disclosed. In accordance with the present subject matter, a time necessary for receiving and executing the data application and a limit in a number of or a size of the data application are minimized and a personalized data application can be provided based on a receiver identification information or a viewer identification information. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032421 | TIMING CONTROLLER, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND RESET SIGNAL OUTPUT METHOD - To provide a timing controller and the like, which can display an image properly regardless of the scanning direction even when an image display device is formed by using signal-line driving ICs having residual output terminals that are not connected to the signal lines. The timing controller includes: a reset signal storage section which stores a plurality of reset signals including a normal reset signal and a specific reset signal; a reset signal setting section which sets one of the plurality of reset signals stored in the reset signal storage section for each of the plurality of ports in accordance with a signal from the outside; and a reset signal synthesizing section which synthesizes the reset signals set by the reset signal setting section and the video data, and simultaneously outputs acquired data to the plurality of ports, respectively. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032422 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a video processing system which divides HD-size image data into a plurality pieces of sub-image data and performs image processing for upconversion to 4K×2K image data, four image processors synchronous with an HD signal each process a corresponding one of the four pieces of sub-image data. In this case, the image processors process the four pieces of sub-image regions while causing the four pieces of sub-image regions to overlap at their division boundaries, and particularly process the overlapping regions during respective blanking periods. After the image processing of the image processors, the overlapping data is removed. Thereafter, the pieces of image data of the four sub-regions are combined. Therefore, the division boundaries of the pieces of sub-images can be processed without a degradation in image quality. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032423 | ADAPTIVE USER PROFILING FOR TV-CENTRIC HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A TV seamlessly connects to and controls home automation equipment such as lighting, audio/video control, climate control, etc. The TV provides users with a friendly UI to control the equipment, and furthermore the TV adapts to observed user behavior to automatically establish and change settings based thereon. In addition, based on the content watched (or mode selection) on the TV, the settings of surrounding lighting, temperature and other controlled appliance would be changed by the TV. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPHICALLY ANNOTATING DISPLAYS PRODUCED IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER - Systems, devices and methods provide for graphically annotating television images received and presented by a set top box (STB) or other television receiver. A pallette of available illustration tools is presented on the display in conjunction with the television image to be annotated, and the viewer is able to use the various illustration tools to make annotations, captions, edits or other changes to the displayed image. Viewer inputs may be provided via a touchpad, directional pad or other device capable of providing two-dimensional inputs. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032425 | Electronic device - An electronic device includes a response-request transmitting unit and a response receiving unit. The response-request transmitting unit transmits a response request including an identifier of the response-request transmitting unit on a second network to an external device through a first net work. The response receiving unit that receives a response including an identifier of the external device on the first network, transmitted through the second network in response to the response request. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032426 | VIDEO STANDARD DETECTOR AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A video standard detector and operation method thereof are provided. The video standard detector includes a low pass filter (LPF) unit and a standard detector unit. The LPF filters a baseband signal. The feature detector detects vertical synchronization information of the baseband signal and horizontal synchronization information of the baseband signal using the output of the LPF, and determines the video standard corresponding to the baseband signal according to the vertical synchronization information and the horizontal synchronization information. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HALFTONE VIDEO USING A FIXED THRESHOLD - A system and method for processing video data are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes generating halftone data for a first video frame and generating halftone data for a second video frame. The method further includes, to reduce at least one visual artifact, selectively copying the halftone data for the first video frame into the halftone data for the second video frame, the selective copying being based upon a comparison between a predetermined fixed threshold and the difference in the human visual system model-based perceptual error of the originally generated halftone data for the second video frame and the human visual system model-based perceptual error of the halftone data for the second video frame after the copying is done. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032428 | VIDEO TRAFFIC SMOOTHING - Video traffic smoothing may be provided. A video stream may be divided into segments for transmission. For each segment, a desired transmission rate and a range of possible transmission rates may be established. The desired transmission rate may be evaluated to determine whether the rate may result in an overflow and/or a starvation of a memory buffer associated with a receiver. The transmission rate and/or the segment size may be varied to avoid these scenarios. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032429 | Video transmission using video quality metrics - Video traffic transmission using video quality metrics may be provided. A video stream comprising a plurality of frames may be received. For each frame, a determination may be made whether or not to drop the frame rather than saving and/or transmitting it to an end user, thereby conserving network bandwidth. This determination may be made on the basis of a threshold metric, such as a size ratio between frames, an average frame size, an average quality metric. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032430 | DYNAMIC COMPENSATION OF DISPLAY BACKLIGHT BY ADAPTIVELY ADJUSTING A SCALING FACTOR BASED ON MOTION - A video adjustment system for processing video information is disclosed which includes a motion analyzer and an adjustment module. The motion analyzer determines a motion level metric of the video information based on at least one motion parameter. The adjustment adjusts an initial dynamic light scaling factor to provide an adjusted dynamic light scaling factor based on the motion level. The dynamic light scaling factor may be used for luminance compensation and backlight display scaling. The motion level may be based on any type of motion information, such as motion vector information or information indicating a scene change. A distortion module may perform a distortion evaluation of the video information for calculating the initial scaling factor. Alternatively, the distortion module may include a memory which stores predetermined scaling factors based on statistical distortion level characterization. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032431 | FRAME INTERPOLATING DEVICE AND FRAME INTERPOLATING METHOD - A frame interpolating device includes: a motion vector matching module configured to perform block matching processing to output a plurality of block matching result for respective blocks in an interpolation frame generated by frame interpolating processing using a past frame and a current frame of an input video signal; a detection vector determining module configured to detect a combination of most similar image blocks in the past frame and the current frame from the block matching results and to employ the motion vector as a detection vector; a referenceability determining module configured to determine referenceability of the detection vector of a reference area; a final vector determining module configured to employ the detection vector as a motion vector of the screen edge area; and a frame interpolating module configured to perform frame interpolation processing using the employed detection vector of the reference area. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032432 | DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, MEDIUM FOR RECORDING THE METHOD, AND DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a digital image signal processing method, a recording medium for recording the method, and a digital image signal processing apparatus, in which a storage area of a memory may be efficiently used and an image desired by a user can be stored even when the storage area of the memory is insufficient. According to the present invention, a scene of an image may be recognized and a resolution and an image quality may be modified according to the recognized scene, thereby efficiently using the storage area of the memory. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032433 | CONNECTION STATE DISPLAY CONTROLLER, CONTENT PROCESSOR, CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONNECTION STATE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, ITS PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE PROGRAM - In a display device of an AV system, when first to seventh video sound output devices are connected to first to fourth input terminals via the AV receiver and an HDDVD recorder, the display device instructs a display section to display connection information including to-be-displayed device information for the first to seventh video sound output devices including a stored content transmitting function and the HDDVD recorder and not including to-be-displayed device information for the AV receiver having no stored content transmitting function. Accordingly, even when a number of devices only having a repeater function are connected between the display device and a device having a stored content transmitting function, to-be-displayed device information only for a device having a stored content transmitting function can be displayed and a user can easily specify the device having the stored content transmitting function. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032434 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device of the present invention includes a light source | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032435 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - The liquid crystal display device includes an island-shaped first semiconductor film | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032436 | THREE-PLATE TYPE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR USING PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus comprises a reflective LC display device and a polarizing beam splitter having a polarizing separative plane and wired grids. The LC molecules of the device are aligned such that i) a segment on a second subtracted, produced by projecting a major axis of each LC molecule perpendicularly onto the second substrate, makes an angle of 42 to 48 degrees counterclockwise or counterclockwise in relation to a direction of a straight line on the second substrate, formed by projecting each wire grid perpendicularly onto the second substrate and ii) of both ends of the segment, one end meeting an end of each LC molecule, which is positioned nearer to the second substrate than the other end, is positioned nearer to an intersection at which a plane including the polarizing separative plane and a plane including the second substrate mutually intersects, than the other end of the segment. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032437 | VIDEO IMAGE EVALUATION EQUIPMENT - A video image evaluation equipment of the present invention is capable of converting circularly-polarized light emitted from a circularly polarizing light source into linearly-polarized light so as to transmit an absorption-type linear polarizer by a wavelength plate to be incident on a liquid crystal panel. This makes it possible to enter and reflect light emitted from the circularly polarizing light source on the liquid crystal panel without loss, which leads to display brighter video images than conventional ones. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032438 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS PANEL - A liquid crystal lens panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a light-blocking member. The first substrate includes a plurality of individual electrodes. The individual electrode receives a voltage to have a light path length distribution of a Fresnel lens shape. The second substrate includes a common electrode opposition the individual electrodes. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second substrates. The light-blocking member is disposed on an area in correspondence with the individual electrode in which a voltage discontinuously varied is applied thereto. Thus, a liquid crystal lens panel of a Fresnel lens type is realized to decrease a liquid crystal cell gap, so that a process efficiency of the liquid crystal lens panel may be enhanced and a manufacturing cost of the liquid crystal lens panel may be reduced. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032439 | Stereoscopic flat panel display with updated blanking intervals - This disclosure describes stereoscopic flat panel display systems based on the polarization encoding of sequentially displayed left and right eye images. The systems comprise line-by-line addressed liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, illuminating back light units and polarization control panels (PCPs). Right and left eye images are written sequentially onto the LCD whose polarization is controlled by a substantially synchronously driven PCP. The backlight may be continuously illuminated, or modulated temporally, spatially or both, as can the PCP. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032440 | Stereoscopic flat panel display with scrolling backlight and synchronized liquid crystal display update - This disclosure describes stereoscopic flat panel display systems based on the polarization encoding of sequentially displayed left and right eye images. The systems comprise line-by-line addressed liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, illuminating back light units and polarization control panels (PCPs). Right and left eye images are written sequentially onto the LCD whose polarization is controlled by a substantially synchronously driven PCP. The backlight may be continuously illuminated, or modulated temporally, spatially or both, as can the PCP. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032441 | Segmented polarization control panel - This disclosure describes stereoscopic flat panel display systems based on the polarization encoding of sequentially displayed left and right eye images. The systems comprise line-by-line addressed liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, illuminating back light units and polarization control panels (PCPs). Right and left eye images are written sequentially onto the LCD whose polarization is controlled by a substantially synchronously driven PCP. The backlight may be continuously illuminated, or modulated temporally, spatially or both, as can the PCP. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032442 | Method For Manufacturing A Display Panel And A Display Panel Provided With Repairable Elements - A display panel is described that includes a picture element controllable by an active matrix drive comprising at least one structural element (a), wherein the at least one structural element (a) comprises a plurality of sub-units (b | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032443 | SENSING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A sensing circuit includes a sensor array, a first controller and a second controller. The sensor array is charged by a sensing signal corresponding to an external light in response to a driving signal during a first time period and discharged in response to a switching signal during a second time period. The first controller provides the driving signal to the sensor array. The second controller provides the switching signal to the sensor array. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032444 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An object is to improve reliability of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device including a driver circuit portion and a display portion (also referred to as a pixel portion) over the same substrate is provided. The driver circuit portion and the display portion include thin film transistors in which a semiconductor layer includes an oxide semiconductor; a first wiring; and a second wiring. The thin film transistors each include a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer. In the thin film transistor in the driver circuit portion, the semiconductor layer is sandwiched between a gate electrode layer and a conductive layer. The first wiring and the second wiring are electrically connected to each other in an opening provided in a gate insulating film through an oxide conductive layer. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032445 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is disclosed. A gate wiring pattern is formed on an insulating substrate. A gate insulating layer is formed on the gate wiring pattern. A semiconductor pattern is formed on the gate insulating layer. A transparent conductive layer is formed on the gate insulating layer. The transparent conductive layer is patterned to form a pixel electrode. An opening is formed at a circumference of the pixel electrode. The opening minimizes misalignment during the manufacturing process and prevents shorts between a data line and the pixel electrode. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032446 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first gate line and a second gate line on a first substrate; a first data line and a second data line crossing the first and second gate lines to define a pixel region; a first thin film transistor connected to the first gate line and the first data line; a second thin film transistor connected to the first gate line and the second data line; a first pixel electrode in the pixel region and connected to the first thin film transistor; a second pixel electrode in the pixel region, connected to the second thin film transistor and including at least one opening therein; a common electrode on a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032447 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit adapted to prevent light leakage and damage of its internal components due to a thermal deformation is disclosed. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032448 | COMPUTER HAVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel having a display area, a light source joined with the liquid crystal panel, a first frame coupled to a surface of the light unit and sides of the liquid crystal panel, a second frame coupled to edges of the liquid crystal panel and sides of the first support frame, an outer casing, and a fastening part joining together the first support frame, the second support frame, and the outer casing through the sides of the first support frame, the second support frame, and the outer casing. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032449 | PERFORATED BACKLIGHT - A backlight includes a lower light guide having a specularly reflecting bottom surface and an opposing specularly reflecting perforated mirror film having a plurality of light transmission apertures. The specularly reflecting perforated mirror film has a polymeric multilayer structure, where non-perforated areas of the specularly reflecting perforated mirror film have a light reflectance value of 98% or greater and the specularly reflecting bottom surface has a light reflectance value of 98% or greater. A light collimating injector directs input light into the lower light guide. The light propagating generally parallel to the specularly reflecting perforated mirror film along a horizontal plane. The light collimating injector provides input rays into a vertical plane, the vertical plane being orthogonal to the horizontal plane, and forming an angle having an absolute value of 30 degrees or less with an intersection of the vertical and horizontal planes. An upper light cavity is disposed on the lower light guide. The upper light cavity has a light emission surface and a light input surface. The light input surface is at least partially defined by the specularly reflecting perforated mirror film. The upper light cavity has a thickness defined by the light emission surface and the light input surface. The thickness is equal to or greater than a distance between adjacent light transmission apertures. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032450 | LED LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an LED light source having improved luminance characteristics. The LED light source device ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032451 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device which can effectively suppress the occurrence of brightness irregularities without using additional members or complicated formed parts in miniaturizing the liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight which illuminates the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the backlight includes a light guide plate, a plurality of light emitting diodes which are arranged on a side portion of the light guide plate, and an optical sheet member (a diffusion sheet, a prism sheet) which is arranged between the light guide plate and the liquid crystal display panel and has a light diffusion property or a light condensing property, and a cutaway portion is formed on a side of the optical sheet member in the vicinity of the light emitting diodes. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032452 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032453 | DIFFUSION SHEET AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A diffusion sheet adapted to minimize brightness difference between lights progressing in its oblique directions is discussed. The diffusion sheet according to an embodiment includes: a base film; a first diffusion material layer formed on an upper surface of the base film and configured to have a haze range of about 10˜40%; and a second diffusion material layer formed on a lower surface of the base film. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032454 | MULTIPLE-PANEL LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A LCD unit ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032455 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS, POLARIZERS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS COMPRISING THE SAME - The invention relates to pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions which comprise (A) base resin, (B) the first multifunctional compound and (C) the second multifunctional compound that can react with the first multifunctional compound and realizes an interpenetrating network structure in the cured state, and relates to polarizers and liquid crystal displays comprising the same. The invention shows excellent durability under high temperature and/or high humidity condition and good properties such as machinability, removability and workability. The invention can provide the adhesive compositions efficiently suppressing light leakage generated in the liquid crystal displays. In particular, the adhesive compositions of the invention prevent light leakage even when being used in large display devices of 20 inches or more. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032456 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To improve the mechanical strength of a display panel configuring a display device, and provide a display device with an increased impact strength. A display device has a color filter or a thin film transistor formed on a glass substrate, and a polarizing plate attached to the glass substrate with an adhesive, wherein a resin film having no viscosity or adhesion is disposed on the polarizing plate side surface of the glass substrate. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032457 | DISPLAY PANEL, COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel includes; a substrate, and a light blocking structure surrounding an ink filling region on the substrate, the light blocking structure including; a first layer pattern having an ink affinity characteristic disposed on the substrate, and a second layer pattern positioned on the first layer pattern and including an organic material having a light blocking characteristic. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032458 | REFLECTIVE TYPE COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THIS - A liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer between the pair of substrates. In addition, the device includes a plurality of dots capable of independently applying voltage to the liquid crystal layer, each dot having a dot area that includes a first section and a second section. A color filter is arranged in the first section of at least one of the dots. A substantially transparent area is arranged in the at least one of the dots in the second section where the color filter is not arranged. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032459 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the display includes i) a lower substrate comprising a lower transmissive region and a lower reflective region, wherein a reflecting layer is formed in the lower reflective region, and wherein the reflective layer has a lens shape which comprises a first concave portion and a first convex portion, ii) an upper substrate comprising an upper transmissive region and an upper reflective region, wherein a first overcoat layer is formed in the upper reflective region, and wherein the first overcoat layer has a lens shape which comprises a second concave portion and a second convex portion and iii) a liquid crystal layer positioned between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032460 | IN-PLANE SWITCHING MODE TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An in-plane switching mode transflective liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates; a gate line and a data line on an inner surface of the first substrate, the gate line and the data line crossing each other to define a pixel region; a common line parallel to the gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines; a first passivation layer over the thin film transistor; a reflecting layer over the first passivation layer; a second passivation layer over the reflecting layer; a pixel electrode over the second passivation layer; a third passivation layer over the pixel electrode; a common electrode over the third passivation layer, the common electrode connected to the common line, the common electrode including a plurality of first openings along a first direction in the transmissive area and a plurality of second openings along a second direction different from the first direction in the reflective area; a color filter layer on an inner surface of the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrate. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032461 | VISIBLE-LIGHT BLOCKING MEMBER, INFRARED SENSOR INCLUDING THE VISIBLE-LIGHT BLOCKING MEMBER, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE INFRARED SENSOR - In a visible-light blocking member, an infrared sensor including the visible-light blocking member, and a liquid crystal display including the infrared sensor, a visible-light blocking member is a structure including amorphous germanium or a compound of amorphous germanium and has higher transmittance for a wavelength of an infrared ray region than for a wavelength of a visible light region. Accordingly, sensitivity to infrared rays may be increased by applying the visible-light blocking member to the infrared sensor. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032462 | Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus Containing Image Sensor and Process for Producing the Same - A liquid crystal display apparatus containing an image sensor, which comprises a liquid crystal display part comprising an active matrix circuit, a peripheral driver circuit for driving the active matrix circuit, and a sensor part, integrated on one substrate, wherein the sensor part is sealed and protected with a sealing part and a counter substrate. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032463 | BI-AXIAL RETARDATION COMPENSATION FILM AND VERTICALLY ALIGNED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a vertically aligned LCD (VA-LCD) employing a bi-axial retardation compensation film, in which an in-plain refractive index (n | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032464 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal layer includes a first sub-region and a second sub-region having different alignment azimuth angles of the liquid crystal molecules, the liquid crystal molecules of the first sub-region are aligned to have a first azimuth angle and a polar angle of less than 90° near the first substrate and are vertically aligned near the second substrate, and the liquid crystal molecules of the second sub-region are aligned to have a second azimuth angle and a polar angle of less than 90° near the second substrate and are vertically aligned near the first substrate. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032465 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A black matrix is disposed on a surface of a first base substrate having a switching element, a color filter is disposed on the switching element in a pixel area, a pixel electrode is disposed on the first base substrate having the color filter, and a first alignment layer is disposed on the pixel electrode to form a first substrate. A common electrode layer is disposed on a second base substrate, and a second alignment layer is disposed on the common electrode layer to form a second substrate. A liquid crystal composition including a reactive mesogen (RM) is interposed between opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates. The RM is cured to form a mesogen cured product on the first and second alignment layers. Accordingly, an RM having a planar structure increases curing speed, reduces, manufacturing time, and improves quality of the LCD panel. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032466 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel of a liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes first and second linear alignment control structures | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032467 | Copper alloy and liquid-crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device including, a pair of substrates, a gate electrode of a thin film transistor (TFT) formed on one of the substrates, and a wiring layer connected to the gate electrode or an electrode of the thin film transistor, wherein at least a part of the gate electrode or a part the wiring layer is formed by a layer structured by a pure copper layer and a Cu—Mn alloy layer including Mn, wherein a concentration of Mn in the Cu—Mn alloy layer is more than 0.1 and not more than 20 atomic percentage within a solubility limit of Mn in the copper, and wherein a boundary surface between the Cu—Mn alloy layer and said one of the substrate includes an oxide layer having a Mn oxide layer. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032468 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal composition is provided that satisfies at least one of the characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, a small viscosity, a large optical anisotropy, a large dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat, or is properly balanced regarding at least two characteristics. An AM device is provided that has a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth. The liquid crystal composition having a negative dielectric anisotropy contains a first component having especially negatively large dielectric, a second component having a large negative dielectric anisotropy and a low minimum temperature, a third component having a high maximum temperature or a small viscosity. The liquid crystal display device contains the liquid crystal composition. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032469 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - In a method of manufacturing a display device, a first liquid crystal and a second liquid crystal obtained by doping the first liquid crystal with a dopant are injected into first, second, and third rooms, so that liquid crystal layers having different amounts of the dopant are respectively formed in the first, second, and third rooms. Thus, a manufacturing process of the display device is simplified and a manufacturing process efficiency of the display device increases, thereby reducing a manufacturing cost. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032470 | Method for Manufacturing Liquid Crystal Display Panel - A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel is provided. The method includes: providing a first substrate and a second substrate; providing a plurality of liquid crystal drops on the first substrate, wherein two adjacent liquid crystal drops in X direction is kept by a distance d | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032471 | REPLACEABLE-LENS EYEWEAR AND KIT - Eyewear having replaceable lenses, with an illustrative embodiment including a frame, two temples, temple-connecting members extending outwardly from opposing ends of the frame and affixing the temples to the frame; a nose bridge; bridge-connecting members extending outwardly from two points centrally located on the frame and affixing the nose bridge to the frame; nose pads; and a plurality of interchangeable lenses. The lenses, which may be sunglass lenses, are composed of somewhat pliable material and have a perimeter defining at least two collinear recesses, with the recesses capable of selectively and releasably coupling with the temple-connecting members and the nose bridge-connecting members, thus securing the lenses to the frame. A case with a padded interior and fitted storage recesses is used to protect eyewear and lenses not in use. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032472 | EYEGLASSES - The pair of eyeglasses includes at least a lens, at least a frame, at least a pair of catching elements and at least a pair of temples. The lens is provided with at least a pair of extension portions respectively disposed in the left and right opposite ends, and each extension portion is provided with at least a pair of fixing pillars. The frame is provided with at least an upper groove in the upper elongated rim, at least a lower groove in the nose portion and at least a pair of inlaid blocks respectively disposed on the left and right opposite ends, One end of each catching element is coupled to each extension portion of the lens for each pair of fixing pillars in each extension portion to be caught in, and an opposite end is connected with one end of each temple, so as for the assembly of the lens, frame and temples to be completed in a simpler and fast way. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032473 | STABLE-POSITION SPECTACLE HINGE - A spectacle hinge is disclosed of the type including a male component and a female component, mutually coupled according to a hinge axis, as well as an elastic element fastened to the female component and elastically compressed against an eyelet of the male component, the eyelet having abutting sectors parallel to the hinge axis against which the elastic element is intended to arrange itself elastically. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032474 | LENS HAVING AN OPTICALLY CONTROLLED PERIPHERAL PORTION AND A METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING THE LENS - A contact lens or phakic IOC lens is provided with a peripheral portion that has a power profile that provides optical control of peripheral vision images. Typically, the central portion of the lens is also provided with optical control. The power profile of the lens at the boundary of the central and peripheral portions meets certain boundary conditions that ensure that the lens provides a desired or selected vision correction. Because the peripheral portion of the lens provides optical control that defocuses the peripheral vision image relative to the retina, the lens can be used to prevent or inhibit growth of the eye, thereby preventing or inhibiting myopia or the effects of myopia. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032475 | POLARIZING LENS - An aspect of the present invention relates to a polarizing lens comprising a polarizing layer on a substrate, wherein the polarizing layer comprises polarization axes that are at least partly in the form of a closed curve. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032476 | Adjustable Spectral Transmittance Curved Lens Eyewear - Embodiments of the present invention relate to curved eyewear having an electrically switchable spectral transmittance lens. The lens is curved in orientation, which aids in reducing eyelash contact while increasing a peripheral field of view for a wearer of the curved eyewear. The electrically switchable spectral transmittance lens, in an embodiment, includes a plurality of zones that may be switched in-phase or out-of-phase with each other depending on an activity being performed. Another embodiment utilizes a shatter-resistant material for constructing the lens. Further embodiments utilize a frame member that includes a curved channel for forming the curved orientation of the lens and for maintaining the lens in a desired position relative to a wearer. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032477 | Variable Prism Eyeglasses and Method of Making Same - The present invention is an eyeglass device that has manually variable prisms to correct Strabismus; that is, double vision. Variable prism glasses allow the doctor or patient to adjust the prism power to the minimum required at a particular time and no more. They also allow adjustment of the prisms so that they work the weak eye muscles. In time the weak muscles may become strong enough so that prism glasses are no longer needed. The present invention has numerous embodiments. The medical profession can treat Strabismus, also called Convergence Insufficiency (CI), both actively and passively. The active treatment provides the doctor with a varied range of therapeutic options. The doctor has the ability to change the treatment program as often as necessary without the interruption of ordering new glasses because the present invention changes to meet the needs of the patient. When the invention is used in a passive fashion, it allows the patient to manually adjust the prism strength without removing the eyeglasses. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032478 | UNIT FOR OBTAINING AND DISPLAYING FUNDUS IMAGE - A unit for obtaining and displaying fundus image is comprised of a memory that stores a plurality of fundus images wherein a positional relation between an optical axis of an eye ball to be examined and an optical axis of an objective is different, an image playback portion for producing a three-dimensional pseudo image by repeatedly displaying a plurality of fundus images on a display in order for a display time set on each fundus image, a CUP contour position designating means for designating a CUP contour position on the three-dimensional pseudo image, means for specifying the CUP contour position designated on the three dimensional pseudo image based upon a specific fundus image, and means for computing CUP contour based upon the specified CUP contour CD position and means for displaying the computed CUP contour. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032479 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Tomographic images of a plurality of planes at a disease site of a fundus are taken exactly within a short period of time, and the tomographic images are respectively displayed so that the positional relationship thereof becomes clear. A low coherent optical tomographic image sensing apparatus for imaging a fundus includes a sensing unit which takes tomographic images of a plurality of planes intersecting each other in time division, a display unit which displays the taken tomographic images at separate sites on the identical screen, and a position indication unit which displays, in each tomographic image, an intersection position of the each tomographic image and another tomographic image intersecting each other. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032480 | OPHTHALMOLOGICAL MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - An opthalmological measuring device for determining geometric structures in an eye includes an optical, triangulating measurement system for determining at least one geometric reference in the eye by triangulation, and an optical, interferometric measurement system for determining geometric detailed structures in the eye by optical interferometry. The measuring device is designed to position the geometric detailed structures determined by the interferometric measurement system on the basis of the at least one geometric reference in the eye determined by the triangulating measurement system. This firstly allows the interferometric measurement system to register geometric detailed structures in the eye with a high optical resolution and at places that are not visible to the triangulating measurement system, and secondly allows the positioning of said geometric detailed structures in the eye on the basis of geometric references that are determined by the triangulating measurement system without significant movement artifacts. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032481 | FUNDUS CAMERA - When a bright spot image A received by an imaging unit is extracted, in step S | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032482 | 3D AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY WITH TRUE DEPTH PERCEPTION - An autostereoscopic display provides true natural perception of 3D scenes by projecting depth-slice images of objects located at different distances, so during each video frame the scene is segmented into five or more different depths and then each displayed in succession with both the stereo disparity and apparent image distance proper for each depth. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032483 | MULTI-SEGMENT OPTICAL RETARDER FOR CREATING 3D IMAGES - A multi-segment optical retarder that can be used with or within a single projector for creating 3D images. The multi-segment optical retarder is coupled to an actuator used to effect some predetermined linear, rotary, or oscillating movement of the multi-segment optical retarder such that a fast axis orientation of each segment is substantially constant relative to itself over time and for a given area of incidence. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032484 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a vehicle mounted display device which can be easily attached to a vehicle and is removable. The projector can conveniently be plugged into the trailer light power source to give the device power to project an image onto a vehicle. The projector may be digital allowing the owner to choose an image from inside the vehicle. A magnetic or adhesive screen may be placed on the vehicle to allow the image to function properly and effectively on dark paint or other finishes that prevent a clean image. The apparatus comprises an adjustable mounting unit, an adjustable arm, and a projector which can all be adjusted to provide an efficient angle to project the image onto the vehicle. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032485 | Optical Projection Device and Projecting Method Thereof - An optical projection device includes a laser engine, a first wave plate and a lens. The laser engine provides light. The first wave plate changes a light phase. The lens focuses light. A projecting method of an optical projection device includes providing a light including a first P polarized light, a first S polarized light, and a second S polarized light, and projecting light through a wave plate on a screen, wherein the wave plate moves in a direction perpendicular to light. A projecting method of an optical projection device includes providing light including a first P polarized light, a first S polarized light, and a second S polarized light, and projecting light through a wave plate on a screen, wherein the wave plate rotates around an axis parallel to a projecting direction of light. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032486 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a spatial light modulator provided for each color light flux and configured to modulate the light flux in accordance with an image signal; a light combining system configured to combine the color light flux outputted from the spatial light modulator; a projection system configured to project the light combined by the light combining system; a fixing member configured to integrally fix the spatial light modulator, the light combining system, and the projection system; a base on which the spatial light modulators and the light combining system fixed to the fixing member are mounted; and a cover member configured to cover the spatial light modulator and the light combining system mounted on the base, wherein the base and the cover member form a cooling duct through which cooling air for sequentially cooling the spatial light modulator for the respective color light flux flows. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032487 | COLOR SPLITTER AND COMBINER SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A color splitter and combiner system includes a first transparent member located on an optical path between a first polarization beam splitter and an optical path combiner, and a second transparent member located on an optical path between a second polarization beam splitter and an optical path combiner. 0.05 (mm)<|t1/v1−t2/v2|<1.00 (mm) is met, where t1 is a thickness of the first transparent member, t2 is a thickness of the second transparent member, v1 is an Abbe number of a material of the first transparent member, and v2 is an Abbe number of a material of the second transparent member. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032488 | Projection Display Apparatus - A projection display apparatus includes: a light source, a light valve configured to modulate light emitted from the light source, a projection unit configured to project light emitted from the light valve, on a projection surface, and a valve controller configured to initialize the light valve in response to a drive-starting command to start driving the projection display apparatus; and a light-source controller configured to make the light source start operating when the valve controller finishes initialization of the light valve. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032489 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Comprising a casing containing a heat insulating part, a projector as an image display unit, a screen for displaying an image issued from the projector, and cooling part (heat exchanger, compressor) for cooling the inside of the casing, the heat insulating part includes a first heat insulating part disposed in the peripheral area of the projector for insulating from heat, and a second heat insulating part disposed in the peripheral part of the screen for insulating from heat. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032490 | PROJECTOR - The invention discloses a projector including a casing, an optical module, a light source module, a blowing fan, and an axial fan. The casing has a first air-outlet, a second air-outlet, and an air-inlet. The blowing fan and the axial fan are disposed corresponding to two sides of a light axis of the light source module respectively. When the blowing fan operates, an initial airflow into the casing from the air-inlet flows through the optical module and then a predetermined airflow generated by the blowing fan on a first air-outlet surface of the blowing fan cools the light source module. An angle is formed between the axial fan and one side of the casing. The axial fan directly sends the air around the light source module out of the casing through the first air-outlet and/or the second air-outlet. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032491 | LAMP SOURCE MODULE AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - A lamp source module includes a holder having an air inlet and an air outlet, a gas discharge lamp having a lamp reflector assembled onto the holder and a burner disposed in the lamp reflector, a light cover assembled on the holder and surrounding the lamp reflector, a blower duct communicating with the air inlet and extending along the exterior of the lamp reflector to the bottom of the lamp reflector, and an airflow generator communicating with the blower duct and capable of providing a cooling airflow. The air inlet is capable of causing the cooling airflow to enter the blower duct. The blower duct is capable of directing the cooling airflow to the bottom of the lamp reflector to make the cooling airflow pass through a sandwiched space surrounded by the lamp reflector and the light cover and then discharge from the air outlet. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032492 | PROJECTOR, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND TRAPEZOIDAL DISTORTION CORRECTING METHOD - A projector includes: a storing unit that stores setting data indicating a manual trapezoidal distortion correction system selected out of plural kinds of manual trapezoidal distortion correction systems; an operation unit that generates operation information; an imaging unit that picks up an image of a projection target area and generates a pickup image; an automatic trapezoidal distortion correction unit that performs automatic trapezoidal distortion correction; a projecting unit that projects, after the automatic trapezoidal distortion correction is performed, irrespectively of the manual trapezoidal distortion correction system indicated by the setting data, an adjustment instruction image for urging adjustment of a vertex position of a display planned area of the image in the projection target area; and a manual trapezoidal distortion correction unit that performs manual trapezoidal distortion correction on the basis of operation information indicating an adjustment instruction for the vertex position. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032493 | SAFETY INTERLOCK SYSTEM FOR A PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A safety interlock system for a projector system is provided. The projector system has a lamp, a controller and ballast for powering the lamp upon receipt of a lamp enable signal from the controller. The projector system further has a safety inter-lock system for deactivating the lamp in the event the lamp is not properly installed. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032494 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT - A block for coating film formation and a block for a development process are stacked. A delivery stage to effect delivery of a substrate with a transportation unit for use in a block is provided for each process block at the carrier block side to constitute a shelf-type delivery stage group. A vertical transportation unit is provided to transport a substrate between the delivery stages in the delivery stage group. A substrate inspection unit is disposed at an upper empty space of the carrier block. A substrate is input to the substrate inspection unit directly by the vertical transportation unit or via a delivery stage in the delivery stage group. The substrate inspection unit may be disposed in the delivery stage group. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032495 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A purge cover is equipped whose upper end is connected to an illumination unit and the lower end has a pair of plate sections facing an upper surface of a reticle stage and a reticle via a predetermined clearance. Therefore, gaseous circulation can be substantially blocked via the clearance between reticle stage RST and the plate sections. This allows a space which is almost airtight surrounded by the purge cover, the reticle stage and/or the reticle to be formed on the optical path of the illumination light that reaches the projection optical system from the illumination unit. Further, the space above which is almost airtight serves as a purge space that is purged with CDA and the like. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032496 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - One pair each of a Y linear motor (a total of four) on the +X side and the −X side that drive a reticle stage include one pair each of a stator section (a total of four) and three each of a mover section (a total of six) on the +X side and the −X side. In this case, the three each of the mover sections on the +X side and the −X side configure one each of a mover. The mover section located in the center in the Z-axis direction of each of the movers is used in common by each pair of the Y linear motors. Therefore, the weight of the mover section (reticle stage) of the reticle stage device is reduced, which allows a higher acceleration. Further, the mover section located in the center in the Z-axis direction of each of the movers coincides with a neutral plane of the reticle stage. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032497 | CONDUIT SYSTEM FOR A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, PUMP, AND METHOD FOR SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING VIBRATIONS IN A CONDUIT SYSTEM - A conduit system for a lithographic apparatus is disclosed, the conduit system including a conduit configured to guide a liquid or liquid-gas mixture, and a gas injection nozzle configured to introduce a gas in the liquid or liquid-gas mixture to at least partially absorb pressure peaks or waves in the liquid or liquid-gas mixture. In an embodiment, the gas injection nozzle may be arranged in a pump of the conduit system. The pump further includes a pump inlet, a pump outlet and a pump chamber between the pump inlet and the pump outlet arranged for compression of the liquid or liquid-gas mixture. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032498 | Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing device - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate by projecting an image of a predetermined pattern through a liquid onto the substrate. The exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system which performs the projection, and a liquid supply mechanism which supplies the liquid onto the substrate to form a liquid immersion area on a part of the substrate. The liquid supply mechanism supplies the liquid onto the substrate simultaneously from a plurality of positions which are apart, in a plurality of different directions, from the projection area. The exposure apparatus is capable of forming the liquid immersion area stably and recovering the liquid satisfactorily. It is possible to perform the exposure process accurately while avoiding, for example, the outflow of the liquid to the surroundings. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032499 | GENERATING METHOD, CREATING METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides a method of generating, by a computer, data on patterns of a plurality of originals for use in multiple exposure, in which a single-layer pattern is formed on a substrate by exposing the substrate a plurality of times, in an exposure apparatus including an illumination optical system which illuminates an original with light from a light source, and a projection optical system which projects a pattern of the original onto a substrate. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032500 | INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR LITHOGRAPHY - The measurement of two separately polarized beams (Ix, Iy) upon diffraction from a substrate (W) in order to determine properties of the substrate is disclosed. Circularly or elliptically polarized radiation is passed via a variable phase retarder in order to change the phase of one of two orthogonally polarized radiation beams with respect to the other of the two beams. The phase change is dependent on the wavelength of the polarized beam. The relative phases of the two radiation beams and other features of the beams as measured in a detector gives rise to properties of the substrate surface. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032501 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In one embodiment, an exposure apparatus is configured to irradiate a mask with illumination light and to irradiate a wafer with light from the mask irradiated with the illumination light. The apparatus includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire use history information that is information regarding a use history of the mask. The apparatus further includes a condition derivation unit configured to derive a setting value or a change amount of an optical setting condition of the exposure apparatus, based on the acquired use history information and correspondence information that indicates a correspondence between the use history of the mask and the optical setting condition of the exposure apparatus. The apparatus further includes an exposure unit configured to set the optical setting condition of the exposure apparatus to an optical setting condition specified by the derived setting value or change amount, and to expose the wafer under the set optical setting condition. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032502 | POLARIZATION EVALUATION MASK, EXPOSURE DEVICE, AND POLARIZATION EVALUATION METHOD - Polarization evaluation mask according to one mode includes a transparent substrate, a light shielding portion, plural quarter-wavelength plates, and plural polarizers. The light shielding portion is formed on the transparent substrate and has plural openings therein. Plural quarter-wavelength plates are formed to cover at least one opening. Fast axes of the quarter-wavelength plates are different in azimuth by a certain angle. Plural polarizers are disposed upstream of the quarter-wavelength plates with respect to the illumination light and formed to overlay the quarter-wavelength plates and cover at least one of the openings. Transmission axes of the polarizers are different in azimuth by a certain angle. The plural openings are provided with different combinations of an azimuth, of the polarizer and an azimuth of the quarter-wavelength plate from one another. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032503 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a height of a test surface, the apparatus including an image sensing device including a plurality of detection units configured to detect interfering light formed by measurement light from the test surface and reference light from a reference surface, and an optical system configured to guide measurement light beams, reflected at a plurality of measurement points on the test surface, and reference light beams, reflected at a plurality of reference points on the reference surface, to the plurality of detection units, respectively, wherein the reference surface generates differences among optical path differences between the measurement light beams and the reference light beams which enter the plurality of detection units, respectively. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032504 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a height of a test surface, the apparatus including an image sensing device including a plurality of detection units configured to detect interfering light formed by measurement light from the test surface and reference light from a reference surface, and an optical system configured to guide the measurement light and the reference light to the plurality of detection units, wherein the reference surface is placed such that differences are generated among optical path differences between measurement light beams and reference light beams which enter the plurality of detection units, respectively. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032505 | Robot For In-Vacuum Use - A robot positions a workpiece within a vacuum chamber of a lithographic apparatus. A first component of the robot is located within a vacuum chamber to position a workpiece along a translational axis. A shaft supports the first component such that an axis of symmetry of the shaft is perpendicular to the translational axis, and a second component rotates the shaft about the axis of symmetry and moves the shaft in a direction parallel to the axis of symmetry. The second component includes a gas bearing configured to introduce gas along a circumferential surface of the shaft and a scavenging seal configured to evacuate the gas introduced by the second component gas bearing. The robot substantially reduces, or eliminates the out-gassing of hydrocarbon molecules in a range from about 0 to 200 a.m.u., thus rendering the robot suitable for use in extreme ultra-violet (EUV) photolithography applications. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032506 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, SYSTEM, UPDATING METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus comprises a first interface connected to a communication network to which a control apparatus for performing a control operation of the exposure apparatus is connected, a second interface connected, not via the communication network, to an information processing apparatus which updates a software installed on the exposure apparatus, and a controller configured to control the first interface and the second interface so that communication of the first interface with the communication network is disabled, and thereupon communication of the second interface with the information processing apparatus is enabled to enable the information processing apparatus to update the software. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032507 | SCANNER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING SURFACES - The invention relates to a method for registering surfaces, using a scanner system comprising a radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation (ES), a scanning device for guiding the radiation over the surface in order to scan the latter and a receiver for receiving the radiation (RS) that is reflected by the surface. According to the invention, the radiation is spectrally separated to analyse the surface characteristics and a distance measuring unit is used to derive distance information in parallel from the received radiation. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032508 | Phase sensing and scanning time of flight LADAR using atmospheric absorption bands - A phase-sensing and scanning time-of-flight LADAR method and device are disclosed that take advantage of an atmospheric absorption bands within the solar IR spectrum. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032509 | ABSOLUTE DISTANCE METER WITH OPTICAL SWITCH - An absolute distance meter (ADM) that determines a distance to a target includes a light source that emits an emitted light beam. The ADM also includes a fiber switching network having at least one optical switch that switches between at least two positions in response to a switch control signal, a first one of the positions enabling a measure mode in which the emitted light beam is emitted from the fiber switching network towards the target and is reflected back as a measure light beam into the fiber switching network, a second one of the positions enabling a reference mode in which the light beam comprises a reference light beam within the fiber switching network. The ADM further includes a single channel detector that detects the measure and reference light beams in a temporally spaced multiplexed manner and provides an electrical signal which corresponds to the detected measure and reflected light beams. Also, the ADM includes a single channel signal processor that processes the electrical signal and provides a conditioned electrical signal in response thereto, and a data processor that processes the conditioned electrical signal to determine the distance to the target. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032510 | Glass Stress Measurement Using Fluorescence - An apparatus and method for measurement of the stress in and thickness of flat glass or curved glass segments is disclosed that uses fluorescence to quickly and accurately ascertain both the thickness of the stress layers and the wall thickness in addition to the stress curve in flat glass or curved glass segments. The apparatus and method may be used to quickly and accurately measure both the stress in and the thickness of flat glass or curved glass segments at a plurality of various locations therein. The apparatus and method are adapted for large scale flat glass or curved glass segment manufacturing, and are capable of high speed measurement of the stress in and the thickness of the flat glass or curved glass segments. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE NANO-SCALE STRESS AND STRAIN IN MATERIALS - A system for measuring stress and strain in a sample is provided. The system includes a sample holder operable to support the sample; a stress inducing assembly operable to apply force to a selected location on the sample to deform the sample by a selected distance in a range from about 0.1 angstrom to about a millimeter; and an interferometer operable to determine a surface topography of the deformed sample at a resolution in a range from about 0.1 angstrom to about a micron. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032512 | FLOATING-ELEMENT SHEAR-STRESS SENSOR - A shear-stress sensing system can include a floating element whose displacement can be detected through use of optical measurements. The system can utilize high temperature materials to deliver the optical signal to the structure to be measured, which can also utilize high temperature materials. In one embodiment, an intensity modulation or phase modulation of a reflected signal can be measured to determine the shear stress. In another embodiment, a Moire fringe pattern can be used to determine the shear stress. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032513 | FLUID FLOW DEVICE, ASSEMBLY FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE CHARACTERISTIC OF A PHYSICO-CHEMICAL SYSTEM THEREWITH - Fluid flow devices include a small plate ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032514 | Non-Dispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer - The invention relates to a NDIR-gas analyser comprising an infrared radiation source ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032515 | METHOD OF APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PARTICLES ON A SPECIMEN - A method and apparatus of detecting a defect by inspecting a specimen in which a surface of a specimen on which plural patterns are formed is illuminated with an elongated shape light flux from one of plural directions which are different in elevation angle by switching an optical path of the light flux emitted from an illuminating light source in accordance with a kind of defect to be detected. Plural optical images of the specimen illuminated by the elongated shape light flux are captured with plural image sensors installed in different elevation angle directions by changing an enlarging magnification in accordance with a density of the pattern formed on the sample in an area irradiated with the illuminating elongated shape light flux. A defect on the specimen is detected by processing the images captured by the plural image sensors. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032516 | Optical Absorbance Measurements With Self-Calibration And Extended Dynamic Range - Detector data representative of an intensity of light that impinges on a detector after being emitted from a light source and passing through a gas over a path length can be analyzed using a first analysis method to obtain a first calculation of an analyte concentration in the volume of gas and a second analysis method to obtain a second calculation of the analyte concentration. The second calculation can be promoted as the analyte concentration upon determining that the analyte concentration is out of a first target range for the first analysis method. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032517 | OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD - An optical fiber characteristic measuring device of the present invention includes: a light source which emits laser light modulated at a predetermined modulation frequency; an incident section which causes the laser light from the light source as continuous light and pulsed light to be incident from one end and other end of an optical fiber respectively; a timing adjuster which causes light emitted from the optical fiber to pass therethrough at a predetermined timing; and a light detector which detects the light which passes through the timing adjuster, and measures a characteristic of the optical fiber by using a detection result of the light detector, and the device includes: a synchronous detector which synchronously detects the detection result of the light detector by using a synchronization signal having a predetermined frequency; and a frequency setter which changes the frequency of the synchronization signal in a case where the modulation frequency at the light source is an integer multiple of the frequency of the synchronous signal. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032518 | DETECTION ASSEMBLY - A detection assembly comprising: a body portion having a slot formed along at least a portion of a length thereof, the slot having a slot opening formed in an outer surface of the body portion, the slot opening being arranged to receive a sensor optical fibre through the slot opening; a sensor optical fibre constrained to lie in said slot and in juxtaposition with a plurality of protrusions; and at least one swell member, the swell member being configured to increase in volume in response to exposure to a target measurand, the detection assembly being arranged whereby an increase in a volume of said swell member causes said sensor optical fibre to be urged against at least one of said plurality of protrusions thereby to cause bending of said sensor optical fibre. | 2011-02-10 |
