| 12th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20130070129 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND DEFECTIVE PIXEL DETECTION METHOD - An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor including a plurality of pixels each having a microlens and a plurality of photoelectric conversion means, and defective pixel detection means for detecting defective photoelectric conversion means from among the plurality of photoelectric conversion means, wherein the defective pixel detection means determines defective photoelectric conversion means by comparing an output signal output from photoelectric conversion means of a subject, sequentially taken from the plurality of photoelectric conversion means, for detection with first signals from photoelectric conversion means included in pixels neighboring the pixel including the photoelectric conversion means of the subject for detection, each position of the photoelectric conversion means included in the neighboring pixels corresponding to a position of the photoelectric conversion means of the subject for detection with respect to the microlens. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070130 | IMAGE SENSOR OPTIMIZATION - An apparatus including: a plurality of photodetectors for converting the light to which they are exposed to into signals for image generation, wherein the photodetectors use locally optimized saturation signal. The apparatus is, for example, an image sensor or an electronic communication device. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070131 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having a photoelectric conversion element converting incident light into a charge and a charge retaining section temporarily retaining the charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion element and a light shielding section having an embedded section extending in at least a region between the photoelectric conversion element and the charge retaining section of the semiconductor substrate. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070132 | Time of Flight Sensor with Subframe Compression and Method - A demodulation image sensor, such as used in time of flight (TOF) cameras, extracts all storage- and post-processing-related steps from the pixels to another array of storage and processing elements (proxels) on the chip. The pixel array has the task of photo-detection, first processing and intermediate storage to create subframes, while the array of storage and processing elements provides accumulation into frames. Particularly, sampled values of several subframes are summed in a compressed manner. Possible compression is to use exponential function. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070133 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND SIGNAL READING METHOD - Provided are a solid-state imaging device, an imaging device, and a signal reading method, which may reduce the degradation of signal quality, suppress an increase in a chip area, and suppress an increase in current consumption. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels classified as first to n | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070134 | Low Noise CMOS Pixel Array - An imaging array having a plurality of pixels is disclosed. Each pixel includes a photodetector that converts light to charge, a floating diffusion node, a first amplification stage connected to the floating diffusion node, and a select gate that connects the pixel to a second amplification stage. The first and second amplification stages form a current mirror. The first amplification stage includes a buried channel device. In one aspect of the present invention, the current minor has an overall voltage gain of between 0.9 and 1.1. In another aspect of the invention, the second amplification stage is shared by a plurality of pixels. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070135 | COLUMN PARALLEL READOUT IMAGE SENSORS WITH SHARED COLUMN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER CIRCUITRY - Electronic devices may include image sensors having image sensor pixels arranged in rows and columns. Pixels arranged along a column may be coupled to a common column line. Two or more column lines may by coupled to a shared analog-to-digital converter circuit. The shared analog to digital converter circuit may sample and hold reset-level or image-level voltages presented on the column line. The shared analog to digital converter circuits may pre-amplify and convert the voltages to digital signals. The shared analog-to-digital converter may simultaneously sample pixel voltages for all columns in a selected row of the pixel array. The image sensor may read the converted signals out of memory for an active row in the pixel array while simultaneously sampling and holding the voltages for the next row of the pixel array. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070136 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, A/D CONVERTER, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an A/D converter, a first analog signal which is input to an input terminal in a state in which the input terminal and a reference voltage line are connected via a first capacitor is converted into digital data when a reference signal is supplied to the reference signal line in a state in which the reference signal line and a first input terminal of a comparator are connected via the first capacitor. A second analog signal which is input to the input terminal in a state in which the input terminal and the reference voltage line are connected via a second capacitor is converted into digital data when the reference signal is supplied to the reference signal line in a state in which the reference signal line and the first input terminal of the comparator are connected via the second capacitor. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070137 | IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH CONFORMAL IMAGE BUFFERS - Imaging systems may be provided with image sensors for capturing images. An image sensor may include storage and processing circuitry having a conformal image buffer to be used in performing various types of image transformations on captured input images. The storage and processing circuitry may perform the image transformations, in part, by storing a portion of a captured input image in the conformal image buffer. A conformal image buffer may include a buffer for storing input image pixel values specific to various types of image transformations and memory for storing a pixel buffer lookup table. The pixel buffer lookup table may be used by the storage and processing circuitry to determine which input image pixel values should be stored in the conformal image buffer for each type of image transformation and to provide random read access to the stored input image pixel values in the conformal image buffer. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070138 | Number Of Pixels In Detector Arrays Using Compressive Sensing - A method and apparatus using the techniques of compressive sensing, which has so far been applied mostly to improving a single-pixel detector into an effectively N-pixel detector, for improving a P-pixel detector array into an effectively P×N-pixel detector array. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070139 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECT CAPABILITIES - Electronic devices may include image sensors having configurable image sensor pixel interconnections. Image sensors may include image sensor pixels coupled to analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The analog circuitry may include many analog circuit blocks. The analog circuit blocks may control and read out signals from associated image sensor pixels. The configurable interconnect circuitry may be controlled to reroute the connections between the analog circuit blocks and specific groups of image sensor pixels. Digital circuitry may be coupled to the analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The digital circuitry may include digital circuit blocks. There may be significantly more image pixels controlled by a small number of analog circuit blocks, which are in turn controlled by a smaller number of digital circuit blocks. The image sensor pixel array, the configurable interconnect circuitry, the analog circuitry, and the digital circuitry may be vertically stacked. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070140 | IMAGE SENSORS WITH MULTIPLE LENSES OF VARYING POLARIZATIONS - An electronic device may have a camera module. The camera module may include a camera sensor divided into two or more regions. The various regions of the camera sensor may include lenses that filter different polarizations of incident light. As one example, a first half of the camera sensor may include a lens that passes unpolarized light to the first half of the camera sensor, while a second half of the camera sensor may include a lens that passes light of a particular polarization to the second half of the camera sensor. If desired, the camera sensor may include microlenses over individual image sensing pixels. Some of the microlenses may select for particular polarizations of incident light. The electronic device may include a component that emits structured or polarized light and the camera sensor may have lenses that are mapped to the light emitted by the component. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070141 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device comprising a plurality of unit pixels each comprising (a) a photoelectric conversion element operative to generate a charge in response to incident light, (b) a first storage element in which the charge generated by the photoelectric conversion element is stored and (c) a second storage element in which a charge based on the charge stored in the first storage element is stored, wherein, for each pixel, the second storage element is located at an opposite side of a light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion element. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070142 | Imaging Device and Imaging Method for Imaging Device - An imaging device of the present invention comprises a display section for displaying a moving image that has been acquired by imaging, a touch panel, provided facing the display section, for detecting a touch position, a face detection section for detecting size and position of faces from within the moving image, a facial organ detection section for detecting the size and position of organs constituting a face that has been detected by the face detection section, and a designated image determination section for determining, from an operation position that has been detected by the touch panel, a size and position of a face that have been detected by the face detection section, and a size and position of organs that have been detected by the facial organ detection section, whether an image selected based on the operation position is at least a face or an organ. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070143 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display apparatus includes a control unit for displaying a first content in a first area of a display screen, and a multi-contents generation unit for generating a plurality of second contents, wherein the control unit divides a second area of the display screen into a plurality of areas, and the plurality of second contents are respectively displayed in areas of the second area. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070144 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus is configured to execute a manual focus mode in which focusing is performed by an operation of a manual operating unit by moving an image pickup optical system configured to form an optical image of an object. The optical apparatus includes a diaphragm configured to adjust a light quantity, and a controller configured to control a movement of the image pickup optical system in accordance with an operating amount of the manual operating unit so that a unit moving amount that is a moving amount of an in-focus position of the image pickup optical system per unit operation of the manual operating unit corresponds to a product between a diameter of a minimum confusion circle of the image pickup optical system, a diaphragm value of the diaphragm in the manual focus mode, and a coefficient that is a natural number or a reciprocal of the natural number. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070145 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object via an optical system, a display unit configured to display the image captured by the image capturing unit on a screen, a detection unit configured to simultaneously detect a plurality of touch positions on the screen on which the image is displayed, and a control unit configured to adjust a focus state in accordance with a change in a distance between a first detected touch position and a second detected touch position, so as to change a focus area. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070146 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND RANGEFINDER DEVICE - An imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes a lens optical system L, an imaging device N at least having a plurality of first and second pixels P | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070147 | THREE-POLE TILT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CAMERA MODULE - A novel camera module includes a housing having a lens unit receiving portion and an image capture device receiving portion, which includes a plurality of discrete support members. A lens unit is coupled to the lens unit receiving portion of the housing. An image capture device has a top surface, which includes an image sensor array. The top surface of the image capture device contacts the bottom of the discrete support members of the housing to align the tilt of the image capture device with respect to the housing. In a particular embodiment, the image capture device is mounted on a surface of a circuit substrate that is coupled to the housing. In an alternate embodiment, the housing is coupled directly to the image capture device. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070148 | CAMERA MODULE - The present invention relates to a camera module having an auto focus function, the module including a lens unit having at least one lens, a barrel into which the lens unit is inserted, and connected by a VCM (Voice Coil Motor) actuator, and an image sensor discretely positioned from the lens unit to convert light having passed the lens unit to an electrical signal, where the VCM actuator includes a gap of a reference distance position value which is a position of an object catering to a lens focal length according to the camera module, and information on a focus-met lens position value, and adjusts an initial position of the lens by using the gap of reference distance position value of the lens position value during operation of the camera module. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070149 | MEMS ACTUATOR MOUNTED CAMERA MODULE HAVING SAG COMPENSATION AND SAG COMPENSATION METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) actuator mounted camera module having sag compensation and a sag compensation method using the same, the camera module including a MEMS actuator mounted with a lens; a MEMS actuator moving unit outputting electrostatic capacity information corresponding to position of the lens changed by displacement move and outputting a displacement move signal to the MEMS actuator for controlling the displacement moving force; a memory unit stored with reference signal information corresponding to a maximum displacement move in the displacement move; and a signal compensation unit calculating a step range corresponding to the displacement move of the MEMS actuator based on the electrostatic capacity information outputted from the MEMS actuator moving unit and the reference signal information stored in the memory unit and compensating the displacement moving force of the MEMS actuator based on the calculated step range. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070150 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE - The lens barrel is a lens barrel for forming an optical image of a subject on an imaging element, comprising a first lens unit, a second lens unit, a focus lens unit, a zoom mechanism, and a focus actuator. The focus lens unit is movably supported by the second lens unit in the optical axis direction. The operating force inputted to the zoom control is mechanically transmitted to at least one of the first lens unit and the second lens unit. The focus actuator is fixed to the second lens unit and electrically drives the focus lens unit relative to the second lens unit in the optical axis direction. The second lens unit or the focus lens unit is disposed nearest to the image plane in the optical system including the first lens element, the second lens element, and the focus lens. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070151 | Auto Exposure Techniques for Variable Lighting Conditions - Systems, methods, and a computer readable medium for performing auto exposure (AE) techniques that are beneficial in variable lighting conditions—and particularly applicable to handheld and/or mobile videoconferencing applications—are disclosed herein. Handheld and/or mobile videoconferencing applications—unlike their fixed camera counterparts—are often exposed to a wide variety of rapidly changing lighting and scene conditions, and thus face a difficult trade-off between adjusting exposure parameter values too frequently or not frequently enough. In personal electronic devices executing such handheld and/or mobile videoconferencing applications, it may be desirable to: use a small, centered, and center-weighted exposure metering region; set a relatively low brightness target value; and adjust the camera's exposure parameter values according to a distance-dependent convergence speed function. The use of such techniques, in conjunction with a relatively large stability region, may also improve the quality of a video encoder's temporal predictions—and thus video quality—in videoconferencing applications. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070152 | SAMPLED DIGITAL CONTENT BASED SYNCRONIZATION OF SUPPLEMENTARY DIGITAL CONTENT - Supplementary digital content is provided to be played with primary digital content on a media device, such as a television, handheld device, smart phone, computer, and so forth. The primary digital content is sampled, and the time of the sample is noted. The primary digital content is identified, and the supplementary digital content is selected and transmitted, with an indication of timing for play of the supplementary digital content based upon the sample time. Synchronization of the primary and supplementary digital content playback is based upon reference to the sample time. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070153 | ONSCREEN REMOTE CONTROL PRESENTED BY AUDIO VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE SUCH AS TV TO CONTROL SOURCE OF HDMI CONTENT - An audio video display device (AVDD) includes a processor and a touch screen video display. The AVDD also includes a computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to present at least one image of a remote control (RC) on the display. Accordingly, responsive to a first user command, the processor presents an image of a full RC on the display. Responsive to a second user command, the processor presents an image of a direction-only RC on the display that permits a user only to enter direction commands and an “enter” command. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070154 | REMOTE CONTROLLER APPARATUS, BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A remote controller apparatus for controlling a broadcast receiving apparatus is provided, in which the remote controller apparatus includes a storage unit, a user interface unit which sequentially receives at least one control instruction relating to controlling the broadcast receiving apparatus, an interface unit which transmits the at least one control instruction received via the user interface unit to the broadcast receiving apparatus, and which receives status information relating to the broadcast receiving apparatus based on the at least one control instruction, and a control unit causes the status information to be stored by the storage unit, and if the instruction relating to setting macro functionality is received via the user interface unit, generates a macro instruction relating to controlling the broadcast receiving apparatus based on the status information and causes the generated macro instruction to be stored by the storage unit. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070155 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ON-SCREEN DISPLAY IMAGE - A method for displaying on-screen display (OSD) image, suitable for a display apparatus, is provided. In the present invention, the OSD image is enabled for showing a setting menu of the display apparatus. The setting menu includes many items. When one of the items is selected, whether the selected item is valid is determined according to a current using state of the display apparatus. If the selected item is valid, a function corresponding to the selected item is executed. If the selected item is not valid, a suggestive block is displayed on the OSD image. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070156 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus including: a cover; a display panel which is accommodated in the cover; a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in at least one edge of the cover from a rear surface of the display panel; a lens which extends in parallel with an arrangement direction of the light emitting elements and is arranged in a light emitting direction; a reflection sheet installed in a rear surface of the display panel; and a holder which includes a holder main body that extends along the at least one edge, a light emitting element accommodator formed in a surface of the holder main body to accommodate therein the light emitting elements and a lens supporter that is spaced from the light emitting element accommodator and is formed in the surface of the holder main body to couple and support the lens. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070157 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - An electronic device includes a power management unit, a touch panel including a first touch area and a second touch area, a first indicator, a second indicator, and a processing unit. The first touch area and the second touch area are respectively located on two sides of the touch panel, and is used to produce touch signals in response to a user's touch. The position of the first indicator and a second indicator are respectively corresponding to the first touch area and the second touch area. The processing unit controls the power management unit to provide power to the first indicator only when determining the first touch area is touched by the user according to the touch signals received by it, and control the power management unit to provide power to the second indicator only when determining the second touch area is touched. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070158 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touch input device is provided. The touch input device includes a touch panel and a touch control. The touch panel includes a number of touch sensor groups, each touch sensor group includes a line of touch sensors, each touch sensor produces a touch signal in response to a user's touch, the touch sensor groups are arranged on the touch panel one by one along a predetermined path, the quantity of touch sensors of each touch sensor group is increased or decreased gradually, and the arrangement direction of the touch sensors of each touch sensor group is perpendicular to the direction of the predetermined path. The touch control is connected to the touch panel and is used to receive the touch signals produced by the touch sensor, and determine a touch path according to the changes of the quantity of the received touch signals. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070159 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing comprising a mask and a cover covering a display device from a side opposite to a display screen, the mask comprising an opening from which the display screen is exposed; and a stand comprising first and second portions, and an inclined portion, the first portion comprising an inner member and a cover member, the cover member having rigidity lower than the inner member and covering the inner member at a side closer to a placement surface, the cover member comprising a region facing the placement surface, the second portion being connected to the housing at a side of a rear surface of the display device and connecting the housing and the first portion, the inclined portion being provided in the cover member and inclined in a direction away from the placement surface. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070160 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a display device comprising a display screen and a rear surface at a side opposite to the display screen; a housing accommodating the display device; a support supporting the housing at a side of the rear surface of the display device; a first member in the housing at the side of the rear surface of the display device; a joint joining the support and the first member; and a second member in the housing, the second member being configured to cover the side of the rear surface of the display device, the second member comprising an opening from which at least a part of the first member is exposed and an extending portion located between the support and the first member and extending between edges of the opening, the opening being configured to accommodate at least a part of the joint. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070161 | FAST CHANNEL SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER - A fast channel switching method and apparatus for a digital broadcast receiver having a single tuner are disclosed. The fast channel switching method includes setting an ongoing service channel and at least one standby service channel, buffering broadcast data received through the ongoing and standby service channels, outputting the buffered broadcast data of the ongoing service channel, determining whether the ongoing service channel is switched to one of the standby service channels, outputting, if the ongoing service channel is switched to one of the standby service channels, the buffered broadcast data of the switched standby service channel and resetting the ongoing and standby service channels. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070162 | Electronic Apparatus, Image Display System and Image Display Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a display control module, a display magnification setting module, and a receiver. The display control module includes at least one hardware processor and is adapted to display an image, including a first area and a second are, and a cursor moved in the image on a display device. The display magnification setting module is configured to set display magnification of the first area. The receiver is configured to receive a movement signal of the cursor. Herein, the display control module adjusts the cursor by (i) a first distance in response to the display magnification of the first area being set to a first display magnification and (ii) a second distance that is longer than the first distance in response to the display magnification of the first area being set to a second display magnification that is larger than the first display magnification. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070163 | REMOTE CONTROL WITH WEB KEY TO INITIATE AUTOMATIC INTERNET SEARCH BASED ON CONTENT CURRENTLY DISPLAYED ON TV - A remote control (RC) for an audio video display device (AVDD) such as a TV has a special “web” key which, when pressed, causes the RC to command the TV to upload, the currently presented screen shot (or current audio, or current key words in closed captioning (CC)) to a searching device such as an Internet server, the RC processor, or the TV processor. The searching device executes a search based on images recognized in the screen shot Or audio or key words from the CC. If multiple objects are detected a list of the objects may be presented on the TV display or RC display for selection of one by the viewer. The selected object or sole recognized object is then searched using an Internet search engine and the results returned for display. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070164 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display screen includes a video region in contact with a left side section of the display screen for performing a scaling display of an input video; a top region at the uppermost part of the display screen for displaying a plurality of items capable of being selected by a user; and a side region provided to the right or left of the display screen for displaying a plurality of items set at a lower level than an item selected by the user. Among the plurality of items displayed in the side region, an item currently selected by the user is so displayed as to be discriminated from the other items. After the item selected has been discriminatively displayed for a prescribed time period, a guidance describing the item being selected is displayed in the side region close to the item selected. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070165 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to suppress the brightness distribution in the lighting device. The backlight unit | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070166 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting device in which a tubular light source is less likely to be damaged. A backlight unit (lighting device) according to the present invention includes a cold cathode fluorescent tube (CCFT) (tubular light source) including an outer lead (external connecting portion) at an end portion thereof, a chassis housing the CCFT, a connector (connector) attached to an end section of the chassis and electrically connected to the outer lead, a lamp clip (light source holder) mounted on a middle section of the chassis, and a reinforcing portion provided on at least an area extending from the connector to the lamp clip adjacent to the connector. The connector and the lamp clip hold an end portion and a middle portion of the CCFT, respectively. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070167 | OPTICAL SCANNING ELEMENT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided is an optical scanning element that includes mirror unit | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070168 | LED LIGHT SOURCE, LED BACKLIGHT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TV RECEPTION DEVICE - In order to provide an LED light source and an LED backlight in which color variations in the chromaticity of light emitted from a light emitting surface are not produced and in which the brightness on a display screen is made uniform, an LED light source provided with an LED chip that emits light of a predetermined color and a sealing resin that contains a fluorescent material are included. The fluorescent material includes a plurality of fluorescent materials that emit excitation light of a plurality of different wavelengths within the excitation light wavelength range of the predetermined color, and the light emitting surface is formed in the shape of a diffusion lens portion that adjusts the light emitted and distributed. Also, the application regions of the adjacent LED light sources overlap each other, and thus it is possible to obtain an LED backlight. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070169 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing accommodating at least a part of a display device, and comprising a mask comprising an opening through which a display screen is exposed and a cover covering the display device from a side opposite to the display screen; a support supporting the housing and comprising an area facing faces an external placement surface when placed on the external placement surface; a hinge fixed to the housing and the support, and comprising a rotating shaft, the housing and the support being rotatably connected to the hinge about the rotating shaft; a first electrical component in the housing; a second electrical component in the support; and a wire electrically connecting the first and electrical components, and fixed to the rotating shaft of the hinge with a tape at a position near the support in the housing. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070170 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting device configured to suppress uneven brightness. A backlight unit | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070171 | IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - An in-flight entertainment (IFE) system that integrates a touch screen display device with a tray table (e.g., an airplane tray table or a train tray table) to provide a superior media experience. The IFE system is configured to be situated in an active use position wherein a user may interact with the touch screen and also use a tray table. The IFE system may be moved into a stowed position wherein it is positioned adjacent to a back of a passenger seat and operated in a passive viewing mode. The IFE system may include a bottom panel or tray portion having a window pane so that the display device is viewable when the IFE system is in the stowed position. A portable IFE system comprising a foldable clamp that clamps to an edge of a conventional table and folds into a stowed position is also disclosed. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070172 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a television receiver includes a display device, a housing, a stand, a circuit board, a second wall, a fan, and a heat dissipater. The display device includes a display screen. The housing includes a first wall covering a back surface of the display screen. The circuit board is arranged between the display device and the first wall. The second wall includes an opening positioned in an eccentric manner in a direction toward a side opposite the stand with respect to a center portion of the display screen. The second wall is arranged between the display device and a surface of the circuit board opposite a surface on which a heating element is mounted. The second wall covers the back surface with a gap therebetween. The fan is arranged between the first wall and the second wall, and includes an air inlet. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070173 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device which is provided with a liquid crystal display module including a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight unit, and at least one heat source for heating the liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display module being switchable between 2D display and 3D display, the heat source generating heat during 3D display. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070174 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - To provide a hold-type display device without a problem of motion blur and a driving method thereof. The length of a period for displaying a blanking image in one frame period is controlled in accordance with a control parameter showing the degree of motion blur, and the level of a signal supplied to a display element is changed in accordance with the length of the period for displaying the blanking image. Accordingly, the hold-type display device without a problem of motion blur and the driving method thereof can be provided. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070175 | Array Substrate, Liquid Crystal Display Device and Methods for Manufacturing and Repairing the Array Substrate - The present invention discloses an array substrate, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and methods for manufacturing and repairing the array substrate. Said array substrate for thin film transistor (TFT) LCD comprises one or more pixel electrodes, gate lines and data lines; the crossover of said gate line and said data line is formed with a parasitic capacitor; said data line is also provided with slit part; and said slit part is overlapped with the gate line to form a protective capacitor which is in parallel connection with said parasitic capacitor and of which the voltage resistance is less than said parasitic capacitor. Because the data line is provided with the slit part which overlaps the gate line to form the protective capacitor which is in parallel connection with the parasitic capacitor and of which the voltage resistance is less than that of the protective capacitor, and because the data line is positioned on the top layer, the late stage repair of the present invention becomes easier. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070176 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY PANEL - A thin film transistor substrate includes a base substrate, a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a surface treating layer, an active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The gate electrode is formed on the base substrate. The gate insulating layer is formed on the base substrate to cover the gate electrode. The surface treating layer is formed on the gate insulating layer by treating the gate insulating layer with a nitrogen-containing gas to prevent leakage current. The active layer is formed on the surface treating layer to cover the gate electrode. The source electrode and the gate electrode that are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance are formed on the active layer. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070177 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING RECTANGULAR-SHAPED PIXEL ELECTRODES OVERLAPPING WITH COMB-SHAPED COUNTER ELECTRODES IN PLAN VIEW - The present invention realizes a bright image display by enhancing a numerical aperture of pixels. At least a portion of a pixel electrode is overlapped to a thin film transistor by way of a first insulation film, the pixel electrode is connected to an output electrode of the thin film transistor via a contact hole which is formed in the first insulation film, the counter electrode is arranged above the pixel electrode by way of a second insulation film in a state that the counter electrode is overlapped to the pixel electrode, the counter electrode is formed at a position avoiding the contact hole formed in the first insulation film as viewed in a plan view, and at least a portion of the counter electrode is overlapped to the thin film transistor. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070178 | LIQUID CRTYSTAL DISPLAY AND BACKLIGHT MODULE AND BACK PLATE ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A back plate assembly includes a heat dissipating member and a back cover. The heat dissipating member includes a base plate for mounting a light guide plate and a side plate for mounting a LED light source. The base plate extends along a first direction, and includes a first surface facing a display and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The side plate is connected to the base plate, and extends along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The back cover is disposed on the base plate and is made of plastic material. The back cover includes a third surface facing the display and coplanar with or higher than the first surface. With the present disclosure, the manufacturing cost of the light guide plate is reduced and no complicated fixing structures are required to fix the light guide plate on the back plate. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070179 | Liquid Crystal Display and Fabrication Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a fabrication method are provided. Black ink is printed on an inner surface of a side wall of a main supporter on which a liquid crystal panel is mounted, thereby improving a light leakage due to brightness of the side wall of the main supporter. The liquid crystal display (LCD) device including: a liquid crystal panel outputting an image; a backlight installed on a rear surface of the liquid crystal panel and emitting light to a front surface of the liquid crystal panel; and a main supporter receiving the liquid crystal panel and the backlight and fixing them, wherein an ink layer made of certain ink is formed on an inner surface of a side wall of the main supporter to prevent a light leakage of the backlight through the side wall of the main supporter. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070180 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel ( | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070181 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit including a light emitting diode; a first flexible printed circuit having first and second end portions and a bent portion, the first end portion of the first flexible printed circuit connected to the liquid crystal display panel; a second flexible printed circuit having first and second end portions, and a bent portion, the first end portion of the second flexible printed circuit coupled with the light emitting diode and a second end portion of the second flexible printed circuit connected to the first flexible printed circuit; an anisotropic conductive film connecting the first flexible printed circuit and the second flexible printed circuit; and a case including a recess portion at rear surface, the second end portion of the second flexible printed circuit is within the recess portion. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070182 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device including a a panel having a liquid crystal layer, and a backlight unit coupled to the panel, for irradiating light to the panel, wherein the backlight unit includes a light source, a light guide plate configured to guide light emitted from the light source to the panel, and a fill spacer in a gap between the light source and a light-incident surface of the light guide plate, the fill spacer including a UV curable material or a thermoplastic elastic material. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070183 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an optical film excellent in optical characteristics and UV absorbability and excellent in outward appearance in which the UV absorbent does not bleed out. The optical film is formed of a polypropylene resin mixture containing (A) a polypropylene resin containing a propylene polymer, (B) a 2-(hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole derivative 1, and (C) a 2-(hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole derivative 2, wherein the 2-(hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole derivative 2 (C) is 2-(2-hydroxy-3-tert-butyl-5-methylphenyl)-5-chlorobenzotriazole, and the content ratio of (C) to the total amount of (B) and (C) is from 8 to 60% by mass. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070184 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PAPER - Disclosed is liquid crystal paper and an erasing device that is not permanently connected to the liquid crystal paper. A sheet of liquid crystal paper includes flexible polymeric substrates. A polymer network or a spacer network, in which bistable cholesteric reflective liquid crystal material is dispersed, is disposed between two of the substrates. Optional alignment layers or optional electrically conductive layers sandwich the liquid crystal material therebetween. An optional layer of light absorbing material is disposed near one of the substrates. Application of pressure to an upper substrate changes a focal conic nonreflective texture of the liquid crystal material to a reflective planar texture. The erasing device applies a voltage or heat for erasing the paper by changing the reflective planar texture to the focal conic nonreflective texture. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070185 | 3D DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a 3D display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The method comprises the following steps: forming a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate; arranging a first polarizer at an outer side of the first substrate; arranging a second polarizer at an outer side of the second substrate; forming an alignment layer on a transparent substrate; forming a half wave layer on the alignment layer; arranging the half wave layer, the alignment layer and the transparent substrate at an outer side of the first polarizer in sequence; and forming a quarter wave layer at an outer side of the transparent substrate. The present invention can enhance the yield and display quality of the 3D display. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070186 | STRETCHED FILM, POLARIZING STRETCHED FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE STRETCHED FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE POLARIZING STRETCHED FILM - Disclosed are: a stretched film obtained by uniaxially stretching a laminated film which comprises a base film and a polyvinyl alcohol resin layer laminated on one surface of the base film, wherein the base film has a multilayer structure of resin layers including two resin layers which comprise different resins from one another; a polarizing stretched film obtained by imparting polarizing performance to the stretched film; and a method for producing a polarizing plate using the polarizing stretched film. It is preferable that the resins constituting the above-described two resin layers show different phase transition temperatures from one another. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070187 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING VIEW ANGLE OF LCD AND LCD - A method for improving a view angle of a liquid crystal display (LCD) and the LCD are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: forming a black masking unit on a second surface of the glass substrate at a position opposite to the black photoresist, the second surface and the first surface being opposite with each other, the black photoresist and the black masking unit being disposed at two sides of the glass substrate respectively. The method for improving a view angle of an LCD and the LCD of the present invention can improve the view angle of the LCD and increase the aperture ratio; additionally, the present invention can also enhance error tolerance in assembling the quarter-wave phase difference plate with the LCD, thus reducing the reject ratio. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070188 | MULTIPLE VIEW LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - In a multiple view liquid crystal display, occurrence of a reverse view phenomenon and a reverse view crosstalk are suppressed. A black matrix is formed on the opposed surface of a counter substrate to a TFT substrate in a liquid crystal panel, and a parallax barrier is provided on the black matrix with a gap layer having a predetermined thickness interposed therebetween. The black matrix includes a first light blocking part disposed immediately below an opening in the parallax barrier, and a second light blocking part with a portion immediate thereabove covered by the parallax barrier. The second light blocking part includes a low refractive-index film (reverse view preventive film), having a lower refractive index than that of a liquid crystal, at the end thereof which is in contact with a pixel opening between the second light blocking part and the adjacent first light blocking part. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070189 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device is disclosed. The LCD device comprises an LCD panel, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) disposed at a side of the LCD panel, and a chip disposed on the FPCB to drive the LCD panel. The LCD device further comprises a heat dissipating element, and the chip is covered by the heat dissipating element so that heat generated by the chip is dissipated via the heat dissipating element. Thereby, damage to the chip due to an overhigh temperature can be avoided, thus prolonging the service life of the LCD device. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070190 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF LC PANEL PROTECTION - A display device uses a multilayer film ( | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070191 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a gate line and an auxiliary capacitance line extending in a first direction, a source line extending in a second direction orthogonally crossing the first direction, and a pixel electrode having a main pixel electrode arranged on the auxiliary capacitance line and extending in the first direction. The second substrate includes a common electrode having a main common electrode arranged above the gate line and extending in the first direction. A liquid crystal layer is held between the first substrate and the second substrate having liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal molecules are initially aligned in the first direction in a splay alignment state between the first substrate and the second substrate in a state where electric field is not formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070192 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - To provide a liquid crystal device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal device which has high durability in an environment of high temperature and high humidity, and which can be applied to optical communication device. A liquid crystal device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal device includes a first substrate provided with a frame shaped seal region for encapsulating a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate provided in opposition to the first substrate, wherein a gold frame shaped structure is provided in the seal region of the first substrate so as to be crushed and deformed to form metallic bond when superimposed and joined to the second substrate, and wherein a gold film is disposed in the portion of the second substrate opposed to the gold frame shaped structure so as to form metallic bond to the gold frame shaped structure. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070193 | METHOD OF STABILIZING A BLUE PHASE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a method of stabilizing a blue phase liquid crystal composition. The present invention also relates to a method of producing a liquid crystal cell or display. Moreover, the present invention relates to a stabilized blue phase liquid crystal composition and to a liquid crystal cell or display prepared in accordance with the present invention. Moreover, the present invention relates to an electronic device comprising a stabilized liquid crystal composition. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070194 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - An object of the invention is to provide a method and a system for manufacturing a liquid crystal panel, which allow more successful bonding of an optical film to a liquid crystal cell. A pressing force Fa per unit area applied when the optical film is pressed by the first roller and a pressing force Fb per unit area applied when the liquid crystal cell is pressed by the second roller satisfy the relation Fa>Fb. On the first roller side, the feed may fail to be stabilized due to the influence of tension fluctuations or vibration acting on the first optical film, so that air bubbles may occur. When the second roller side, where such an influence does not occur, contributes more to the feed of the liquid crystal cell, the liquid crystal cell can be successfully fed in the process of bonding the optical film thereto. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070195 | Systems and Methods for Selectively Removable Lens Laminates - A system and method for method applying a laminate to a lens. The laminate may be opaque, translucent or perforated. The laminate may cover a more than one side of the lens. The laminate may have an indicia thereon to show support for a country or team. The gap may be formed between the laminate and the edge of the lens. The laminate may be layered one on top of another. The method claimed is selecting a laminate with the desired properties i.e. magnifying lens, colored lens, lens with appropriate indicia, applying that laminate to a lens. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070196 | POLARIZING LENS CONSTITUTED OF AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE - Provided is a polarizing lens which is excellent especially in terms of impact resistance, appearance, and prevention of eye strain and which has high precision of the surface shape. The polarizing lens is formed by laminating a sheet of an aromatic polycarbonate through an adhesive layer to each surface of a film having polarizing properties, curving the resultant laminate so as to impart spherical or aspherical surfaces thereto to obtain a polarizing sheet, inserting the polarizing sheet into a mold, and injecting an aromatic polycarbonate, wherein the polarizing sheet is obtained through the laminating so that the stretch axis of one of the aromatic-polycarbonate sheets is perpendicular to the absorption axis of the film having the polarizing properties. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070197 | EYEGLASSES ASSEMBLY - In an eyeglasses assembly, a lens frame has two rims to surround a pair of lenses, respectively. Each rim has an inner peripheral surface extending transversely of the respective lens, a first annular stop wall projecting inwardly from the inner peripheral surface to contact a front or rear surface of the respective lens, and an annular recess defined by the inner peripheral surface and the first annular stop wall. Two clamp rings are received in the annular recesses of the respective rims to contact the rear or front surface of the respective lenses and to engage detachably the respective rims. Each clamp ring clamps the respective lens against the respective first annular stop wall. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070198 | MOISTURE-RESISTANT ELECTRONIC SPECTACLE FRAMES - Eyewear including an optical functional member, control electronics, and a sealed electrical connective element connecting the electronics to the optical functional member. The connective element can directly connect the electronics to the optical functional member, or can connect through an intermediate contact, e.g., a plug-and-receptacle. The connective element can be routed from the electronics, around a rimlock of the eyewear to the optical functional member. The connective element can be a conductive compressible member, such as conductive rubber. In some embodiments, the connective element can be a multiconductor cable. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070199 | MULTIFOCAL LENS HAVING A PROGRESSIVE OPTICAL POWER REGION AND A DISCONTINUITY - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a multifocal lens having a mostly spherical power region and a progressive optical power region. Embodiments of the present invention provide for the proper alignment and positioning of each of these regions, the amount of optical power provided by each of the regions, the optical design of the progressive optical power region, and the size and shape of each of the regions. The combination of these design parameters allows for an optical design having less unwanted astigmatism and distortion as well as both a wider channel width and a shorter channel length compared to conventional PALs. Embodiments of the present invention may also provide a new, inventive far-intermediate distance zone and may further provide for increased vertical stability of vision within a zone of the lens. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070200 | Conformable Therapeutic Shield for Vision and Pain - A conformable covering comprises an outer portion with rigidity to resist movement on the cornea and an inner portion to contact the cornea and provide an environment for epithelial regeneration. The inner portion of the covering can be configured in many ways so as to conform at least partially to an ablated stromal surface so as to correct vision. The conformable inner portion may have at least some rigidity so as to smooth the epithelium such that the epithelium regenerates rapidly and is guided with the covering so as to form a smooth layer for vision. The inner portion may comprise an amount of rigidity within a range from about 1×10−4 Pa*m3 to about 5×10−4 Pa*m3 so as to deflect and conform at least partially to the ablated cornea and smooth an inner portion of the ablation with an amount of pressure when deflected. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070201 | ASSESSMENT OF MICROVASCULAR CIRCULATION - Methods and compositions are disclosed to quantitatively measure in vivo blood vessel diameter, blood velocity, and other flow dynamics. Such methods and compositions can optimize therapeutic interventions designed to prevent or reduce the risk of cardiovascular and blood disorders. In one aspect, the methods and apparatus involve calculating blood vessel characteristics from a two dimensional image of a blood vessel in the conjunctiva of a subject's eye. In another aspect, a series of temporal images of a blood vessel are obtained to determine blood flow properties. The apparatus can include, for example, a biomicroscope, an illuminating light source and a high speed camera to acquire the series of temporal images with the data then analyzed by a programmed processor. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070202 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify periodicity of a fundus image obtained by capturing an image of a fundus of an eye, and an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an imaging state of photoreceptor cells in the fundus image based on the periodicity. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070203 | OPTICAL INSTRUMENT ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - An ophthalmic apparatus for precisely positioning an optical instrument, such as a wavefront aberrometer, in three dimensions with respect to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic apparatus may include an optical instrument directed in a first direction toward a target area to receive light therefrom and a camera directed in a second direction toward the target area to receive light therefrom, the first and second directions being non-parallel. The camera may include imaging optics to form an optical image on a photodetector array using light reflected from the target area. The ophthalmic apparatus may also include a processor configured to correlate a position of the optical image on the photodetector array with the distance between the optical instrument and the target area. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070204 | Systems and Methods for Refractive Correction in Visual Field Testing - Systems and methods for providing variable refractive correction in a visual field testing device are presented. One embodiment of the variable refractive correction involves two or more aligned transmissive plates arranged to produce changes in refractive power by translation or rotation of the plates relative to each other. Several alternative designs for providing variable refractive correction are described. The refractive correction can be set manually or automatically based on knowledge of the refractive error of a specific patient and spherical and cylindrical refractive correction are possible. Additional lens systems can be used to extend the range of refractive correction to accommodate a larger patient population. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070205 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination system includes a first light source, a first rotation wheel, a first phosphor element, and a light combining element. The first light source is capable of emitting a first color beam. The first rotation wheel is disposed on a transmission path of the first color beam and includes a first transmissive region and a first reflective region. The first transmissive region is capable of allowing the first color beam to pass through so as to form a first color transmissive beam. The first reflective region is capable of reflecting the first color beam to form a first color reflective beam. One of the first color transmissive and reflective beams excites the first phosphor element to form a second color beam. The light combining element combines the second color beam and a beam originating from the other one of the first color transmissive and reflective beams. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070206 | LASER SOURCE MODULE AND SCANNING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH MODULE - In a laser source module aligning laser beams from laser sources for three colors, red, green, and blue on a single combined beam optical axis, decreasing relative displacements of beam spots of three colors, occurring due to thermal deformation by temperature rise, is achieved by a laser source module including plural laser sources, each incorporating a laser having a laser chip installed on a heat sink and a lens converting a light radiated from the laser into a laser beam, and a beam combining unit aligning the laser beams from the laser sources on a single combined beam optical axis, wherein the lasers in at least two or more ones of the laser sources are arranged so that their laser beams will be decentered toward a same direction on the combined beam optical axis upon displacement of an emission point of the laser chip away from the heat sink. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070207 | INCOHERENCE DEVICE AND OPTICAL APPARATUS USING SAME - An optical member includes: a total reflection mirror | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070208 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes light sources having light-emitting elements for emitting lights in R, G, B colors, temperature sensors for the respective colors disposed near the light sources in the respective colors, light sensors for the respective colors disposed near the light sources in the respective colors for detecting light leakages from the light sources in the respective colors, cooling means for cooling the light sources in the respective colors, light modulators employing three panels of liquid crystal devices, a projection optical system, an amount-of-light controller for maintaining a predetermined ratio of the amounts of lights emitted from the light sources in the respective colors, and cooling controller | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070209 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC FEED-FORWARD POWER CONTROL IN A PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A projection system for projecting an output image. The projection system comprises a plurality of laser diodes, each laser diode operable to generate a light beam having a selected intensity in response to a control voltage and a control current and combiner optics for combining light beams received from the plurality of laser diodes to generate an output light beam. A MEMS mirror module receives the output light beam from the combiner optics and generates a scanning light beam that forms the output image on a projection surface. A controller adjusts the control voltage associated with each of the plurality of laser diodes for a first line of pixel data in response to a determination of a level of contrast associated with the first line of pixel data. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070210 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A communication apparatus performs specific operation before turning off the power of the communication apparatus. When a request for communication task is detected, the communication apparatus determines whether execution of the communication task can be extended at a later time. When execution of the communication task can be extended, the communication apparatus extends execution of the communication task to a later time. When an instruction for turning off the power of the communication apparatus is received, the communication apparatus executes the requested communication task while performing the specific operation. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070211 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN AND PROJECTOR - A centrifugal fan introducing air via an inlet port in a direction of a rotation axis and discharging the air via an outlet port in the a direction of a centrifugal force produced by rotation includes: an impeller having a plurality of vanes around the rotation axis; and a housing including the inlet port and supporting the impeller such that the impeller is allowed to freely rotate in the housing. An inclined portion is formed at least at a part of edge portion of the inlet port, the inclined portion widening to the side that the impeller is disposed. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070212 | Method and apparatus for making a high resolution light pattern generator on a transparent substrate - A light pattern generator that can be used to form a gobo for use in a projection optical system. A transparent plate is coated with a stack that is absorptive and reflective. The stack is formed to be ablatable in the form of a pattern. The stack can have multiple different layers with multiple different characteristics, all of which are ablated by the laser. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070213 | Projector and Projector System - This projector includes a laser beam generation portion outputting a laser beam, an image projection portion, including a scanning portion scanning the laser beam, projecting an image on a projection area, an image correction portion correcting distortion of the projected image on the basis of projection condition information, a photoreceiving portion receiving the laser beam reflected by a detection object, and a position acquisition portion acquiring the position of the detection object on the basis of photoreceiving information of the laser beam received by the photoreceiving portion and the projection condition information employed by the image correction portion for correcting the image. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070214 | Projection System - Miniature projection devices will enable the use of common household objects as the projection screen for still and moving images. This application describes a set of techniques and embodiments for implementing image projection inside a lamp such as a table or wall lamp and provides techniques for dealing with the unique physical attributes of lamps such as the shape of the lamp and the bright source of light that would tend to wash out the projected image. In addition, the invention presents a series of novel embodiments that respond changes in the environment to enable an immersive user experience and operation as a pet entertainment device. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070215 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - A light source device has a laser light emitting element including a cylinder portion, a flange portion and lead wire terminals, a collimator lens, a collimator lens holder including a collimator lens mounting depressed portion and a hole portion communicating with the depressed portion and accommodating the cylinder portion, and a light source element holder holding the laser light emitting element and including a lead wire outlet hole portion accommodating the lead wire terminals and penetrating from a front surface to a rear surface, and a front surface of the flange portion is fastened by the perimeter of a rear end of the hole portion to press the laser light emitting element against the front surface of the light source element holder to thereby fix the laser light emitting element to the light source element holder, an adhesion fixing member being filled in the lead wire outlet hole portion. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070216 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - Provided is an image projection apparatus, such as a projector, including a light source; an image generating element such as a DMD that receives light from the light source and forms an image; an image generating unit that irradiates the image generating element with the light from the light source; a first optical system including multiple transmission refractive optical elements; a second optical system arranged on an optical path of outgoing light of the first optical system and including a reflection optical element; and a projection optical system that enlarges and projects an image conjugate to the image generated by the image generating element as a projected image. The light source, the image generating unit, and the first optical system are arranged side by side in series in a direction parallel with the projected image plane. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070217 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection optical system for use in an image display apparatus having an illumination optical system applying light from a light source, and an image display device receiving the light from the illumination optical system to form a projection image includes a projector lens composed of plural lenses, a first mirror, and a second mirror formed of a concave mirror. The projection optical system is configured to project the projection image onto a projection surface. A projection luminous flux passing through the projector lens to be incident on the first mirror is a luminous flux exhibiting divergence. The projection luminous flux reflected off the second mirror after having reflected off the first mirror is converged once, and the once converged projection luminous flux is projected onto the projection surface. A lens surface of a lens located closest to the first mirror among the lenses of the projector lens is convex. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070218 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANT PARTICLES, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANT PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DEVICE - A system for removing contaminant particles from the path of the beam of EUV radiation is provided in which at least a first AC voltage is provided to a pair of electrodes on opposite sides of the path of the beam of EUV radiation as a first stage of a regime of voltages and, as a second stage of the regime of voltages, a DC voltage is provided to the electrodes. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070219 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An immersion lithographic apparatus is provided with a liquid confinement structure which defines at least in part a space configured to contain liquid between the projection system and the substrate. In order to reduce the crossing of the edge of the substrate which is being imaged (which can lead to inclusion of bubbles in the immersion liquid), the cross-sectional area of the space in a plane parallel to the substrate is made as small as possible. The smallest theoretical size is the size of the target portion which is imaged by the projection system. In an embodiment, the shape of a final element of the projection system is also changed to have a similar size and/or shape in a cross-section parallel to the substrate to that of the target portion. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070220 | FLUID HANDLING STRUCTURE, A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A fluid handling structure for a lithographic apparatus has, at a boundary of a space configured to contain immersion fluid to a region external to the fluid handling structure, a gas supply opening radially outward of the space, a fluid recovery opening radially outward of the gas supply opening, and a damper surface extending at least 0.5 mm radially outwards from the fluid recovery opening along the undersurface of the fluid handling structure. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070221 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes a projection light source, a heating light source, a catoptric projection lens and a reflecting switching element, which can be arranged outside of the projection lens and can be displaced between a first position and a second position via a drive. Only the projection light can enter the projection lens in the first position of the switching element, and only the heating light can enter the projection lens in the second position of the switching element. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070222 | Method and System for Optimization of an Image on a Substrate to be Manufactured Using Optical Lithography - A method and system for optimization of an image to be printed on a substrate using optical lithography is disclosed in which a set of charged particle beam shots, some of which overlap, is determined so as to form a target pattern on a surface such as a reticle. The charged particle beam shots are simulated to determine the pattern that would be formed on the surface. Next, a substrate image is calculated from the simulated surface pattern. One or more shots in the set of shots are then modified to improve the calculated substrate image. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070223 | PROJECTION SYSTEM WITH FLEXIBLE COUPLING - The invention relates to a projection system for projecting one or more beams on a target, said system comprising a frame, a projection module comprising a beam source for providing the one or more beams, projection optics for projecting beams on the target, a target positioning module, comprising a carrier for carrying the target, a stage for carrying and positioning the carrier, a measurement system for determining a position of the projection module relative to the carrier, a controller adapted for controlling the target positioning module to position the target under the projection module based on said determined position, wherein the projection module is connected to the frame via a flexible coupling for dampening the propagation of vibrations from said frame to said projection module, and wherein the controller is adapted control the target positioning module to compensate for residual vibrations as measured by said measurement system. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070224 | PROJECTION LENS SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE INSTALLATION - A microlithographic projection exposure apparatus comprises a projection objective which images an object onto an image plane and has a lens with a curved surface. In the projection objective there is a liquid or solid medium which directly adjoins the curved surface over a region which is usable for imaging the object. The projection exposure apparatus also has an adjustable manipulator for reducing an image field curvature which is caused by heating of the medium during the projection operation. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070225 | GUIDANCE FOR TARGET PROCESSING TOOL - The invention relates to a target processing tool, comprising a target carrier guidance assembly, said target carrier guidance assembly comprising:
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| 20130070226 | MARKER STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - The invention relates to a marker structure for optical alignment of a substrate and provided thereon. The marker structure has a first reflecting surface at a first level and a second reflecting surface at a second level. A separation between the first level and the second level determines a phase depth condition. The marker structure further has an additional structure. The additional structure is arranged to modify the separation during manufacture of the marker structure. The invention further relates to a method of forming such a marker structure. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070227 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM - An imaging optical system for EUV projection lithography has a plurality of mirrors for imaging an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. An image-side numerical aperture of the imaging optical system is at least 0.3. The imaging optical system has a pupil obscuration which is greater than 0.40 and an image filed size of at least 1 mm×10 mm. The imaging optical system can provide high quality imaging of the object. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130070228 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus includes a light emitting unit, a mask stage that holds a mask for forming a pattern on a workpiece and a moving stage that holds the workpiece and has a laser length measuring device. The apparatus further includes an XYθ direction moving mechanism that moves the moving stage within a plane parallel to the workpiece face, and a Z direction moving mechanism that moves the moving stage in a vertical direction. The laser length measuring device measures a distance between the device and a reflection mirror using laser light. A control unit controls the XYθ direction moving mechanism to move the moving stage based on the distance. The reflective mirror is fixed to a structural body that supports the mask stage. | 2013-03-21 |
