15th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130088622 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes N lens units, in which a lens unit having a positive refractive power is disposed closest to an object side. Each lens unit is moved to effect zooming. An (N−1)th lens unit and an N-th lens unit, counted from the object side, have positive refractive powers. The (N−1)th lens unit includes a first lens subunit having a positive refractive power and a second lens subunit having a negative refractive power in order from the object side to an image side. The second lens subunit is moved to have a component in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis to move an image position. A focal length fN of the N-th lens unit, a back focus bkt at the telephoto end, and an amount of movement mN of the N-th lens unit during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end are appropriately set. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088623 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CALCULATING WHITE BALANCE GAIN - A WB gain calculation unit | 2013-04-11 |
20130088624 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE SUB-SAMPLING ARCHITECTURE - A method of implementing high dynamic range bin algorithm in an image sensor including a pixel array with a first super row having a first integration time and a second super row having a second integration time is described. The method starts by reading out image data from the first super row into a counter. Image data from the first super row is multiplied by a factor to obtain multiplied data. The factor is a ratio between the first and the second integration times. The multiplied data is then compared with a predetermined data. The image data from the second super row is readout into the counter. If the multiplied data is larger than the predetermined data, the multiplied data from the first super row is stored in the counter. If not, the image data from the second super row is stored. Other embodiments are also described. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088625 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; a plurality of amplifier circuits each arranged correspondingly to each of columns of the pixels, for amplifying a signal from the pixel; and a current source transistor whose source is supplied with a power source voltage and which supplies the amplifier circuit with a bias current. When the current source transistor is operating in the saturation region, the gate voltage of the current source transistor that is supplied from the bias line is sampled and held. The gate voltage of the current source transistor with respect to the power source voltage is controlled to the sampled voltage, thereby suppressing variation. This suppression can, in turn, suppress occurrence of line noise and a lateral smear due to difference of drop in voltage of a power source line concerning a column circuit on each row. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088626 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA - A method of manufacturing a solid-state image sensor having a photoelectric conversion portion includes forming a silicon nitride film by a low-pressure chemical vapor deposition method using hexachlorodisilane (Si | 2013-04-11 |
20130088627 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion device includes a counter circuit configured to count a first clock signal to output a count signal thereof, a second clock signal generation unit configured to generate a second clock signal based on the first clock signal, and a clock synchronization unit configured to output a count start signal in synchronization with the second clock signal, wherein the counter circuit performs a counting operation in response to the count start signal synchronized with the second clock signal. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088628 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a plurality of readout circuits provided in each column of the plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, configured to read out for each column a signal of the plurality of pixels, a plurality of comparison units configured to compare a signal output from the plurality of readout circuits with a reference signal whose level changes with time, a counter configured to perform a count operation from when the level of the reference signal starts to change, first and second buffers each configured to buffer a count value of the counter, and a plurality of storing units connected to the plurality of comparison units, configured to store a count value of the counter when a magnitude relation between a signal output from the plurality of the readout circuits and the reference signal is inverted. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088629 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD OF REMOTELY CONTROLLING A CONTROLLED DEVICE - A mobile device and a control method are disclosed. The mobile device including: a communication unit which communicates with a controlled device that displays a screen; a camera which captures an image of the screen of the controlled device; a display unit which displays an image taken from the screen of the controlled device; a touch input unit which receives a user's touch input to the display unit; and a controller which determines an area of the screen of the controlled device from the captured image, and transmits to the controlled device location information which corresponds to the user's touch input to an area of the screen. With this configuration, users can more conveniently remotely control a controlled device and interact with a UI provided by the controlled device, through a mobile device by touch. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088630 | COMBINED VIDEO DISPLAY AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A combined video display and camera system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a video display, and a camera placed behind the video display such that the camera is able to view through the video display. The video display has a first mode, where the video display displays an image, and a second mode, where it does not display an image. In the second mode, the video display provides a clear view through itself to the camera. The camera also has a first mode where the camera is not capturing an image, and a second mode, where the camera is capturing an image. The modes are configured in such a manner that the first and second modes of the video display and the camera are substantially coincidental. Also, the first and second modes of the video display and the camera alternate continuously at a rate faster than what an observer can perceive. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088631 | LENS ASSEMBLY WITH AN IMAGE SENSOR BACKOFF MECHANISM - A lens assembly includes a base frame, an image sensor, a lens barrel, a lens and a backoff mechanism. By means of the backoff mechanism, the image sensor is mounted at the base frame and movable between an operative position and a non-operative backoff position. When the image sensor is in the operative position, the lens barrel is in a first position far frame the base frame, and the optical axis of the lens intersects the image sensor. When the lens barrel is moved to a second position close to the base frame, the image sensor is moved to the non-operative backoff position, and the optical axis of the lens is not intersected with the image sensor. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088632 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA BODY TO WHICH INTERCHANGEABLE LENS IS MOUNTABLE - There is provided an interchangeable lens mountable to a camera body. The interchangeable lens includes a zoom lens which can change a field angle of a subject image, a receiving unit for receiving sound pickup property information from the camera body, the sound pickup property information indicating sound pickup property of the camera body, and a lens controller for controlling drive of the zoom lens. The lens controller decides an available driving speed based on the sound collecting property information, the available driving speed being a driving speed settable to the zoom lens. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088633 | BLUR-CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSORS AND METHOD USING A MOVING MULTI-FOCAL MULTI-TARGET CONSTELLATION - Blur-calibration of art imaging sensor includes moving a known target pattern across the field-of view (FONT) of the imaging sensor to present the target pattern across different frames at different pixel phases. The known target pattern comprises a plurality of point-like objects with fixed relative positions in which at least one point-like object has a different focus position. Frames of images of the moving target pattern as seen in the FOV of the imaging sensor are captured to sample point-like objects at different focus positions and generate a multi-focal image data output, which may be subsequently processed to generate data products at different focus positions from a high-resolution composite image generated from the captured frames. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088634 | IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS, IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image acquisition apparatus includes an optical system, an imaging device, a movement controller, and a multiple exposure processing unit. The optical system includes an objective lens for magnifying a portion of an imaging target. The imaging device is capable of performing all-pixel simultaneous exposure and is configured to image the portion magnified by the optical system. The movement controller is configured to move a focal point of the objective lens in a thickness direction of the portion of the imaging target. The multiple exposure processing unit is configured to perform multiple exposure of the imaging device at a plurality of positions such that, for each of ranges sectioned by positions in a direction in which the focal point is movable, an average image that covers each of the ranges is obtained. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088635 | Image Pickup Lens, Image Pickup Apparatus, and Mobile Terminal - An image pickup lens includes: a first lens with a positive power, including a convex surface facing the object side; an aperture stop; a second lens with a negative power, including a concave surface facing the image side; a third lens with a positive or negative power; a fourth lens with a positive power, including a convex surface facing the image side; and a fifth lens with a negative power, including a concave surface facing the image side. The surface of the fifth lens facing the image side is an aspheric surface and includes an inflection point. The image pickup lens satisfies the predetermined condition relating to a focal length of the first lens. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088636 | IMAGING LENS-EXCHANGEABLE IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An imaging lens-exchangeable image capturing apparatus comprises: a detection unit arranged to detect a focus state; a setting unit arranged to cause a user to set correction information for correcting the focus state or correction information for correcting control of a focus position based on the focus state; an acquisition unit arranged to acquire first lens identification information for identifying an attached imaging lens; an input unit arranged to enable the user to input second lens identification information for identifying the attached imaging lens; a storage unit arranged to store, for each imaging lens, the correction information, the first lens identification information, and the second lens identification information in association with each other; and a focus adjustment unit arranged to adjust a focus based on the detection result of the focus state and the correction information. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088637 | Lens Stack Arrays Including Adaptive Optical Elements - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention incorporate adaptive optical elements into optical channels in a lens stack array. In one embodiment, an array camera module includes a lens stack array, that includes at least two lens stacks, where at least one lens stack includes an adaptive optical element that can adjust the characteristics of the transmission of light in the optical channel defined by the corresponding lens stack in response to at least one electrical signal, a sensor including a focal plane for each lens stack within the lens stack array, and circuitry configured to control at least one adaptive optical element, where the lens stack array and the sensor are configured so that each lens stack can form an image on a corresponding focal plane. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088638 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a housing to and from which an accessory can be attached and detached, a mirror that is placed inside the housing and reflects light entering the housing, a device unit that is placed inside the housing and has an imaging device, the imaging device photoelectrically converting light reflected by the mirror, and a light blocking plate that blocks a part of light going toward the device unit. The light blocking plate can be moved between a light blocking position that blocks a part of light going toward the device unit, and a retracted position in which the light blocking plate is retracted when a predetermined operation is performed on the device unit. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088639 | Information Handling System Integrated Camera Lens Cover - Inadvertent or malicious viewing of an information handling system end user by an integrated camera is prevented with a mechanical shutter that actuates to selectively impede transmission of light to the camera. Mechanical blocking of the camera lens prevents malicious code from hijacking the operation of the camera and provides a visual indicator that capturing images is impeded with the lens physically blocked. In one embodiment, actuating the mechanical shutter also powers down the camera. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088640 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTENT SYNCHRONIZING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a content synchronizing method includes: first transmitting when receiving an acquiring request for reference time to determine a timing to synchronize a plurality of pieces of content executed by a plurality of modules with each other from a first module out of the modules, the acquiring request for the reference time to a second module out of the modules; receiving source information indicating an acquisition source of the reference time from the second module; and acquiring reference time information indicating the reference time from the acquisition source indicated by the source information, wherein second transmitting to the first module, together with the reference time information, processing time information indicating processing time from receiving the acquiring request until transmitting the reference time information, the processing time information being used to calculate a time lag between time in the first module and the reference time. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088641 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OF AUDIO IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and system for audio transmission in a wireless communication system which transmits digital video and digital audio in High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) format. Position information of audio packets within the HDMI frame is obtained. Digital audio information including the position information is transmitted from a data source device to a data sink device via a wireless communication medium. At the data sink device, an HDMI frame is reconstructed by inserting received audio packets into horizontal and vertical blanking periods of the HDMI frame. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088642 | VOICE CONTROLLING SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING A VIDEO WALL - A voice controlling system for adjusting a video wall is provided. The video wall comprises a plurality of display apparatuses, and the voice controlling system comprises a wireless mobile apparatus and a controlling server. The controlling server connects with the video wall via a connection. The wireless mobile apparatus is configured to convert a voice command from a user into a controlling signal and to transmit the controlling signal to the controlling server via a wireless network. The controlling server is configured to adjust the display apparatuses of the video wall via the connection according to the controlling signal. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088643 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit which displays an image; a signal receiver which receives a signal from a remote control device; a signal transmitter which transmits a signal to a controlled device; and a controller which sets an operation of the controlled device and an input of the remote control device that matches the operation, receives a first control signal corresponding to the set input from the remote control device and transmits a second control signal corresponding to the operation of the controlled device that matches the input to the controlled device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088644 | Encoding, Distributing and Displaying Video Data Containing Customized Video Content Versions - Methods and apparatus for distributing video data provide video data containing two or more different versions of video content. The different versions may be optimized for display on different displays and/or for viewing under different ambient conditions. Video data optimized for display on a particular display under particular ambient conditions may be obtained by one or more of selecting one of the versions of video content and combining two or more of the versions of the video content. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088645 | Method of Processing Moving Picture and Apparatus Thereof - A method of processing moving picture and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. A method of processing a moving picture comprising: calculating a color distribution vector for each of plural sub-frames which are generated by dividing a frame of the moving picture; generating a first order differential of the color distribution vector based on the color distribution vector; generating a second order differential of the color distribution vector based on the first order differential of the color distribution vector; and generating a feature vector of the frame based on the color distribution vector, the first order differential of the color distribution vector and the second order differential of the color distribution vector, is provided. The moving picture processing method can provide an efficient mean to determine commonality between moving pictures by extracting a feature from a frame of the moving pictures. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088646 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERIALIZATION AND DESERIALIZATION (SERDES) FOR INTER-SYSTEM COMMUNICATIONS - An integrated circuit may comprise a tuner operable to digitize a band of frequencies comprising a plurality of television channels, a crossbar operable to select one or more of the plurality of television channels output by the tuner, a plurality of demodulators operable to receive the selected one or more television channels from the crossbar and demodulate the selected one or more television channels to recover a plurality of transport streams, a transport module operable to multiplex the plurality of transport streams into a single packet stream, and a framer operable to: encapsulate packets of the plurality of transport streams into transport stream frames of a serial datastream, and insert filler frames into the serial datastream after every Nth transport stream frame of the serial datastream, where N is an integer. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088647 | Method And System For Impairment Shifting - Methods and systems for impairment shifting may comprise receiving radio frequency (RF) signals in a receiver, downconverting the signals to baseband frequencies, and synchronizing the receiver to received signals. The frequency of a local oscillator (LO) may be adjusted to shift residual impairments to fall between desired baseband signals where they are least visible. The received RF signals may comprise analog, satellite, or cable, television signals. The LO frequency may be adjusted to configure the DC offset impairments to fall between luminance and chrominance harmonics. The LO frequency may be adjusted to configure I/Q imbalanced impairments from residual in-phase and quadrature mismatch of a picture carrier signal to fall about 300 kHz from a sound carrier signal in the analog television signals. The LO frequency may be adjusted to configure the I/Q imbalanced impairments from residual I/Q mismatch of a sound carrier signal to fall between luminance and chrominance harmonics. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088648 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING META DATA ACCORDING TO COMMAND SIGNAL OF REMOTE CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A method of controlling a display device, and which includes receiving, via a receiving device, video data and meta data corresponding to the video data from an external source device; displaying, on a display of the display device, the received video data; receiving, via a controller, a motion command signal from a remote controller associated with the display device; and selectively displaying metadata corresponding to at least one object included in the displayed video data on the display in accordance with a particular motion of the remote controller identified by the motion command signal. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088649 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A remote control apparatus, a remote control method and a display apparatus are provided. The remote control apparatus includes a communicator which communicates with an electronic device in a wireless manner; a connector configured to be connected to an external input device; a signal processor which receives an input command which is transmitted by an external input device connected to the connector, and converts the input command into a wireless signal; and a controller which controls the communicator to transmit the wireless signal to the electronic device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088650 | TELEVISION SIGN ON FOR PERSONALIZATION IN A MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods according to the present invention provide sign on systems for devices, e.g., televisions, which balance ease of use with security and access control that is amenable to, e.g., household usage. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088651 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - Provided is a lighting device configured to prevent or suppress breaking of a discharge tube when a discharge tube gripping member is elastically deformed. A backlight unit according to the present invention includes: a discharge tube | 2013-04-11 |
20130088652 | PROJECTION DISPLAY - A projection display satisfies formulas {(4FR′)/(W′TphR)}≧0.015 and W′≦0.5, where: F is an F-number of a projection lens; W′ is a diagonal size (inch number) of a light modulation element; ph is a pixel count in one side direction of the light modulation element; T is a throw ratio of the projection display (=a projection distance s/a distance L in the one side direction of a projected image on a projection plane); R is a radius of an exit pupil of the projection lens; I is an integrated light quantity obtained by, in a light quantity distribution in the exit pupil, radially integrating the light quantity up to the radius R; and I′(=I/2) is an integrated light quantity obtained by, in the light quantity distribution in the exit pupil, radially integrating the light quantity up to a predetermined radius R′ about barycenter of the light quantity distribution. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088653 | STEREO-SCOPIC IMAGE PANEL, STEREO-SCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic image panel according to the present invention includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first parallax barrier layer including a first electrode unit adjacent to one side of the liquid crystal layer and a second electrode unit opposite the other side of the liquid crystal layer; and a second parallax barrier layer including a third electrode unit opposite one side of the liquid crystal layer, between the liquid crystal layer and the first electrode unit, and a fourth electrode unit positioned adjacent to the second electrode unit, wherein the second electrode unit is positioned between the liquid crystal layer and the fourth electrode unit. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088654 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A stereoscopic image display includes a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of pixels, each of which is divided into a main pixel unit and an switchable black stripe, a data driving circuit, a gate driving circuit, and a 3D control voltage generation circuit, which supplies AC voltages, of which phases are sequentially shifted, to a plurality of 3D control lines in a 3D mode. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088655 | Stereoscopic display system with active switchable retarder - Disclosed herein are displays and related methods for providing stereoscopic imagery, wherein an air gap may be provided between components of the display to allow a reduction in the amount of bonding material used to bond a stereoscopic display panel with a polarization control panel (PCP) element comprising an active switchable retarder. In some embodiments, the PCP element is at least the size of the display panel such that the entirety of the display panel is covered by the PCP element, and thus there would be neither tight tolerance horizontal nor vertical alignment requirements between the PCP element and the display panel. Structural support of the components of the display may be provided by bonding around the edges of the rigid or semi-rigid stereoscopic display panel and PCP element. For example, the air gap may be created with uniform spacers between the stereoscopic display panel and the PCP element. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088656 | FREQUENCY CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL TUNABLE FILTER DEVICES - A method for controlling a characteristic of a variable optical filter including a frequency selecting element includes changing a driving voltage for a specific pixel of the frequency selecting element continuously to produce an amount of change in a frequency that is passed through that pixel, changing a driving voltage value for a specific pixel of the frequency selecting element continuously to produce an attenuation value for a beam that is passed through that pixel, calculating, from a relationship between the driving voltage and a frequency characteristic and between the driving voltage and amount of attenuation, a function that indicates an approximated curve of no less than a second order and no more than a sixth order for expressing a relationship between a transmissivity and a frequency, and controlling the characteristic through driving a controlled pixel of the frequency selecting element based on the function. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088657 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a device includes a first substrate including first and second gate lines which extend in a first direction, a source line which extends in a second direction, and a pixel electrode including a primary pixel electrode which is located between the first and second gate lines and which extends in the second direction, a second substrate including a common electrode which extends parallel to the primary pixel electrode on both sides across the primary pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates. At a position that intersects with the source line, at least one of the first gate line and the second gate line includes a depression provided in an end located on the side of the pixel electrode. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088658 | CHLOROFLUOROBENZENE COMPOUND, OPTICALLY ISOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIUM AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal compound and a liquid crystal medium are described. The liquid crystal compound is stable to heat and light and has a large dielectric anisotropy and a large optical anisotropy. The liquid crystal medium has a wide temperature range of liquid crystal phase, a large optical anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy, and exhibits an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase. The liquid crystal compound has 4 or 5 benzene rings, one of which is a chlorofluorobenzene ring. The liquid crystal medium is characterized in containing the liquid crystal compound and a chiral dopant and exhibiting an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088659 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a counter substrate, a TFT substrate, and a liquid crystal layer enclosed between the counter substrate and the TFT substrate. The TFT substrate has, on a counter surface thereof, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix. The counter substrate has, on a counter surface thereof, a single counter electrode having light transmission capability and facing the pixel electrodes. Voltages applied between the pixel electrodes and the counter electrode have a frequency of less than 60 Hz. The voltages between the pixel electrodes and the counter electrode are periodically reversed. The counter electrode includes a plurality of pixel counter regions facing the respective corresponding pixel electrodes, and a grid region between each of the pixel counter regions. The grid region is located further away from the TFT substrate than the pixel counter regions are. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088660 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including a thin film transistor substrate, in which changes in the potential at a pixel electrode can be suppressed without decreasing the aperture ratio of a pixel. Gate wiring lines and source wiring lines are covered with a multilayer insulating film made of two layers of interlayer insulating films that overlap each other. Pixel electrodes are formed on the multilayer insulating film, and a shield electrode, which is formed of a transparent conductive material, is provided between the two layers of interlayer insulating films so as to extend along the gate wiring lines and the source wiring lines and to lie between the gate electrodes or the source electrodes and the pixel electrodes. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088661 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE MODULE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device module includes a liquid crystal (LC) panel; a backlight unit disposed on a rear surface of the LC panel; a cover bottom where the LC panel and the backlight unit are mounted; a plurality of guide panels coupled to side surfaces of the cover bottom, and configured to support four side ends of the LC panel below the LC panel; and a case top configured to enclose outer surfaces of the guide panels. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088662 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130088663 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZING PLATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a polarizing plate includes disposing a non-conductive material on a base substrate, pressing the non-conductive material using a mold and forming a resist pattern, the resist pattern including a plurality of protruding portions, and forming a metal layer on the protruding portions of the resist pattern. Accordingly, a luminance of a display apparatus can be improved and a manufacturing process can be simplified. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088664 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A flexible printed circuit board ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130088665 | SCREEN AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A screen includes a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, and polymer molecules different from the liquid crystal molecules, a twist angle of the polymer molecules is equal to or larger than 180°, and the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer comes into a first state of transmitting light entering the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer in a period in which an electric field fails to act on the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer, and comes into a second state of scattering the light entering the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer in a period in which the electric field acts on the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088666 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device of a transverse electric field type has characteristics in the following respects. A liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between two substrates. Two polarizing plates are provided on a side of the two substrates opposite to the liquid crystal layer such that the light transmission axes thereof are orthogonal to each other. A first electrode and a second electrode are formed on one of the two substrates. The liquid crystal is driven by an electric field generated between the first electrode and the second electrode. The polarizing plate, formed on one of the two substrates, is formed of a protective film, a polarizer, and two negative biaxial films. The two negative biaxial films include first and second negative biaxial films. The first negative biaxial film and the second negative biaxial film are entirely overlapped, and are disposed on a side of one or the other substrate. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088667 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display includes: forming an etch target layer including a conductive material on a first substrate; forming a first mask layer on the etch target layer; forming a block copolymer coating layer including a plurality of polymers on the first mask layer; processing the block copolymer coating layer to form a block copolymer pattern layer including first and second polymer blocks; removing one of the first or second polymer blocks to form a second mask pattern layer; etching the first mask layer by using the second mask pattern layer as an etching mask to form a first mask pattern layer; and etching the etch target layer by using the first mask pattern layer as an etching mask to form a first electrode. The first electrode includes a plurality of the first minute patterns extending in a predetermined direction and having a polarization function. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088668 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING REDUCED COLOR SHIFT - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device that prevents a color shift by allowing two sub-pixel areas to have the same transmittance. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a data line that includes: a connection portion having a direction of extension perpendicular to that of a gate line; a first portion oriented at a first angle with respect to a direction of extension of the connection portion; and a second portion oriented at a second angle different from the first angle with respect to the direction of extension of the connection portion, and wherein an angle between a rubbing direction of the liquid crystal and the connection portion satisfies | 2013-04-11 |
20130088669 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes first, second and third substrates, first and second liquid crystal layers, first and second polarizing elements and a phase retarding element The first substrate includes a first electrode part. The first liquid crystal layer is disposed on the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed on the first liquid crystal layer and includes a color filter and a second electrode part on a first surface and a third electrode part on a second surface. The second liquid crystal layer is disposed on fee second substrate. The third substrate is disposed on the second liquid crystal layer and includes a fourth electrode part on a first surface. The first polarizing element is disposed under the first liquid crystal layer. The second polarizing element is disposed over the first liquid crystal layer. The phase retarding element is disposed over the second liquid crystal layer. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088670 | Hard-screen polarizing plate for liquid crystal screen - A hard-screen polarizing plate for a liquid crystal screen includes a polyvinyl alcohol film ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130088671 | Displays with Minimized Border Regions - An electronic device may be provided with a display having a thin-film transistor layer. One or more holes in the thin-film transistor layer may be used to form pathways from display circuitry to other circuitry underneath the display. One or more conductive bridges may pass through holes in the thin-film transistor layer and may have one end that couples to the display circuitry and a second end that couples to a printed circuit underneath the display. These conductive bridges may be formed from wire bonding. Wire bond connections may be encapsulated with potting material to improve the reliability of the wire bond and increase the resiliency of the display. Display signal lines may be routed through holes in a thin-film transistor layer to run along a backside of the display thereby reducing the need for space in the border region for display circuitry. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088672 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device comprises first and second substrates facing each other; a transparent conductive film formed on one surface of the first substrate, absorbing charges of electro static discharge (ESD); a black matrix including a first black matrix formed on a corner of the other surface of the first substrate and end portions spaced apart from one end of the first black matrix at a predetermined interval for insulation; a ground electrode formed on one surface of the second substrate; and a connection portion connecting the transparent conductive film with the ground electrode, and extending over the end portions. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088673 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An LCD panel includes an active device array substrate having a pixel array and fan-out lines electrically connected to the pixel array, an opposite substrate disposed above the active device array substrate, a sealant disposed between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The sealant surrounds the pixel array. The fan-out lines extend from the pixel array. The opposite substrate has light shielding patterns connecting the sealant that covers at least a portion of each fan-out line. In a region where the sealant is distributed, a slit between any two of the adjacent light shielding patterns exclusively overlaps one of the fan-out lines, and the number of the slits is less than the number of the fan-out lines. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088674 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to the present disclosure is provided. The liquid crystal display of the present disclosure includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, two data lines, two gate lines, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, a counter electrode, a homeotropic alignment liquid crystal layer, a first alignment film, a second alignment film and a bias electrode. The liquid crystal display with the bias electrode according to the present disclosure may reduce the occurrence of disclination lines. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088675 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device having an alignment layer stopper which is formed external to a display area to suppress the generation of an electric field between signal lines and the alignment layer stopper, wherein the alignment layer stopper includes a second conductive layer SP formed above the first substrate when the alignment layer stopper is formed by coating and a first conductive layer SH formed below the second conductive layer SP through an insulating film and arranged in such a manner that its marginal parts in the longitudinal direction of the second conductive layer SP are exposed when viewed from the plane direction from the second conductive layer SP, and the first conductive layer SH is formed in a thin film layer between signal lines arranged in the side parts of the display area and the second conductive layer SP. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088676 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A vertical alignment liquid crystal layer is sealed between a first substrate having a first electrode and a second substrate having a second electrode, each pixel region has a reflective region and a transmissive region, and a gap adjusting section is provided on one of sides of the first substrate and the second substrate which sets a thickness (gap) d of the liquid crystal layer which controls a phase difference of incident light to the liquid crystal layer so that a gap dr in the reflective region is smaller than a gap dt in the transmissive region. An alignment controller which divides alignment of the liquid crystal within a pixel region is provided in the pixel region on at least one of the sides of the first substrate and the second substrate. It is also possible to optimize by changing the gap in red, green, and blue. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088677 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates of which one substrate is provided with a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of common wirings, a first insulation film covering the scanning lines, the common wirings, and the one substrate, a plurality of signal lines provided on the first insulation film, a thin film transistor provided near an intersection part of the scanning lines and the signal lines, a lower electrode formed below the first insulation film and connected to the common wirings, a second insulation film formed on surfaces of the thin film transistor, the signal lines, and the first insulation film, and an upper electrode formed on the second insulation film and having a slit, a display region in which the liquid crystal layer is driven by an electric field, and a non-display region that is formed outside the display region. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088678 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ALIGNMENT SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display panel may include a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a plurality of colloidal particles obtained by thermally treating a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates to contain liquid crystal molecules. The size of each of the plurality of colloidal particles may vary according to the length of time heat is applied. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088679 | CELL TEST METHOD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL FOR A TRI-GATE TYPE PIXEL STRUCTURE - A cell test method for a liquid crystal display panel includes the following steps. A waveform sequence to shorting bars is provided, wherein the waveform sequence includes that the first gate line sends a voltage of “turn on” signal and the second and third gate lines send a voltage of “turn off” signal at the first and second time periods; and the waveform sequence further comprises that the first and second data lines respectively send first and second voltages at the first and second time periods, the first threshold voltage is higher than the first voltage, the first voltage is higher than the common voltage, the common voltage is higher than the second voltage, and the second voltage is higher than the second threshold voltage, whereby pixels defined by the first gate line and the first and second data lines is turn on. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088680 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device which have a high response speed. The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal molecule having positive dielectric anisotropy; the liquid crystal molecule is aligned perpendicularly to a surface of the first substrate when no voltage is applied; the first substrate includes a signal line, a scanning line, a first electrode to which an image signal is provided through the signal line, and a second electrode; the first electrode includes a first comb-tooth portion; the second electrode includes a second comb-tooth portion; the first comb-tooth portion and the second comb-tooth portion are disposed in the same layer to planarly face each other in a pixel; the second substrate includes a third electrode and a dielectric layer disposed on the liquid crystal layer side of the third electrode, the third electrode covering at least a display region; and the slowest rise response speed is not more than twice a rise response speed upon application of a maximum gradation voltage to the display panel to which no voltage has been applied. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088681 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a display panel and a display device which are able to sufficiently increase the luminance, and to suppress the occurrence of difference in response speed, transmissivity, and viewing angle characteristics, and the like for each color, and which are also able to improve the yield in the manufacturing process, and are able to be applied to various display modes, such as a CPA mode, an MVA mode, and an IPS mode. According to the present invention, there is provided a display panel in which one pixel is formed by a plurality of sub-pixels, the display panel being configured such that, when one pixel is divided into a plurality of rectangular regions, at least one of the rectangular regions includes two or more sub-pixels, such that, in each of the sub-pixels, the length of the side in parallel with the short side of the rectangular region is substantially the same, and such that, in at least one of the sub-pixels, the length of the side in parallel with the long side of the rectangular region is different. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088682 | CONTROLLABLE OPTICAL DEVICE AND THE FORMING METHOD THEREOF - A controllable optical device comprises a first substrate, a first conductive layer, a liquid crystal layer, a semiconductor conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a second substrate. The first conductive layer is formed on the first substrate, the liquid crystal layer is formed on the first conductive layer, the semiconductor conductive layer is formed on the liquid crystal layer, the second conductive layer is formed on the semiconductor layer, and the second substrate is formed on the second conductive layer. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088683 | DISPOSABLE OPHTHALMIC/MEDICAL APPARATUS WITH TIMED COLOR CHANGE INDICATION - A disposable ophthalmic or medical apparatus has a portion with a color changeable dye disposed thereon. The dye changes color after being exposed to oxygen for a controlled and predetermined period of time indicating that the apparatus should no longer be used. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088684 | Optical Element for Correcting Color Blindness - Described herein are devices, compositions, and methods for improving color discernment. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088685 | Iris Cameras - An iris camera comprising a lens system, an image sensor arranged to capture images of an eye acquired by the lens system, and a processing unit, is described. The processing unit comprises an image analysis module adapted to measure pupil dilation of an image of an eye captured by the image sensor; and a control module arranged to generate a control signal to control a light source for illuminating the eye, the control module being arranged to generate the control signal to activate the light source to illuminate the eye when the measured pupil dilation is greater than a predetermined threshold. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088686 | EYE IMAGE AND VIDEO CAPTURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An eye image and video capture system ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130088687 | PROJECTOR - A control section relatively decreases an absolute value of a current supplied to a discharge lamp in a first period and relatively increases the absolute value in a second period, and in the second period, performs any one of a first control for supplying an alternating current to the discharge lamp, a second control for supplying, to the discharge lamp, a current in which a maximum duration of a first polarity is longer than that in the first control, and a third control for supplying, to the discharge lamp, a current in which a maximum duration of a second polarity is longer than that in the first control, and as the state of deterioration proceeds, decreases at least one of the maximum duration of the first polarity in the second control and the maximum duration of the second polarity in the third control. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088688 | SPATIALLY MODIFYING POLARIZATION STATE OF LIGHT - Systems and methods configured for outputting light having a polarization state distribution that is spatially uniform by applying a correction to, for example, a beam of light with a spatially uniform polarization state distribution that has been altered (unintentionally or otherwise) to become spatially non-uniform are described. A projection system can include an optical element and a polarization-altering device (PAD). The optical element can cause a polarization of light in the projection system to be spatially non-uniform. The PAD can change the polarization state distribution of the light spatially based on an amount of spatial non-uniformity on the light caused by the optical element and before the light enters the optical element. The projection system can output the light having a spatially uniform polarization state distribution. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088689 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light source module including a first light-emitting device, a light emitting wheel, a second light-emitting device, and a light combination device is provided. The first light-emitting device provides an exciting beam. The light emitting wheel is disposed on a transmission path of the exciting beam and has a first light conversion area. The exciting beam obliquely irradiates on the first light conversion area and is converted into a first color beam. The second light-emitting device provides a second color beam. Herein, colors of the first color beam and the second color beam are different. The light combination device is disposed on the transmission paths of the first color beam and the second color beam. The first color beam is reflected to the light combination device by the light emitting wheel and the light combination device combines the first color beam and the second color beam. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088690 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND PROJECTOR USING THE SAME - A light source module and a projector using the same are provided. The light source module includes a monochromatic light source emitting a monochromatic light, a rotating wheel having a light transmitting area and a wavelength transforming area, a filter wheel rotating at a same rotation speed with the rotating wheel, and a dichroic mirror disposed between the rotating wheel and the filter wheel. The wavelength transforming area is coated with a first wavelength transforming material capable of transforming the first color light into a second color light. The filter wheel has a first color filter area and a second color filter area respectively corresponding to the light transmitting area and the wavelength transforming area. The dichroic mirror reflects the first color light to the rotating wheel and allows the second color light to transmit therethrough. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088691 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - The present invention provides a projection apparatus including a light source module, an illumination lens module, a light valve, and a projection lens. The light source module is configured to provide a first light beam, and the illumination lens module and the light valve are disposed on a first propagating path of the first light beam. The illumination lens module has a first optic axis. The light valve is configured to transfer the first light beam into a second light beam with an image, and the first light beam propagates through the illumination lens module to the light valve without reflection. The projection lens has a second optic axis substantially perpendicular to the first optic axis. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088692 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination system including a light source, a filtering module, a wavelength conversion unit, and a reflection unit is provided. The light source emits an illumination beam. The filtering module is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam and includes a plurality of filtering units having different colors. The filtering units move into the transmission path of the illumination beam in turn. Each filtering unit reflects a part of the illumination beam and allows another part of the illumination beam to pass through. The wavelength conversion unit is disposed on a transmission path of the part of the illumination beam reflected by at least one of the filtering units to convert the part of the illumination beam reflected by the at least one of the filtering units into a converted beam. The wavelength conversion unit is disposed on the reflection unit. A projection apparatus is also provided. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088693 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a discharge lamp; a discharge lamp drive section which supplies an electric power to the discharge lamp; and a control section which controls the discharge lamp drive section, wherein a period interposed between the switching timings which are temporally adjacent to each other starts in a first period and ends in a second period, wherein the control section controls, on the basis of a correlation pattern which indicates the correlation between a first electric power and a second electric power, the discharge lamp drive section to supply the first electric power to the discharge lamp in the first period and to supply the second electric power to the discharge lamp in the second period, and wherein the correlation pattern includes a pattern in which as the second electric power is decreased, the ratio of the first electric power to the second electric power is increased. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088694 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COOLING A COMPONENT IN A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A lithographic apparatus includes a component and a local cooler to apply a local cooling load to the component. The local cooler has a gas passageway including a flow restriction upstream of the component and configured to direct a flow of gas exiting the flow restriction to cool a surface of the component. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088695 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT - A device serves for controlling temperature of an optical element provided in vacuum atmosphere. The device has a cooling apparatus having a radiational cooling part, arranged apart from the optical element, for cooling the optical element by radiation heat transfer. A controller serves for controlling temperature of the radiational cooling part. Further, the device comprises a heating part for heating the optical element. The heating part is connected to the controller for controlling the temperature of the heating part. The resulting device for controlling temperature in particular can be used with an optical element in a EUV microlithography tool leading to a stable performance of its optics. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088696 | SETTING METHOD OF EXPOSURE APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method of setting an exposure apparatus to expose exposure sectors defined on a resist film formed on a surface of a substrate with proper values of an exposure amount and a focus value for forming a pattern having a predetermined dimension includes exposing and developing an exposure sector defined on a reference substrate by a first exposure apparatus having a first state, and imaging the same. The method exposes and develops exposure sectors defined on an inspection substrate by a second exposure apparatus having a second state where at least one of the exposure amount and the focus value is unknown, and forms and images a pattern on the inspection substrate. The method determines the proper values for the exposure amount and the focus value for the second state based on luminance of the exposure sector of reference data and luminances of the exposure sectors of inspection data. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088697 | COLLECTOR MIRROR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION - A collector mirror assembly includes a collector mirror that includes a reflective surface and a hole having an edge. The hole extends through the reflective surface. The assembly also includes a tubular body having an inner surface and an outer surface. The tubular body is constructed and arranged to guide a gas flow in a direction substantially transverse to the reflective surface. The outer surface of the tubular body and the edge of the hole form an opening arranged to guide a further gas flow that diverges with respect the gas flow substantially transverse to the reflective surface. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088698 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DRIVING MICROMIRRORS - A micromirror of a micromirror array in an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus can be tilted through a respective tilt angle about two tilt axes. The micromirror is assigned three actuators which can respectively be driven by control signals in order to tilt the micromirror about the two tilt axes. Two control variables are specified, each of which is assigned to one tilt axis and which are both assigned to unperturbed tilt angles. For any desired combinations of the two control variables, as a function of the two control variables, one of the three actuators is selected and its control signal is set to a constant value, in particular zero. The control signals are determined so that, when the control signals are applied to the other two actuators, the micromirror adopts the unperturbed tilt angles as a function of the two control variables. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088699 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a radiation source configured to produce a radiation beam, and a support configured to support a patterning device. The patterning device is configured to impart the radiation beam with a pattern to form a patterned radiation beam. A chamber is located between the radiation source and patterning device. The chamber contains at least one optical component configured to reflect the radiation beam, and is configured to permit radiation from the radiation source to pass therethrough. A membrane is configured to permit the passage of the radiation beam, and to prevent the passage of contamination particles through the membrane. A particle trapping structure is configured to permit gas to flow along an indirect path from inside the chamber to outside the chamber. The indirect path is configured to substantially prevent the passage of contamination particles from inside the chamber to outside the chamber. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088700 | BLIND, EXPOSURE APPARATUS HAVING THE BLIND AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus includes a light source, a mask and a blind. The light source is disposed over a substrate. The light source cyclically radiates light. The mask is disposed between the light source and the substrate. The mask includes an exposure region and a peripheral region. The peripheral region surrounds the exposure region. A pattern is formed in the exposure region. A plurality of first alignment marks is disposed in the peripheral region. The blind is disposed between the light source and the mask. The blind includes a blocking plate and an adjusting part. The blocking part may move across the substrate. The blocking plate includes second alignment marks disposed at end portions of the blocking plate, opposite to each other. The adjusting part adjusts a position of the blocking plate. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088701 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE INSTALLATION FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY INCLUDING SAME - An imaging optical system has a plurality of mirrors which image an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. The imaging optical system has a pupil obscuration. The last mirror in the beam path of the imaging light between the object field and the image field has a through-opening for the passage of the imaging light. A penultimate mirror of the imaging optical system in the beam path of the imaging light between the object field and the image field has no through-opening for the passage of the imaging light. The imaging optical system has precisely eight mirrors. The result is an imaging optical system which exhibits a favorable combination of small imaging errors, manageable production and good throughput. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088702 | ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD FOR LIFTING A MODULE OF A LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION AND A LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH ASSEMBLY - An assembly and a method for lifting a module of a lithography system from its support and a lithography system including such device are provided. The assembly includes a body and a track. The track comprises a ramp. The body is provided with two wheels. The first wheel vertically may extend a distance h further from a central horizontal plane of the body than the second wheel. An axis of the first wheel may be positioned in the horizontal direction at a distance D from an axis of the second wheel. The track may include a first and a second ramp. The first ramp is positioned at a distance D from the second ramp in the horizontal direction and a distance h in the vertical direction. Insertion of the body between the module and the support causes the module to be lifted from the support. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088703 | REACTION ASSEMBLY FOR A STAGE ASSEMBLY - A reaction assembly | 2013-04-11 |
20130088704 | Ultra-Large Size Flat Panel Display Maskless Photolithography System and Method - A maskless exposure system that has multiple maskless optical engines arranged in an (N×M) matrix that form and project a pattern onto a substrate. A first stage system is capable of driving the maskless optical engines in a first direction, a second stage system capable of holding and moving the substrate in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A control system that processes data and synchronizing movement of the first and second stage systems and a vision system that detects the positions of the second stage system to synchronize movements with the multiple optical engines. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088705 | COLORED NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICAL REMOTE AIRFLOW MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A colored noise reduction method for an optical remote airflow measurement apparatus, which emits laser light into the atmosphere as a transmission signal and measures a wind speed of an airflow in a remote region on the basis of a Doppler shift amount of a frequency between the transmission signal and a reception signal, includes: considering a signal strength of scattered light to be substantially non-existent in a remotest region and beyond; calculating a noise distribution by performing processing to average the signal strength in respective Doppler frequency components divided at intervals of a certain frequency in the remotest measurement region and beyond, and performing subtraction processing in each of the Doppler frequency components on all signal strength distributions of the measurement region, which are obtained by dividing the noise distribution at intervals of a certain distance. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088706 | HYDROGEN PASSIVATION OF NONLINEAR OPTICAL CRYSTALS - The present invention includes an exposure chamber configured to contain a passivating gas having a selected hydrogen concentration, the exposure chamber further configured to contain at least one NLO crystal for exposure to the passivating gas within the chamber, a passivating gas source fluidically connected to the exposure chamber, the passivating gas source configured to supply passivating gas to an interior portion of the exposure chamber, and a substrate configured to hold the NLO crystal within the chamber, the substrate further configured to maintain a temperature of the NLO crystal at or near a selected temperature, the selected temperature being below a melting temperature of the NLO crystal. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088707 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CRACK DETECTION - A system and method for crack detection in an object using a first and a second beam of light. According to the method, a surface of the object is scanned by directing onto the object a first and a second beam of light. The first beam of light forms a localized grating pattern on the scanned surface and the second beam of light probes the scanned surface where the localized grating pattern is formed. A reflected probing beam is received. The reflected probing beam comprises a reflection of the second beam of light from the scanned surface where the localized grating pattern is formed. The reflected probing beam is analyzed to detect a signature of a crack in the object. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088708 | APPARATUS FOR OPTICALLY DETECTING FOREIGN OBJECT - An apparatus for optically detecting foreign object in a tunnel of a valuable document validator includes a light emitter, a light detector, a beam splitter, a beam combiner, a first reflector and a second reflector. The beam splitter splits a light beam emitted from the light emitter into a first beam and a second beam. The beam combiner combines the first beam and the second beam and transmits the combined light beam to the light detector. The first reflector reflects the second beam. The second reflector receives the second beam reflected by the first reflector and reflects the second beam to the beam combiner. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088709 | Flexible Nonlinear Laser Scanning Microscope for Noninvasive Three-Dimensional Detection - A nonlinear laser scanning microscope for flexible, noninvasive three-dimensional detection comprising a measuring head which is flexibly connected to at least one radiation source by transmission optics and can be freely positioned in space, at least one controllable tilt mirror is arranged for aligning the excitation beam in order to keep the excitation beam concentric to an aperture-limited optical element of the measuring head, a test beam which is coupled out of the excitation beam onto a spatially resolving photodetector for monitoring the center alignment of the test beam as a conjugate position to the target position of the excitation beam and directional stabilizing the excitation beam by a control unit of the tilt mirror depending on a determined deviation. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088710 | Optical Guide-Based Displacement/Force Sensor - A displacement and force sensor device using as a transducer an opto-mechanical assembly including an optical guide is claimed here. The transducer operates in bending mode, where the amount of bending induces a change in light signal intensity propagating through the transducer. The change in light signal is proportional to the bending and proportional to the force applied on the transducer after calibration of the said transducer. The transducer is free-ended and needs at least one point of contact with the test specimen to induce bending or with the material in contact with the test specimen. The sensor can give information about displacement and force. Said specimen can be solid, liquid or gas. The transducer can be incorporated into a material which stiffness is measured. The transducer is capable of sensing displacement in the sub-pm scale, with sub-ms time resolution, and to measure forces as small as 10 | 2013-04-11 |
20130088711 | DYNAMIC HEADLAMP AIM BUY-OFF WINDOW - A method for aiming headlamps on a vehicle achieves a reduced variation in beam heights without making any changes to existing test equipment. A cutoff height of a first headlamp is measured. The first headlamp is adjusted until a first measured cutoff height is within a predetermined range centered on a predetermined fixed height. A cutoff height of a second headlamp is measured. The second headlamp is adjusted until a second measured cutoff height is within the predetermined range centered on the first measured cutoff height. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088712 | APPARATUS FOR CHECKING THE AUTHENTICITY OF VALUE DOCUMENTS - Testing the authenticity of a valuable document, whereby at least one intensity distribution of electromagnetic radiation passing through the valuable document in the dark field is detected in a spatially resolved manner and a spatially resolved dark field characteristic is determined therefrom. The actual authenticity test is then performed by a procedure in which selected test partial regions of the valuable document are assigned respectively to one of a plurality of suspicion classes, an interconnection region is formed from substantially interconnected test partial regions that were assigned to at least one specific suspicion class, and the valuable document, depending on the form and/or position of the interconnection region, is assigned to one of at least two authenticity categories which is linked to the at least one specific suspicion class. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088713 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND IMAGING UNIT - A solid-state imaging device includes a light sensing unit generating a signal charge by performing a photoelectric conversion of an incident light; a conductive material in the vicinity of the light sensing unit; a first light-shielding film formed to cover at least a portion of the conductive material; and a second light-shielding film formed on a part of or all of a surface of the first light-shielding film. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088714 | SUCTION APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OBSERVATION DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OBSERVATION METHOD - A suction unit | 2013-04-11 |
20130088715 | AUTOMATIC OPTIMAL POSITIONING OF SPECTROPHOTOMETER WHILE MEASURING MOVING MEDIA - A system and method for computer automated optimal lateral alignment of a spectrophotometer over a region of consistent color on a moving media or web for maintaining consistent color and or tonal qualities of a color application production process. The system consisting of a computer operated lateral traverse mechanism affixed to the press or color application equipment that is able to move the sensor laterally in small increments across the band of the color patches on the moving web or media, marking the lateral position each time it makes a light measurement, and therefrom calculating the optimal lateral alignment or position of the sensor for maintaining consistent color or density control during the color application process. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088716 | POWDER FLOW DETECTION - Apparatus for detecting powder flow along a powder flow path includes a light source and a light detector for detecting light from the light source directed across the powder flow path as powder flows through said powder flow path. A circuit receives the output from the light detector and determines an average or RMS of the signal received by the light detector. The circuit may determine whether there is flow or no flow of powder or whether there is a change in flow rate of powder. Preferably, the apparatus is used in combination with a dense phase powder pump, which causes the powder to flow in pulses from the pump outlet into the powder flow path. More preferably, the light source and detector are enclosed in a housing that is connected between the pump outlet and a powder feed hose which supplies powder to a spray gun or hopper. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088717 | SPR APPARATUS WITH A HIGH PERFORMANCE FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM - An apparatus may include a flow cell for a surface plasmon resonance test apparatus and a fluid delivery system operatively coupled to the flow cell and configured to deliver a plurality of fluids to the flow cell substantially continuously. The fluid delivery system may include two pumps for pumping the fluids. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088718 | MULTIPLE-ACQUISITION OTDR METHOD AND DEVICE - An OTDR device and method for characterizing one or more events in an optical fiber link are provided. A plurality of light acquisitions is performed. For each light acquisition, test light pulses are propagated in the optical fiber link and the corresponding return light signals from the optical fiber link are detected. The light acquisitions are performed under different acquisition conditions, for example using different pulsewidths or wavelengths. Parameters characterizing the event are derived using the detected return signal from at least two of the plurality of light acquisitions. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088719 | MEMBRANE POTENTIAL CHANGE DETECTION DEVICE AND MEMBRANE POTENTIAL CHANGE DETECTION METHOD - A membrane potential change detection device | 2013-04-11 |
20130088720 | OPTICAL GYROSCOPE - A microfabricated optical gyroscope that utilizes a linear array of micron scale optical ring resonators closely spaced to allow evanescent coupling of electromagnetic fields in adjacent resonators. Within each resonator, the optical Sagnac effect produces a phase difference between clockwise and counterclockwise propagating light that is proportional to the inertial rotation rate perpendicular to the plane of the resonator. The disclosure enhances the overall sensitivity to rotations by varying the strengths of the evanescent coupling between resonators and/or the circumferences of the resonators. The size and coupling strengths control the optical interference between resonators. By using periodically alternating coupling strengths and/or linearly chirped resonator circumferences, the gyroscope transmission has extremely narrow transmission resonances with slopes, corresponding to the responsivity to inertial rotations, that are large enough to yield shot noise limited sensitivities sufficient for inertial navigation in a device size less the 1 mm | 2013-04-11 |
20130088721 | MIRROR IMAGE SUPPRESSION METHOD - A mirror image suppression method adapted to an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system is provided. The mirror image suppression method includes the following steps: obtaining a tomography image of an object to be tested by using the OCT system; calculating one real image signal obtained from an n | 2013-04-11 |