| 09th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
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| 20160061927 | Identification method and identification system for an object's passing route direction - An identification method comprising: when an object is in a whole process from entering to separating from a region inducted by the low-frequency electromagnetic field, receiving the low-frequency signal of the low-frequency electromagnetic field in real time; extracting the attribute code and signal intensity corresponding to the low-frequency signal received and conducting associate storage; and after the object separates from the region inducted by the low-frequency electromagnetic field, determining the route direction along which the object passes through the vector beacons according to the attribute code and signal intensity stored. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061928 | System and Method for Locating a Point in Space - A method for locating a point in a first region based on receipt of a rf signal from the point. An antenna array is in the first region at a first position rotatable about an axis. A series of phase-array patterns is provided for implementation with the antenna array to provide measures of rf signal strength. Each pattern provides a plurality of reference values as a function of angle. A plurality of the phase-array patterns are used to acquire, in the first region, a plurality of rf signal strength values based on reception of the rf signal. A set of correlation values is determined where each value is a correlation between signal strength reference values and rf signal strength values acquired based on reception of the rf signal from the point. The correlation values identify a direction relative to the first position along which the point is located. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061929 | AN AUTONOMOUS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR BLIND SOURCES LOCALIZATION AND SEPARATION - A sound monitoring system provides autonomous and silent)) surveillance to monitor sound sources stationary or moving in 3D space and a blind separation of target acoustic signals. The underlying principle of this technology is a hybrid approach that uses: 1) passive sonic detection and ranging method that consists of iterative triangulation and redundant checking to locate the Cartesian coordinates of arbitrary sound sources in 3D space, 2) advanced signal processing to sanitize the measured data and enhance signal to noise ratio, and 3) short-time source localization and separation to extract the target acoustic signals from the directly measured mixed ones. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061930 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PHASE-BASED LOCALIZATION OF A TARGET DEVICE USING INTERVAL ANALYSIS - Location of underwater moving target device carrying a receiver configured to detect acoustic waves emitted at a known location is estimated such that to be consistent with detected velocity and orientation of the target device, and with a current phase of a signal corresponding to the acoustic waves detected at the target device. A stack including one or more boxes obtained by applying contractors to location boxes is output as the estimate of the location of the moving target device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061931 | ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND RECEPTION NODE - According to an embodiment, an estimation system includes a first node, a second node, and an estimator. The estimator estimates, based on a propagation time of a wave, (i) a distance from a first transmission source having transmitted the wave to the first node or (ii) a location of the first transmission source or the first node. The first node includes a wave receiver and a first wireless communicator. The wave receiver receives the wave. The first wireless communicator incorporates a first timer, synchronizes the first timer with a second timer built in the second node via wireless communication with the second node, acquires reception time information indicative of a point in time of reception of the wave from the first timer, and outputs the reception time information to the estimator. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061932 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING GEO LOCATION OF A TARGET USING A CONE COORDINATE SYSTEM - A method for determining geo-position of a target by an aircraft includes: receiving navigation data related to the aircraft including aircraft attitude information; receiving multilateration information related to the target including an angle to the target; calculating an axis for a cone fixed to the aircraft, based on the received aircraft attitude information; calculating a central angle for the cone from the received angle to the target; generating two vectors orthogonal to the cone axis; calculating a cone model from the axis, the central angle and the two vectors; and intersecting the cone model with an earth model to obtain a LEP curve, wherein the LEP curve is used to determine the geo position of the target. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061933 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DISTANCE - An apparatus is provided comprising: a communication interface; and at least one processor configured to: synchronize the apparatus with at least one electronic device, receive, via the communication interface, a signal from the electronic device, and determine a distance between the apparatus and the electronic device based on a transmission time and a reception time of the signal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061934 | Estimating and Tracking Multiple Attributes of Multiple Objects from Multi-Sensor Data - Systems and methods for estimating and tracking multiple attributes of multiple objects from multi-sensor data are provided. An exemplary method includes identifying features associated with sensor data. The sensor data represents data captured by at least one of a plurality of acoustic and non-acoustic sensors. Identification of the features associated with the sensor data may be based variously on detected sounds, motions, images, and the like. The exemplary method further includes determining, in parallel, multiple probable objects based at least in part on the identified features. Various embodiments of the method also include forming hypotheses based at least in part on associating identified features with the multiple probable objects and attributing the formed hypotheses to channels. Sequence of the formed hypotheses are constructed. The exemplary system includes a tracking module configured to provide the channels and constructed sequences for use in various signal processing, such as signal enhancement. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061935 | Methods and Systems for Vehicle Radar Coordination and Interference Reduction - A method is provided that includes a vehicle receiving data from an external computing device indicative of at least one other vehicle in an environment of the vehicle. The vehicle may include a sensor configured to detect the environment of the vehicle. The at least one other vehicle may include at least one sensor. The method also includes determining a likelihood of interference between the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle the sensor of the vehicle. The method also includes initiating an adjustment of the sensor to reduce the likelihood of interference between the sensor of the vehicle and the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle responsive to the determination. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061936 | DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF RADAR BEAMS IN AUTOMOTIVE ENVIRONMENTS WITH PHASED ARRAY RADAR - A radar apparatus that focuses a subset of transmit beams within a field of view (FOV) is provided. The radar apparatus has a phased array transmitter that is operable to generate a transmit beam within the FOV, and a phased array receiver that is operable to receive a receive beam reflected from within the FOV. The apparatus also has a radar controller with an electronic circuit and electronic memory, the electronic memory having a plurality of pre-calculated beam density curves. The radar controller is operable to execute each of the plurality of pre-calculated beam density curves and steer at least one transmit beam generated from a particular executed beam density curve towards a sub-area of the FOV. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061937 | Constant Pulse Repetition Frequency Techniques for Eliminating Second Time Around Returns in Pulsed Doppler Radar - The present invention relates to a method and system for identifying and eliminating second time-around ambiguous targets and, more particularly, to a method and system for identifying and eliminating second time-around ambiguous targets using waveform phase modulation. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061938 | Clutter Rejection Using Spatial Diversity In Wideband Radar For Enhanced Object Detection - Techniques are described that enable wideband radar systems with fast signal processing to detect certain types of targets in crowded and cluttered areas that challenge conventional radar architectures and signal processing methods. Multiple data sets are collected from at least one receiver within a radar system. Various weighting parameters are applied to the data sets to reduce the effect of clutter objects. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and articles are also described. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061939 | Laser Surveying Device - The invention provides a laser surveying device, which comprises a light emitting unit for emitting a pulsed distance measuring light, a photodetection unit for receiving a reflected pulsed distance measuring light and a control arithmetic unit for controlling the light emitting unit and for calculating a distance to an object to be measured based on a photodetection signal from the photodetection unit, wherein the light emitting unit has a pump laser source for emitting a pump laser beam, a spot diameter changing means for changing a spot diameter of the pump laser beam, and an optical cavity for emitting the pump laser beam entering via the spot diameter changing means as the pulsed distance measuring light. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061940 | RANGE DATA COMPRESSION - A laser imaging, detection, and ranging (LIDAR) system may include a scanner and a compression module. The scanner may be configured to generate a scan including multiple range values associated with multiple scan points of the scan. The compression module may be configured to map multiple range values to multiple integers. The multiple integers may represent multiple range intervals. The multiple range intervals may include multiple differently sized range intervals. The size of the range intervals may be a function of range according to an interval size function. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061941 | CALIBRATION CIRCUITRY AND METHOD FOR A TIME OF FLIGHT IMAGING SYSTEM - A time of flight imaging system includes a light source coupled to emit light pulses to an object in response a light source modulation signal generated in response to a reference modulation signal. Each pixel cell of a time of flight pixel cell array is coupled to sense light pulses reflected from the object in response a pixel modulation signal. A programmable pixel delay line circuit is coupled to generate the pixel modulation signal with a variable pixel delay programmed in response to a pixel programming signal. A control circuit is coupled to receive pixel information from the time of flight pixel array representative of the sensed reflected light pulses. The control circuit is coupled to vary the pixel programming signal during a calibration mode to synchronize the light pulses emitted from the light source with the pulses of the pixel modulation signal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061942 | RANGE RESOLUTION IN FMCW RADARS - The disclosure provides a radar apparatus for estimating a range of an obstacle. The radar apparatus includes a local oscillator that generates a first ramp segment and a second ramp segment. The first ramp segment and the second ramp segment each includes a start frequency, a first frequency and a second frequency. The first frequency of the second ramp segment is equal to or greater than the second frequency of the first ramp segment when a slope of the first ramp segment and a slope of the second ramp segment are equal and positive. The first frequency of the second ramp segment is equal to or less than the second frequency of the first ramp segment when the slope of the first ramp segment and the slope of the second ramp segment are equal and negative. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061943 | RECEPTION SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, RADAR, AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - A signal processing device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of signal processing units and a pseudo signal generating unit. The plurality of signal processing units are provided in a plurality of reception antennas which receive reflection signals of a transmission signal reflected on an object, and perform signal processing in parallel on beat signals which are generated based on the transmission signal and the reflections signals. The pseudo signal generating unit generates a pseudo signal imitating the beat signal, and inputs the pseudo signal as a target of the signal processing into the plurality of signal processing units in parallel. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061944 | CLUTTER SUPPRESSING DEVICE AND RADAR APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A clutter suppressing device for suppressing echo data of reflection waves caused by radar transmission signals reflecting on a static object is provided. Each of the radar transmission signals is transmitted at a predetermined azimuth from a radar antenna at a predetermined time interval. The clutter suppressing device includes an echo data memory configured to sequentially store a plurality of echo data of reflection waves caused by the radar transmission signals reflecting on objects, a filter configured to select, from the plurality of echo data, a data row in the azimuth direction for a predetermined distance, and suppress, in the data row, echo data of a target object moving at a speed within a predetermined range, and a suppression echo data output unit configured to output suppression echo data containing the echo data suppressed by the filter. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061945 | CLUTTER SUPPRESSING DEVICE AND RADAR APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A clutter suppressing device for suppressing echo data of static clutter components indicating reflection waves caused by radar transmission signals reflecting on a static object is provided. The device includes a static clutter component suppressor configured to receive reception signals containing the static clutter components, and suppress the static clutter components, a reference data memory configured to store, as reference data, echo data of the reception signals obtained in fine weather and in which the static clutter components are suppressed by the static clutter component suppressor, and a rain component extracting module configured to extract echo data indicating rain components contained in the reception signals, by removing the reference data stored in the reference data memory from echo data of the reception signals obtained in rainy weather and in which the static clutter components are suppressed by the static clutter component suppressor. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061946 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE MOTION COMPENSATION TO REMOVE TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN A SENSOR AND A TARGET - Methods and apparatus for performing adaptive motion compensation to remove translational movement between a sensor and a target using data from the sensor. After whitening, data can be processed to select a target and focus frequency components. Dynamic sliding window processing can be performed on processed time domain data to estimate an instantaneous range rate for the target. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061947 | FMCW DOPPLER PROCESSING ALGORITHM FOR ACHIEVING CW PERFORMANCE - A frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system that includes a transceiver coupled to an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a digital signal processor (DSP) coupled to the ADC. The transceiver is configured to transmit a plurality of FMCW chirps, receive a plurality of reflected FMCW chirps, and mix the reflected FMCW chirps with at least one of the FMCW chirps to generate a plurality of beat signals. The reflected FMCW chirps are the FMCW chirps after being reflected off of a target object. The ADC is configured to convert the beat signals into a plurality of digital chirps. The DSP is configured to receive the digital chirps and quantify a relative velocity of the target object as compared to a velocity of the FMCW radar system by removing an effect of a range to the target object from a two dimensional range Doppler processing signal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061948 | Moving Multi-Polarization Multi-Transmitter/Receiver Ground Penetrating Radar System and Signal Processing for Buried Target Detection - A moving ground penetrating radar is comprised of multiple transmitters and receivers with multiple, e.g., Horizontal and Vertical, polarizations to detect buried targets with standoff capability. Novel signal and imaging techniques are used to form high quality radar imagery with low artifacts that are due to various sources of self-induced resonances, e.g., transmitter-receiver coupling, calibration errors, and motion errors in the multi transmitter/receiver channels of the radar system. The irradiated target area image is formed via exploiting both the spatial diversity of the physical multi-transmitter and multi-receiver array and synthetic aperture/array that is generated by the motion of the platform that carries the radar system. The images that are formed from the multiple polarizations are combined to remove surface targets/clutter and, thus, enhance signatures of buried targets. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061949 | W-BAND, ULTRA-WIDE BAND (UWB) TRAJECTORY DETECTOR - An ultra-wideband (UWB) radar imaging system is carried by a mobile platform—such as an aircraft—the UWB radar imaging system including multiple UWB radar sensors; the UWB radar sensors transmitting a high resolution radar signal using an array of power amplifiers and corresponding polarizing antenna arrays to form spatial power combining and beam forming from each UWB radar sensor; and receiving reflections using an array of low noise amplifiers and corresponding antenna arrays to form spatial power combining from the reflections at each. UWB radar sensor; processing the radar sensor data from the UWB radar sensors by an imaging processor for detecting a ballistic projectile; and providing trajectory information of a detected ballistic projectile on a display. Trajectory modeling enables fusing the radar sensor data with optical or thermal imaging data and the trajectory information to display a probable source location of the detected ballistic projectile. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061950 | Synthetic Aperture Imaging Methods And Systems - The invention generally relates to the field of synthetic aperture imaging. In particular, the invention relates to systems and methods for generating synthetic transmit aperture (“STA”) signals and processing synthetic aperture imaging (“SAI”) signals for improved signal-to-noise ratio (“SNR”) and spatial resolution. This generally relates to a method to improve the signal-noise-ratio (SNR) of array signals by both encoding the transmission from multiple array elements with waveform modifications and time delays and encoding the receivers into output channels and decoding the measured signals at the selected output channels to estimate the equivalent received signals of a receiver as if only one transmitting element were fired individually in each transmission event. SAI techniques are subsequently applied to the equivalent SAI signals to obtain improved images. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061951 | Sonar Rendering Systems and Associated Methods - Sonar rendering systems and methods are described herein. One example is an apparatus that includes a transducer element, position sensing circuitry, processing circuitry, and a display device. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive raw sonar data and positioning data, convert the raw sonar data into range cell data based at least on amplitudes of the return echoes, make a location-based association between the raw sonar data and the positioning data, plot the range cell data based on respective positions derived from the positioning data and rotate the range cell data based on a direction of movement of the watercraft to generate adjusted range cell data. The processing circuitry may be further configured to convert the adjusted range cell data into sonar image data, and cause the display device to render the sonar image data with a presentation of a geographic map. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061952 | LASER RADAR DEVICE - A laser radar device includes a searchable distance calculation device | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061953 | POSITION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A position measurement apparatus includes a measurement head, a controller and a light transmission section. The measurement head includes a light projecting lens and a light receiving lens. The controller includes a light emitting section, a light emission circuit controlling the light emitting section, a light receiving section, and a pixel data processing circuit detecting a position of light received in the light receiving section, and outputting positional information to a calculation section calculating a position of an object to be measured. The light transmission section includes an optical fiber transmitting light from the light emitting section to the light projecting lens, and an image fiber with incidence and emission end faces, in which end faces of plural cores are two-dimensionally arrayed in the incidence end face and the emission end face, the image fiber transmitting light converged by the light receiving lens to the light receiving section. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061954 | MULTI-CAMERA LASER SCANNER - A device may include a laser configured to rotate about an azimuth axis of the device and an elevation axis of the device. The device may also include a plurality of cameras configured to rotate about the azimuth axis and fixed with respect to the elevation axis. The cameras may be configured to have a collective field-of-view that includes a collective elevation field-of-view and a collective azimuth field-of-view. The device may also include a control system configured to direct the laser to rotate about the azimuth axis and the elevation axis such that the laser is configured to scan a setting. The control system may also be configured to direct the cameras to each begin capturing an image of the setting at substantially the same time. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061955 | OPTICAL SCANNER, OBJECT DETECTOR, AND SENSING APPARATUS - An optical scanner is provided including a light source configured to emit light, a light source driving device configured to drive the light source, a light deflector having at least one rotating reflection plane and configured to deflect the light emitted from the light source to a scanning area, and a light detector configured to output a signal to control a timing at which scanning of the scanning area by the light deflected by the light deflector starts, where the light detector and the scanning area are sequentially scanned in a single scanning by one reflection plane of the light deflector, and the light source driving device drives the light source using a first driving method when the light scans the light detector, and drives the light source using a second driving method that is different from the first driving method when the light scans the scanning area. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061956 | METHOD FOR THE GEOGRAPHICAL SELECTION OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM ELEMENTS - A system to select a type of satellite from a plurality of types of satellites in a multi-constellation of satellites is provided. The system includes at least a first receiver configured to input signals from a first type of satellite and a second receiver configured to input signals from a second type of satellite and a processor. The processor: executes a multi-constellation-selection software module to associate a current position with a mapping feature and select at least one selected type of satellite from the plurality of types of satellites based on the associated mapping feature; executes a compute-position/velocity/time (PVT) software module to compute a current position/velocity/time based on at least one selected input signal input at a receiver associated with the at least one selected type of satellite; and feeds the computed current position/velocity/time to the multi-constellation-selection software module based on the execution of the compute-PVT software module. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061957 | RADIO ACCESS NETWORK SERVICE-ASSISTED, SENSOR BASED INDOOR NAVIGATION - Examples are provided that enable a cellular network location assist to confirm a position determined using a sensor of a mobile device. As a result of global positioning system signals becoming unavailable due to the mobile device traveling indoors, the mobile device implements a sensor-based position determination that provides a position of the mobile device as the mobile device travels about a location. In order to confirm the reliability of the sensor-based position determination, the mobile device, after passage of time or after traveling some estimated distance, requests location assistance indications from the cellular network. A processor of the mobile device receives the location assistance indications and generates a directional vector based on several of the location assistance indications. Using the directional vector, the processor confirms the reliability of the dead reckoning position. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061958 | DEVICE FOR INPUTTING RTK CORRECTION DATA TO A GPS - A communications system includes a GPS receiver that receives GPS position data and GPS correction data, a mobile device having a first transceiver and an adapter coupled to the GPS receiver and having a second transceiver and a voltage regulator. The mobile device accesses RTK correction data over a cellular network using a current GPS position and processes the RTK correction data. The second transceiver of the adapter receives the RTK correction data over a wireless signal sent by the first transceiver of the mobile device. The adapter converts the RTK correction data so that the RTK correction data is receivable by a serial port on the GPS receiver that the adapter is coupled and the voltage regulator derives power from the GPS receiver to power the adapter. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061959 | POSITIONING METHOD FOR A POSITIONING DEVICE OF A SATELLITE POSITIONING SYSTEM AND POSITIONING DEVICE - A positioning device and a positioning method are provided for a satellite positioning system. The positioning device for the satellite positioning system includes: a Radio Frequency (RF) signal processor configured to perform processing on received RF signals transmitted by satellites, to obtain corresponding Intermediate Frequency (IF) signals and feed the IF signals to a capturer; a capturer configured to perform baseband processing on the received IF signals to capture parameters for tracking the satellites, and feed the parameters to a tracker and a sharer; a tracker configured to perform satellite tracking by utilizing the captured parameters for tracking the satellites; and a sharer configured to share the parameters for tracking the satellites with another positioning device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061960 | RADIO RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - A radio receiver receives transmitted radio waves from positioning satellites, and includes: a signal amplification unit configured to amplify a received signal; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a satellite signal from the amplified signal; and a control unit configured to obtain predetermined information from the acquired satellite signal, determine a reception condition of transmitted radio waves based on the processing condition of at least one of the obtainment and the acquisition unit, and performs operation setting of a gain of the signal amplification unit according to the determined reception condition, wherein the control unit performs the operation setting so that the gain set in the operation setting when the reception condition is determined to be a first reception condition is smaller than the gain set in the operation setting when the reception condition is determined to be a second reception condition inferior to the first reception condition. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061961 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING A GOLD SEQUENCE BY DOUBLE ITERATIVE DECODING - A method for acquiring a Gold code, obtained as a sum of a first M-sequence (x) and a second M-sequence (y | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061962 | SCINTILLATING MATERIAL AND RELATED SPECTRAL FILTER - A host lattice modified GOS scintillating material and a method for using a host lattice modified GOS scintillating material is provided. The host lattice modified GOS scintillating material has a shorter afterglow than conventional GOS scintillating material. In addition, a radiation detector and an imaging device incorporating a host lattice modified GOS scintillating material are provided. A spectral filter may be used in conjunction with the GOS scintillating material. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061963 | RADIATION DETECTING ELEMENT, RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF RADIATION DETECTING ELEMENT - When a scintillator and a reinforcing member are bonded by using an adhesive, scattering and reflection occur at interfaces between the scintillator and the adhesive and between the adhesive and the reinforcing member. Due to this, a blurred image is formed on a sensor, and the resolution deteriorates. A radiation detecting element comprises: a substrate transparent to visible light; and a fluorescent screen that emits fluorescence in response to radiation by a dopant added to a material that is the same as a material of the substrate, wherein the fluorescent screen is thinner than the substrate, and the substrate and the fluorescent screen are bonded while maintaining continuity of a refractive index. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061964 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE - A radiation image detecting device includes a photodetecting element that detects fluorescence light, and a prism that is disposed on an optical path of excitation light traveling toward an imaging plate and between the photodetecting element and the imaging plate. The prism includes, as surface thereof, a side face that is opposed to the imaging plate, and a side face and a side face that are inclined relative to the side face. The prism is disposed so that the excitation light incident through the side face propagates inside and is output from the side face and so that reflection from the imaging plate incident through the side face propagates inside and is output from the side face. The photodetecting element is disposed so as to be opposed to a region different from a region where the reflection from the imaging plate is output, in the surface of the prism. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061965 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING X-RAY INFORMATION STORED IN A MEMORY PHOSPHOR LAYER - A method and device for reading out X-ray image information stored in a storage phosphor layer with a stimulating light beam includes deflecting the stimulating light beam to alternately move it in a first direction and in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, across the storage phosphor layer. During movements of the stimulating light beam in the first and second directions emission light emitted by the storage phosphor layer is detected and converted into corresponding first and second detector signals, respectively. The first and/or second detector signals are corrected with regard to influences from the stimulating light beam being alternately moved in the first direction and in the second direction across the storage phosphor layer. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061966 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein is an X-ray imaging apparatus including: a gate driver configured to apply a turn-on signal to a plurality of gate lines; and a readout circuit configured to read out a signal from the plurality of gate lines, wherein if an X-ray signal is detected from a gate line of the plurality of gate lines, the gate driver changes a turn-on time period of the turn-on signal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061967 | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR AND METHOD OF DETECTING GAMMA RAYS - In various embodiments, a gamma ray detector is provided. The gamma ray detector may include a converter element, configured to release an electron when a gamma ray moves at least partially through the converter element. The gamma ray detector may further include a semiconductor detector, arranged to receive the electron and configured to produce a signal when the electron moves at least partially through the semiconductor detector; and an amplifier circuit, coupled to the semiconductor detector and configured to amplify the signal produced by the semiconductor detector. In the gamma ray detector, the converter element may be arranged to at least partially shield the amplifier circuit from electromagnetic radiation. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061968 | Integrated Digital Discriminator For a Silicon Photomultiplier - Apparatuses and methods are provided that minimize the effects of dark-current pulses. For example, in one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided where a first pixel is struck (i.e., a primary pixel). Pixels struck within a fixed time frame after the primary pixel is struck are referred to as secondary pixels. After a short fixed time frame has expired, the number of primary and secondary pixels is added. If the count exceeds a threshold, the primary pixel was activated by the first (or early) photon from a true gamma event. If the threshold is not met then it is likely the primary pixel generated a dark pulse that should be ignored. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061969 | METHOD OF SPECTRAL DATA DETECTION AND MANIPULATION - A method is for the deconvolution of a statistically noisy spectral dataset is described comprising the steps of: a. obtaining a spectroscopically resolved dataset of measured flux from a sample that has been collected using a suitable detector radiation system; b. generating an initial estimate of the true spectrum; c. modifying the estimate of the true spectrum by a response function of the detector used to collect the measured flux dataset so as to generate an estimate flux dataset; d. computing a merit value for statistical fit between the measured flux dataset and the estimate flux dataset; e. applying a perturbation to a value of the estimate of the true spectrum; f. repeating steps c and d to the estimate of the true spectrum so changed, accepting the change to the estimate of the true spectrum if the resultant merit value indicates an improvement or if the resultant merit value indicates a deterioration of less than a limit margin, and rejecting the change to the estimate of the true spectrum if the resultant merit value indicates a deterioration of more than a limit margin; and g. repeating steps e and f for each further value of the estimate of the true spectrum to obtain a modified estimate of the true spectrum; h. repeating steps c to g for successive modified estimates of the true spectrum while reducing the limit margin. More completely, a method of detection of a spectrally resolved radiation dataset is described embodying the above. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061970 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus connected to an external connection unit of a radiation imaging apparatus including a storage unit and a control unit configured to access to the storage unit, comprises a determination unit that determines that an abnormality has occurred in the radiation imaging apparatus; a processing unit that, if determined that the abnormality has occurred, and the control unit has access authority to the storage unit, performs processing of revoking the access authority; another control unit that obtains the access authority in accordance with the processing of the processing unit and accesses the storage unit; and an output unit that outputs, to an external apparatus, any one of radiation image data captured by the radiation imaging apparatus and log data of the apparatus which are obtained from the storage unit via the other control unit. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061971 | DATA ACQUISITION APPARATUS USING ONE SINGLE LOCAL CLOCK - A seismic data acquisition apparatus includes a receiving antenna for receiving synchronization information representative of a remote reference clock signal; a local clock circuit delivering a local clock signal (CLK); a gauging circuit adapted to measure a frequency drift and a phase error of the local clock signal (CLK) in view of the synchronization information; an analog-to-digital converter adapted to provide a series of digital sampled and dated seismic data according to the local clock signal (CLK) and representative of the received seismic signal; and a correcting circuit configured to provide corrected series of digital sampled and dated seismic data based at least on the measured frequency drift and phase error. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061972 | DATA ACQUISITION APPARATUS USING ONE SINGLE LOCAL CLOCK - A seismic node, in a seismic data acquisition system, includes a housing having an input receiving analog seismic data and an output supplying corrected series of digital sampled and dated seismic data; a single local clock located inside the housing and configured to generate an inaccurate local clock signal (CLK); a gauging circuit configured to measure a frequency drift and a phase error of the local clock signal (CLK) based on received synchronization information; an analog-to-digital converter located inside the housing and configured to process the analog seismic signal based on the local clock signal (CLK) and to provide a series of digital sampled and dated seismic data; and a correcting circuit for generating the corrected series of digital sampled and dated seismic data based at least on the measured frequency drift and phase error of the local clock signal (CLK). | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061973 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT DETERMINE A VELOCITY WAVEFIELD FROM A MEASURED PRESSURE WAVEFIELD - Methods and systems that compute an approximate vertical-velocity wavefield based on a measured pressure wavefield and knowledge of the free-surface shape when the pressure wavefield was measured are described. The measured pressure wavefield is used to compute an approximate frozen free-surface profile of the free surface. The approximate frozen free-surface profile and the measured pressure wavefield are then used to compute an approximate vertical-velocity wavefield that does not include low-frequency streamer vibrational noise. The approximate vertical-velocity wavefield and measured pressure wavefield may be used to separate the pressure wavefield into up-going and down-going pressure wavefields. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061974 | Full-Wavefield Inversion Using Mirror Source-Receiver Geometry - Method for performing a full wavefield inversion (FWI) without simulating free-surface multiple reflections. The free-surface multiples are removed from the field gathers of seismic data, which are then used to generate a subsurface velocity model by FWI. In the FWI, the field monopole sources and receivers are replaced with dipole (actual and mirror image) sources and receivers ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061975 | Vertical Seismic Profiling Migration Method - A method includes seismic wave field continuation, imaging and data analysis steps that are applied in a near well region. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061976 | Generating Subterranean Imaging Data Based on Vertical Seismic Profile Data - Example computer-implemented method, computer-readable media, and computer system are described for generating subterranean imaging data based on vertical seismic profile (VSP) data. In some aspects, VSP data of a subterranean region can be received. Four angle attributes for each image point can be computed based on the received VSP data. Five-dimensional (5D) angle-domain common-image gathers (ADCIG) can be generated according to a ray-equation method based on the four angle attributes. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061977 | IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF MARINE SEISMIC SURVEYS - Methods and systems to assess in near real-time defects in seismic data resulting from noise and seismic data acquisition-system deviations during a marine survey are disclosed. Methods and systems apply forward modeling to a model of a subterranean formation to generate synthetic seismic data based on the noise and deviations in the seismic data acquisition system. The synthetic seismic data represents the seismic data that would be collected by a marine survey carried out on a subterranean formation with the same structure as the Earth model and includes defects that result from the noise and deviations in the seismic data acquisition system. Error estimation is applied to the synthetic seismic data in order to assess the defects at different stages of seismic data processing. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061978 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATTENUATING MULTIPLE ENERGY IN SEISMIC DATA - A method for processing seismic data contaminated by peg-leg multiple energy may include identifying at least one peg-leg event in the seismic dataset; flattening the seismic dataset on the peg-leg event; transposing the seismic dataset so that an axis representative of the geographic space becomes the first axis; filtering the transposed seismic dataset with a low-cut filter along the first axis; and transposing the filtered seismic dataset back to its original orientation. The method may be carried out on a computer system including a processor configured to execute modules implementing the method. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061979 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO REMOVE PARTICLE-MOTION-SENSOR NOISE FROM VERTICAL-VELOCITY DATA - Methods and systems that remove particle-sensor noise from measured vertical-velocity wavefield are presented. A approximate vertical-velocity data is computed from pressure data and vertical-velocity data at receiver coordinates of a seismic data acquisition system. The pressure data is composed of a pressure signal component and pressure-sensor noise and the vertical-velocity data is composed of a vertical-velocity signal component and particle-motion-sensor noise. A filter that gives a minimum difference between the vertical-velocity data and the approximate vertical-velocity data at each receiver coordinate is computed. Vertical-velocity data composed of the vertical-velocity signal component and approximate particle-motion-sensor noise based on the pressure-sensor noise is convolved with the filter at each receiver coordinate. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061980 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STEERING SEISMIC VESSEL - System and method for steering a vessel during a marine acquisition campaign. The method includes obtaining a pre-plot track of a steered point, wherein the steered point is associated with an equipment spread towed by the vessel; calculating an offset between a past position of the vessel and a current position of the steered point; and steering the vessel along a vessel track, wherein the vessel track is calculated by shifting the pre-plot track of the steered point with at least a cross-line component of the offset. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061981 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TOWING ACOUSTIC SOURCE SUB-ARRAYS - Acoustic source arrays and related methods. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including towing a first source sub-array comprising a first surface float, the first surface float defines a first connection point at a proximal end of the first surface float. The method may further include towing a second source sub-array comprising a second surface float, the second surface float defines a second connection point at a proximal end of the second surface float. And during the towing of the first and second source sub-arrays, the method may include maintaining a lateral separation between the first and second connection points of the first and second surface floats by a first strut, the first strut coupled between the first connection point of the first surface float and the second connection point of the second surface float. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061982 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CHARGER - A method and system for detecting a charger are provided. The method includes receiving, by a controller, charger information from at least one charger present within a network area of a vehicle. A sensed current is then transmitted from a receiving pad of the vehicle to the charger or a charger side transmitting pad based on the charger information. Further, the method may include detecting the charger and the transmitting pad having priority based on a voltage and a current induced by the sensed current. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061983 | ANTENNA APPARATUS WITH AN INTEGRATED PROXIMITY SENSOR AND METHODS - Wireless wide area network (WWAN) antenna with integrated sensor and methods of using the same. In one embodiment, an antenna subsystem and proximity sensing subsystem share a grounded antenna component/parasitic element. The parasitic element can be used to broaden the operating band of the antenna feeding component and provide an input (via a capacitance change) to a proximity sensor. The parasitic element is, in one embodiment, coupled in parallel to the proximity sensor allowing for a reduction in noise due to increased isolation between the antenna subsystem and the sensing subsystem. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061984 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYING - The present invention provides an airborne electromagnetic survey system having one or more autonomous vehicles comprising one or more active flight control members and housing at least one of a receiver, a transmitter, and other measuring device. The airborne electromagnetic survey system may include a controller that enables dynamic adjustment of the location and/or the orientation of the vehicle relative to other components of the EM system. The controller estimates, based on at least one of operational and environmental data of the survey during flight, the optimal location of said vehicle relative to other components of the EM system. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061985 | RESTORABLE ANTENNAE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR WELL LOGGING - An apparatus includes a sub with recesses along an exterior wall to receive inserts, an antenna case including a coil surrounded by a sacrificial wear portion of a material through which signals between the coil and a formation of interest may pass. An eroded outer wall of the sacrificial wear portion is restorable by application of an uncured restorative material to the antenna case. A method includes securing an antenna case having a coil there within onto a sub, surrounding the coil with a metal sleeve shield, and radially receiving and securing a multi-piece sacrificial wear member intermediate the antenna case and a retainer ring having a threaded bore. The multi-piece sacrificial wear member is replaceable after use by unthreading the retainer ring to release the sacrificial wear member for radial removal from the sub. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061986 | Formation Property Characteristic Determination Methods - A method for analyzing at least one characteristic of a geological formation may include obtaining measured data for the geological formation based upon a logging tool, and minimizing an objective function representing at least an L | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061987 | Petrophysical Inversions Systems and Methods Field - The disclosure provides methods and systems for evaluating formation geometry and petrophysical properties directly from raw electromagnetic measurements. The methods involve using a downhole tool to measure a property of a formation at multiple depths of investigation and calculating geometry and petrophysical property information by direct inversion from raw measurements acquired by the tool. The system includes a tool for measuring a formation property at different depths of investigation and a processor for calculating geometry and petrophysical information by direct inversion from the raw measurements acquired by the tool. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061988 | MOBILE INSPECTION SYSTEM - A mobile inspection system comprises: a stand; a ray source mounted to the stand and configured to generate a ray; a substantially inverted L-shaped detector beam comprising a horizontal detector beam portion and an upright detector beam portion connected to one end of the horizontal detector beam portion; a plurality of detectors configured to receive the ray emitted from the ray source, the plurality of detectors being disposed to at least one of the horizontal detector beam portion and the upright detector beam portion; and a drive device disposed to the stand, connected with the other end of the horizontal detector beam portion, and configured to drive the detector beam to rotate around an upright axis, wherein the ray source and the detector beam rotate synchronously. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061989 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED INSPECTION SYSTEM - A vehicle-mounted inspection system comprises: a chassis; a rotation mechanism disposed on the chassis; a first ray emission device connected to the rotation mechanism and configured to emit a ray; a first detection device connected to the rotation mechanism and configured to receive the ray emitted by the first ray emission device; and a second ray emission device connected to the rotation mechanism and configured to emit a ray. The rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the first ray emission device, the first detection device and the second ray emission device substantially around an upright axis between a retracted position and an operating position. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061990 | Method and System of a Neutron Tube - A neutron tube. At least some of the illustrative embodiments including: generating, from a neutron tube, a first neutron burst having a first characteristic energy spectra; and generating, from the neutron tube, a second neutron burst having a second characteristic energy spectra different than the first characteristic energy spectra, the generating the second neutron burst within one second of generating the first neutron burst. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061991 | GAS WELL INTEGRITY INSPECTION SYSTEM - A well integrity inspection system configured to inspect a well structure including multiple concentric layers. The well integrity inspection system includes an inspection probe positioned in the well structure. The inspection probe includes a plurality of excitation assemblies for transmitting a plurality of radiation emissions into the well structure. The plurality of excitation assemblies includes at least a neutron excitation assembly and an X-ray excitation assembly. The inspection probe also includes a plurality of detection assemblies configured to receive a plurality of backscatter radiation returns from the well structure. The plurality of detection assemblies includes at least a neutron detection assembly and an X-ray detection assembly. The well integrity inspection system further including a processor operatively coupled to the inspection probe. The processor is configured to determine a well integrity parameter of the well structure based on at least one of the plurality of backscatter radiation returns. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061992 | AUTOMATED GLOBAL WEATHER NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - An automated global weather notification system is provided. The automated global weather notification system is capable of obtaining observational weather data, including data form of forecast grids, and applying business rules and conditional variables to that data. Based on the business rules and conditional variables, notifications are generated. Relevant users are identified in particular geographic areas and notifications are delivered to those users via, for example, SMS, MMS, email, or other methods of electronic information delivery. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061993 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The disclosure relates to a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes an insulative transparent substrate, a light emitting material layer, and a metal metamaterial layer. The metal metamaterial layer is located between the insulative transparent substrate and the light emitting material layer. The metal metamaterial layer includes a number of periodically aligned metamaterial units. Because the plasmon of the metamaterial can control electromagnetic properties in nanoscale, light from the light emitting device can be polarized in nanoscale. Thus, the light emitting device can emit polarized light. The display device using the light emitting device is also provided. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061994 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL AND OPTICAL FUNCTIONAL DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An object to provide a photonic crystal capable of resonating light at more resonant frequencies within a particular frequency range. A plurality of photonic crystal structure formation bodies each including a plate-like member in which cyclic refractive index distribution is formed are provided so as to be spaced apart from each other in the thickness direction of the plate-like member, and the respective refractive index distributions of the plurality of photonic crystal structure formation bodies are set such that: at least one of the plurality of photonic crystal structure formation bodies resonates with light having at least two frequencies within the frequency range; and the two frequencies are different from resonant frequencies of at least one of the other photonic crystal structure formation bodies. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061995 | POLY(OXAZOLINE-CO-ETHYLENEIMINE)-EPICHLOROHYDRIN COPOLYMERS AND USES THEREOF - The invention is related to poly(2-oxazoline-co-ethyleneimine)-epichlorohydrin copolymers and chemically-modified derivatives thereof as well as their uses in formation of non-silicone hydrogel coatings on silicone hydrogel contact lenses. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061996 | ANTIREFLECTION FILM, AND OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL SYSTEM THAT INCLUDE THE SAME - An antireflection film formed on a substrate having a refractive index between 1.40 and 1.85 inclusive for light having a wavelength of 550 nm includes an intermediate layer formed on the substrate, and a concavo-convex layer formed on the intermediate layer, the concavo-convex layer includes a part has a refractive index that continuously increases from a side closer to a surface toward a side closer to the substrate, the intermediate layer includes a plurality of thin film layers having different refractive indices, and at least one of the thin film layers has a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the substrate, and the thin film layers include a first layer formed on the substrate and having a physical thickness d1, and a second layer formed on the first layer and having a physical thickness d2, and satisfy predetermined conditional expressions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061997 | ANTIREFLECTIVE LAMINATE, POLARIZING PLATE, COVER GLASS, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ANTIREFLECTIVE LAMINATE - There is provided an antireflective laminate including: a hard coat layer; and an antireflective layer adjacent to the hard coat layer, wherein the hard coat layer includes cellulose acylate in a region within 1 μm far from an interface with the antireflective layer in a film thickness direction, and the antireflective layer includes a binder resin and particles having an average primary particle diameter of 50 nm or more and 700 nm or less, and has a moth-eye structure by the particles on a surface opposite to the interface with the hard coat layer. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061998 | OPTICAL MEMBER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Provided are an optical member capable of maintaining a high level of antireflectiveness while preventing fogging under conditions of total reflection, and a method of manufacturing the same. The optical member includes: a substrate; an intermediate layer; and an aluminum oxide layer which are stacked in this order, the aluminum oxide layer having a surface with an irregular structure made of aluminum oxide crystals. The intermediate layer includes multiple columnar structures inclined with respect to a substrate surface, and includes holes between the columnar structures. The method of manufacturing an optical member includes: forming on a substrate surface an intermediate layer including multiple columnar structures by oblique deposition; and forming a film by applying on the intermediate layer a solution containing aluminum compound and subjecting the film to hot water treatment to form on the film surface an aluminum oxide layer having an irregular structure made of aluminum oxide crystals. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061999 | DOUBLE-VISION BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In the embodiments of the invention, a double-vision backlight module and a LCD device are provided. In the embodiments of the present invention, a light-splitting prism sheet is disposed between a diffuser plate and a LCD panel for splitting light. The prism sheet is arranged such that a side having prisms thereon of the prism sheet faces the LCD panel, and thereby splitting the light and enhancing the brightness, and eventually enhancing the brightness in both left and right view areas and at the same time reducing the brightness in the central-interference area, and thus improving the double-vision effect. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062000 | OPTICAL REFLECTIVE FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL REFLECTOR USING THE SAME - To provide an optical reflective film capable of suppressing formation of a defect known as color bleeding, an optical reflective film which suppresses occurrence of curling and has excellent folding resistance, and an optical reflective film having excellent interlayer adhesion and external appearance after exposure to high humidity conditions. In an optical reflective film including at least one unit in which a low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer are laminated on a substrate, at least one of the low refractive index layer and the high refractive index layer includes an ethylene-modified polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of ethylene modification of 1 to 10 mol % and inorganic oxide particles. Alternately, the high refractive index layer includes an ethylene-modified polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification degree of 95.0 to 99.9 mol % and titanium oxide particle as inorganic oxide particles, and a content of the inorganic oxide particles in the high refractive index layer is 40 to 60% by volume. Alternately, at least one of the low refractive index layer and the high refractive index layer includes two or more kinds of alkylene-modified polyvinyl alcohols and inorganic oxide particles. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062001 | VEHICLE MIRROR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A MIRROR - The invention relates to a mirror. The invention further relates to a motor vehicle having one or more mirrors according to the invention. The invention also relates to an aircraft having a mirror according to the invention. In addition, the invention relates to a vessel having a mirror according to the invention. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a mirror according to the invention. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062002 | SILVERPLATED REFLECTING FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a silverplated reflecting film and a manufacturing method thereof. The reflecting film comprises a reflecting polyester film layer ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062003 | FILLED LARGE-FORMAT IMPRINTED STRUCTURE - A filled large-format imprinted structure includes a cured layer including a cured layer surface having one or more areas and a plurality of micro-cavities imprinted in each area, each of the micro-cavities having a micro-cavity width less than or equal to 20 microns. A rib separates each micro-cavity from an adjacent micro-cavity by a rib width that is less than the micro-cavity width, the rib extending from a bottom of the micro-cavity to the cured layer surface. A common cured material is located in each micro-cavity, thereby defining a filled large-format imprinted structure. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062004 | FILLED LARGE-FORMAT IMPRINTING METHOD - A method of making a filled large-format imprinted structure includes providing a substrate, locating a curable layer over the substrate, imprinting the curable layer, and curing the curable layer to form a cured layer including a layer surface having one or more areas. Each area has a plurality of imprinted micro-cavities, wherein each micro-cavity has a micro-cavity width less than or equal to 20 microns. A rib separates each micro-cavity from an adjacent micro-cavity by a rib width that is less than the micro-cavity width, the rib extending from a bottom of the micro-cavity to the layer surface. A common curable material is located in each micro-cavity and cured to form common cured material in each micro-cavity, thereby defining a filled large-format imprinted structure. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062005 | RIBBED LARGE-FORMAT IMPRINTING METHOD - A method of making a filled large-format imprinted structure includes providing a substrate, locating a curable layer over the substrate, imprinting the curable layer, and curing the curable layer to form a cured layer including a layer surface and one or more imprinted micro-cavities. Each micro-cavity has a micro-cavity depth and a micro-cavity width and one or more ribs extending from the bottom of the micro-cavity toward the top of the micro-cavity. Each rib has a rib width that is less than one half of the micro-cavity width, a rib height that is less than the micro-cavity depth, and each rib separates the micro-cavity into portions, each portion having a portion width less than or equal to 20 microns. A curable material is located in each micro-cavity and cured to form cured material located in each micro-cavity, thereby defining a filled large-format imprinted structure. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062006 | MULTI-LAYER LARGE-FORMAT IMPRINTED STRUCTURE - A filled large-format imprinted structure includes a substrate and a first cured layer located over the substrate. One or more first micro-cavities are imprinted in the first cured layer, each first micro-cavity having a first micro-cavity width less than or equal to 20 microns. A second cured layer is located over the first layer and the one or more first micro-cavities. One or more second micro-cavities are imprinted in the second cured layer, each second micro-cavity having a second micro-cavity width less than or equal to 20 microns. A common first cured material is located in the first micro-cavity and in the second micro-cavity, thereby defining a filled large-format imprinted structure. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062007 | STACKED LARGE-FORMAT IMPRINTED STRUCTURE - A filled large-format imprinted structure includes a substrate, a first cured layer located over the substrate, a first micro-cavity imprinted in the first cured layer, and a first cured material of a first color located in the first micro-cavities. A second cured layer is located over the first cured layer and a second micro-cavity is imprinted in the second cured layer. A second cured material of a second color is located in the second micro-cavities. A third cured layer is located over the second cured layer and a third micro-cavity is imprinted in the third cured layer. A third cured material of a third color is located in the third micro-cavities, thereby defining a large-format imprinted structure. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062008 | STACKED LARGE-FORMAT IMPRINTING METHOD - A method of making a filled large-format imprinted structure includes providing a substrate, locating a first curable layer over the substrate, imprinting the first curable layer, and curing the first curable layer to form a first cured layer imprinted with a first micro-cavity. A first curable material of a first color is located in the first micro-cavity and cured to form first cured material in the first micro-cavity. A second curable layer is located on the first cured layer and the first cured material, imprinted, and cured to form a second cured layer imprinted with a second micro-cavity. A second curable material of a second color different from the first color is located in the second micro-cavity and cured to form second cured material, thereby defining a large-format imprinted structure. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062009 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING LIGHT AT AN OPTICAL INTERFACE - An interface between two different optical materials can comprise a stack of thin film layers that manage light incident on that interface. One of the optical materials can have a first composition and a first refractive index, while the other optical material can have a second composition and a second refractive index. The stack can comprise thin film layers of the first optical material interleaved between thin film layers of the second optical material. The layers of the stack can be configured to provide the stack with an aggregate composition of at least one of the optical materials that progressively varies from one end of the stack to the other end. To provide the progressive variation in composition, the layers of one of the optical materials can have a progressively increased thickness across the stack, or can progressively increase in number, for example | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062010 | POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a polarizing plate including an adhesive layer, a primer layer and a polyethylene terephthalate film which are sequentially formed on at least one side of a polarizer, wherein the adhesive layer in the present disclosure is formed by an active energy ray-curable adhesive including a first epoxy compound of which a homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 120° C. or higher, a second epoxy compound of which a homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or lower, and a cationic photopolymerization initiator, and wherein the primer layer is formed by a primer composition including one or more binder resins selected from the group consisting of polyester and polyvinyl alcohol-based resins, and one or more cross-linking agents selected from the group consisting of acrylic cross-linking agents, epoxy-based cross-linking agents and polyvinyl alcohol-based cross-linking agents. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062011 | POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a polyester film formed on an upper side of the polarizer. The polyester film has a ratio of MD elongation to TD elongation of about 1:6 to about 1:30. An angle between the transmission axis of the polarizer and the TD of the polyester film ranges from about −7° to about +7°. In some embodiments, a liquid crystal display includes the polarizing plate. The polarizing plate and the liquid crystal display can reduce the occurrence of rainbow spots, realize a high degree of polarization, and exhibit little variation in the retardation and dimensions under high temperature/high humidity conditions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062012 | POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME - A polarizing plate includes a polarizer, and a polyester film formed on one or both surfaces of the polarizer. The polyester film has a tensile strength ratio of about 3 or greater, as calculated by Equation 4, and an orientation displacement (°) of about −5° to about +5° with respect to a transverse direction (slow axis) of the polyester film at a wavelength of 550 nm. A liquid crystal display apparatus includes the polarizing plate. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062013 | ORIENTATION LAYER FOR OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC FILM - An orientation layer is provided for an optically anisotropic film disposed between a substrate and an optically anisotropic film. The orientation layer has an orientation regulating force vertically orienting a liquid crystal compound without being subjected to orienting treatment. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062014 | POLARIZING PLATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND OPTICAL FILM MATERIAL - The present invention provides a polarizing plate that includes a polarizer, and an optical film including an alignment layer, an optically anisotropic layer, and an optically isotropic acrylic polymer layer on at least one surface of the polarizer, in which the optically anisotropic layer is a layer formed by irradiating a polymerizable composition including a liquid crystal compound that is directly applied to the alignment layer with light to polymerize the liquid crystal compound, the acrylic polymer layer is a layer formed by curing a polymerizable composition including (meth)acrylate that is directly applied to a surface of the layer formed from the polymerizable composition including a liquid crystal compound, and the thickness of the acrylic polymer layer is larger than the thickness of the optically anisotropic layer. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a polarizing plate having a small thickness. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062015 | POLARIZER, DISPLAY PANEL AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a polarizer, a display panel and a forming method thereof. The polarizer includes a polarizing film layer and a first bonding layer arranged on the lower surface of the polarizing film layer, wherein the first bonding layer is used for adhesion with a display substrate, the polarizer further includes a second bonding layer arranged on the upper surface of the polarizing film layer, and the second bonding layer is used for adhesion with a first film layer. Since the polarizer is additionally provided with the second bonding layer based on the existing polarizer, the double surfaces of the polarizer can be simply and conveniently adhered to the display substrate and the first film layer respectively, thereby greatly simplifying the adhesion process of the polarizer in a double-face adhesion process. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062016 | POLARIZING PLATE, COMPOSITION FOR PROTECTIVE LAYERS OF A POLARIZING PLATE, AND OPTICAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A composition for protective layers of a polarizing plate includes a photocurable monomer or oligomer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 50° C. or greater, particles, a reactive monomer or oligomer, and an initiator. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a protective layer formed from the composition on one or both surfaces of the polarizer. The protective layer has a storage modulus at about 25° C. of greater than about 2000 MPa, as measured at a heating rate of 10° C./min, a temperature of −50° C. to 100° C., a frequency of 1 Hz, and a strain of 0.5%. An optical display includes the polarizing plate. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062017 | Broadband, Selectively-Absorptive Wire Grid Polarizer - The invention includes a selectively-absorptive wire grid polarizer (WGP) comprising an array of parallel, elongated rods located over a surface of a transparent substrate with gaps between adjacent rods. Each of the rods can include a reflective wire and two absorptive ribs. The reflective wire can be sandwiched between the two absorptive ribs and the substrate or the two absorptive ribs can be sandwiched between the reflective wire and the substrate. Each of the two absorptive ribs can comprise a different material. Use of multiple absorptive ribs within each rod can increase the effective useful bandwidth of light for selectively absorbing one polarization. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062018 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device comprises a display panel and an optical plate. The display panel comprises a surface comprising a display area and a non-display area, the display panel further comprising a bending portion that is bent and a non-bending portion that is not bent. The display panel comprises: a base substrate, an array of pixels formed over the base substrate, and electrically conductive lines disposed over the base substrate and electrically connecting the array of pixels to an exterior device, the electrically conductive lines comprising at least one extension formed in the bending portion and overlapping the non-display area when viewed in a thickness direction of the display panel. The optical plate is disposed over the display panel, and comprises: a first optical plate portion covering the display area, and a second optical plate portion covering the at least one extension of the electrically conductive lines. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062019 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHASE-DIFFERENCE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CIRCULARLY POLARIZING PLATE - Provided is a method capable of producing a retardation film being excellent in axial accuracy, showing small changes in retardation and dimensions at the time of its heating, and having a slow axis in an oblique direction with high production efficiency. The production method for a retardation film of the present invention includes: holding left and right end portions of a film with left and right variable pitch-type clips configured to have clip pitches changing in a longitudinal direction, respectively; preheating the film; causing the clip pitches of the left and right clips to each independently change to obliquely stretch the film; reducing the clip pitches of the left and right clips to shrink the film in the longitudinal direction; and releasing the film from being held with the clips. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062020 | RETARDATION FILM, AND CIRCULARLY POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE RETARDATION FILM - A retardation film includes a cellulose ether derivative and a compound having a negative intrinsic birefringence, wherein the retardation film includes: a transmittance at a wavelength of 320 to 400 nm of 89% or more; an in-plane retardation Ro | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062021 | PHOTOLUMINESCENT LAYERED COMPOSITE, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE COMPOSITE - A photoluminescent layered composite includes: a light conversion layer including a first polymer matrix and a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals dispersed in the first polymer matrix; and a metal oxide layer, wherein the metal oxide layer includes a plurality of conductive metal oxide particles, and wherein the metal oxide layer is disposed on at least one surface of the light conversion layer. Also a backlight unit and a display device include the same. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062022 | EQUIPMENT PART HAVING LUMINOUS VISIBLE SIDE - The present invention relates to an equipment part, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a carrier ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062023 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, ILLUMINATION EQUIPMENT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An illumination device ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062024 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device, includes a display panel; a light guide plate to transfer light to the display panel; and a light source module on a side surface of the light guide plate to supply light to the light guide plate, the light source module including a light source to generate light; and a quantum dot unit between the light source and the light guide plate, the quantum dot unit extending along the side surface of the light guide plate and including a tube member filled with a resin including quantum dots, the tube member including a sealing part. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062025 | Light Guide Assembly for an LCD or the Like - An apparatus and method for assembling a display device to which is coupled a light guide that has smooth surfaces for light-transmission and at least one surface that is for light scattering and internal reflection. The method includes depositing a reflective coating on that surface, and installing the display device with coupled light guide in an interior of a meter housing or casing. A portion of the casing interior is filled with a component, such as epoxy, for sealing the case interior to protect the display device and light guide against water and dust penetration. All surfaces of the light guide are protected from direct contact with the epoxy. This approach greatly simplifies the assembly process and yields a robust display that also prevents light leakage from the light guide. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062026 | BACKLIGHT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLALY DEVICE HAVING A REFLECTOR BEING COATED WITH A GRADATION COLOR LAYER COMPOSED BY YELLOW - A backlight module includes a light source, a waveguide, a reflector, and an optical film. The waveguide includes a light inlet surface facing the light source, a light emitting surface adjacent to the light inlet surface, and a bottom surface opposite to the light emitting surface. The reflector is disposed under the bottom surface of the waveguide. The optical film is disposed above the light emitting surface of the waveguide. The reflector is coated with a gradation color layer composed by yellow graduating to blue so as to ensure projection of light from the light source is homogeneous with reduced chromatic aberration. | 2016-03-03 |
