16th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120092569 | MODULE SYSTEM FOR PERMITTING STORAGE DEVICE INTERFACE WITH TV - In a TV system with a modular configuration that permits licensed primary modules such as disk players and personal video recorders to be removably slid into engagement with receptacles in the TV housing, an adapter primary module is provided that is formed with secondary receptacles for receiving secondary modules. The secondary modules have USB ports, Ethernet ports, and memory card slots in a configuration that can be designed by entities other than the TV manufacturer, with the secondary modules having to conform to proprietary licensed interfaces in the adaptor module to ensure a degree of control by the TV manufacturer. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092570 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a liquid crystal substrate in which a matrix of reflecting electrodes is formed on a substrate, a transistor is formed corresponding to each reflective electrode and a voltage is applied to the reflective electrode through the transistor. A silicon oxide film having a thickness of 500 to 2,000 angstroms is used as the passivation film and the thickness is set to a value in response to the wavelength of the incident light to maintain a substantially constant reflectance. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092571 | LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER EYEGLASS - A liquid crystal shutter that realizes a high speed response and that solves a problem in which light leakage cannot be alleviated is provided. An alignment film coated on substrate | 2012-04-19 |
20120092572 | LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER EYEGLASSES - A liquid crystal shutter eyeglass that can solve the problem in which the provision of excellent images cannot be kept if the situation of the viewer varies is provided. a liquid crystal shutter ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092573 | HYBRID MULTIPLEXED 3D DISPLAY AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A hybrid multiplexed 3D display including a light source, an image splitter, and an image display is provided. The light source is used for sequentially providing a plurality of groups of light emitting toward different emitting directions. The image splitter is disposed above the light source for imaging each of the groups of light at a view group comprising a plurality of views. The image display is disposed above the light source for providing image data. The groups of light are sequentially transmitted through the image display and the image splitter to respectively generate a plurality of view images at the views such that an image viewed by a user includes at least two of the view images to achieve a stereoscopic visual effect. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092574 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device with a high degree of freedom in the size of pixel electrodes. A liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092575 | CAPACITIVE COUPLED NON-VOLATILE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A non-volatile electronic display includes a light valve plate comprising a plurality of liquid crystal cells on a transparent substrate; a plurality of “floating/storage” nodes functioning like non-volatile memories formed on the transparent substrate and corresponding to the liquid crystal cells, and a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines connected to the plurality of non-volatile memories and supplying signal to store charge to at least one non-volatile memory. The charge is retained in the at least one “floating/storage” nodes functioning like non-volatile memory for a predetermined period when no external power is applied to the non-volatile electronic display. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092576 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND DEVICE - A liquid crystal display element includes a first and a second liquid crystal layer stacked on each other. The first liquid crystal layer includes a first liquid crystal strip group and a second liquid crystal strip group extending in a first direction and alternately aligned. A first electrode group and a second electrode group are disposed so as to hold the first liquid crystal strip group and the second liquid crystal strip group therebetween. The second liquid crystal layer includes a third liquid crystal strip group and a fourth liquid crystal strip group extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and alternately aligned. A third electrode group and a fourth electrode group are disposed so as to hold the third liquid crystal strip group and the fourth liquid crystal strip group therebetween. Each electrode group includes electrodes extending in the each direction substantially parallel to each other. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092577 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION TYPE LC PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND LCD DEVICE - An electromagnetic induction type LC panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092578 | DISPLAY PANEL - A driving circuit and a common electrode are located within a sealant region of the first substrate, wherein the driving circuit includes switch devices and turn-line structures. The common electrode is located within the sealant region of the first substrate. The planar layer is located on the first substrate, wherein the thickness of the planar layer at the turn-line structure of the driving circuit is less than the thicknesses of other portions. The conductive layer is located on the planar layer. A second substrate having an electrode thereon is disposed opposite to the first substrate. A liquid crystal layer is located within the display region between the first substrate and the second substrate. A sealant is located within the sealant region between the first substrate and the second substrate, and conductive balls are distributed in the sealant. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092579 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND REPAIRING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A display device and a repairing method for the same are disclosed. The display device includes a substrate, a pixel array, at least one gate driver unit, at least one source driver unit, a first repair line, a second repair line, a first dummy line, and a second dummy line. The first repair line is disposed between the pixel array and the source driver unit. The second repair line is disposed opposite to the first repair line on the pixel array. The first dummy line and the second dummy line are respectively disposed at two sides of the pixel array and crossing the gate lines, the first repair line, and the second repair line. A signal transmission is not required to go around the outmost periphery of the gate driver unit in a repairing process. As a result, the signal attenuation can be decreased effectively. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092580 | CONTROLLING SPACING BETWEEN DISPLAY AND REINFORCEMENT LAYER - Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to the reinforcement of a display panel. One disclosed embodiment provides a method of manufacturing a reinforced display panel, wherein the method comprises applying a fluid adhesive layer over one of a display panel and a protective layer, placing the other of the protective layer and the display panel in contact with the adhesive layer, maintaining a spacing between the display panel and the protective layer via a plurality of spacers dispersed within the adhesive layer spatially across an area between the display panel and the protective layer, and curing the adhesive layer. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092581 | LED ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A light emitting diode (LED) assembly includes a printed circuit board; first and second LED arrays arranged on the printed circuit board and each including a plurality of LEDs, wherein the LEDs in each of the first and second LED array are connected to each other in series, and an output terminal of the first LED array faces an output terminal of the second LED array; a first input line connected to an input terminal of the first LED array; a second input line connected to an input terminal of the second LED array; and one output line connected to the output terminal of the first LED array and the output terminal of the second LED array, wherein the first input line, the second input line and the one output line are disposed at one side of the printed circuit board with respect to the LEDs. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092582 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a panel substrate, which has a frame, which is fixed to a rear surface of the panel substrate; a backlight unit, which is arranged inside the frame; and an electronic panel, which is overlapped onto the panel substrate on the front surface side of the panel substrate, in which the electronic panel includes a protruding end portion, which extends off from the panel substrate, in which the frame includes: a first portion, which is opposed to the rear surface of the panel substrate; and a second portion, which is provided upright from the first portion on a lateral side of the panel substrate in a direction of the protruding end portion of the electronic panel, and in which the protruding end portion of the electronic panel is opposed to the second portion in a non-adherent state. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092583 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The outer frame includes an engagement piece which is elastically deformable and engages with the inner frame, in which the engagement piece includes: a first portion, which is bent from the periphery wall portion to extend in a first direction; and a second portion, which extends in a second direction up to a leading end of the engagement piece, in which the first direction includes a direction which obliquely approaches the inner frame while separating from the liquid crystal display panel, in which the second direction includes a direction which separates from the liquid crystal display panel without approaching the inner frame, in which the inner frame is held between the second portion of the engagement piece and the bottom wall portion, and in which the second portion of the engagement piece engages with the inner frame. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092584 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display module includes fastening members which fix a printed circuit board to a bottom chassis via support members including receipt parts into which the fastening members are inserted such that head parts of the fastening members are not protruded from an upper surface of the printed circuit board, thereby preventing the fastening members from damaging structures provided around the fastening members. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092585 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a plurality of first brackets adhered to the rear panel. A first bracket has a recess on a first surface where an adhesive is applied, and a first protrusion extending from a second surface and a second protrusion extending from the first protrusion. A connection bracket has a side wall and a plurality of first tab portions. The tab portion is provided into an opening of the first protrusion. A second bracket is provided adjacent to the plurality of the first brackets and attached to the connection bracket. A frame is mounted to the at least one second bracket. A light source is provided between the frame and the second bracket. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092586 | 2D/3D Switchable LC Lens Unit for Use in a Display Device - The present invention discloses an auto-stereoscopic display and a liquid crystal lens (LC lens) unit. The LC lens unit orderly consists of a concave lens, a birefringence LC convex lens, and a conductive layer from an emitting surface to an incident surface. The birefringence LC convex lens, embedded in the concave lens, has both a ordinary refractive index and a extraordinary refractive index. The conductive layer has a plurality of control electrodes which generate an electric field to adjust an alignment of LC molecules of the birefringence LC convex lens for adjusting the equivalent refractive index of the birefringence LC convex lens to make the equivalent refractive index between the refractive index of the concave lens and the extraordinary refractive index of the birefringence LC convex lens. The aim is to compensate a viewer for a refraction angle of light that the human eye requires when the viewer observes an auto-stereoscopic display with different distances. In addition, the extraordinary refractive index is far larger than ordinary refractive index. Once the LC molecules rotate by a slight angle, the incident polarized light obtains larger refractive index. Thus, a 3D/2D switch is achieved. In other words, a smaller electric field can achieve the target of a 3D/2D switch, which reduces power consumption. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092587 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - An object is to suppress degradation of an image quality of a display image. A plurality of display circuits arranged in M rows (M is a natural number of 2 or more) and N columns (N is a natural number) and a light unit are included; the light unit includes a plurality of light-emitting diode groups arranged in X rows (X is a natural number of 2 or more), overlaps with a display circuit in at least different one or more rows every row, and includes a light-emitting diode emitting red light, a light-emitting diode emitting green light and a light-emitting diode emitting blue light and a light guide plate formed between the plurality of display circuits and the plurality of light-emitting diode groups. The light guide plate includes X light guide members which transmits the light of the light-emitting diode groups in the rows different from each other. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092588 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER | 2012-04-19 |
20120092589 | BACK LIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A back light module comprising: a back light source; a guiding plate; and a PBS and an optical converter which are disposed between the back light source and the guiding plate. The PBS is adapted to split light emitted from the back light source into first polarized light and second polarized light with polarization directions perpendicular to each other, and the optical converter is adapted to convert the polarization direction of the second polarized light to be in the polarization direction of the first polarized light, and reflect the first polarized light or the converted second polarized light into the guiding plate. A liquid crystal display is also provided. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092590 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A backlight unit including a light source; and a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate which guides light incident from the light source disposed at at least one side of the first substrate; a transparent electrode disposed on a surface of the first substrate; a second substrate; a reflective electrode disposed on a surface of the second substrate facing the transparent electrode; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the transparent electrode and the reflective electrodes; and a transparent film disposed between the transparent electrode and the reflective electrodes, the transparent film including a surface contacting the liquid crystal layer and patterned with grooves or ribs , and having a refractive index corresponding to at least one of an ordinary refractive index and an extraordinary refractive index of liquid crystals of the liquid crystal layer. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092591 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, BACKLIGHT AND LCD DEVICE - A light guide plate comprising an incidence surface, a lower surface, an upper surface and an opposite surface which is opposite to the incidence surface, wherein the length of the upper surface is less than the length of the lower surface, and an acute angle is formed between the opposite surface and the direction of elongation line of the upper surface. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092592 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit has a light source area. The width of the light source area in a first direction is shorter than the width of a liquid crystal panel in the first direction. A plurality of LED modules ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092593 | FRAME, BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE - A frame formed by cutting and bending a plate base is provided. The maximum thickness of the frame is T, the thickness of the plate base is t, and 1.5t≦T≦2.5t. The frame includes a first plate element, a second plate element, and a bending portion. The second plate element is directly contacted to the first plate element, and the first plate element is substantially parallel to the second plate element. The bending portion is connected between the first plate element and the second plate element. A backlight module using the above-mentioned frame and a liquid crystal display (LCD) module using the backlight module are also provided. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092594 | OPTICAL FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical film contains a cellulose acylate film, and at least two layers of an optically anisotropic layer A and an optically anisotropic layer B, wherein the cellulose acylate film satisfies the specific formulae, Re(548) of the optically anisotropic layer A is from 80 to 190 nm and the slow axis of the optically anisotropic layer A is at 45°±10° with respect to the film conveying direction, and the optically anisotropic layer B satisfies the specific formulae. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092595 | Optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device - An optical film is provided and includes: a transparent support satisfying the following expressions (1) and (2); and an optically anisotropic layer having a λ/4 function. The optical film has an Rth (550) satisfying a relation of |Rth (550)|≦20. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092596 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Disclosed are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, and a method for fabricating the same. The LCD device comprises a lower substrate, gate lines and data lines crossing each other on the lower substrate and defining pixel regions, thin film transistors (TFTs) formed at intersections between the gate lines and the data lines, protrusions disposed on the gate lines in a crossing manner, an upper substrate disposed to face the lower substrate, a first column spacer formed on the upper substrate and corresponding to the protrusion disposed on the lower substrate, a second column spacer disposed on the upper substrate with a distance from the lower substrate, and corresponding to a non-pixel region of the lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer filled in a space between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092597 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An array substrate comprises a first metal layer in which first signal lines are disposed; a second metal layer in which second signal lines are disposed; an insulation layer provided between the first and second metal layers. A repairing line is provided in edge regions of the second metal layer and insulated from the second signal lines, and the repairing line comprises a first longitudinal portion, a second longitudinal portion and a transverse portion, the first longitudinal portion is electrically connected to the second longitudinal portion by the transverse portion. A projection of the first longitudinal portion in a plane of the first metal layer intersects with one end of each of the first signal lines, and a projection of the second longitudinal portion in the plane of the first metal layer intersects with the other end of each of the first signal lines. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092598 | SURFACE MODIFIED ORGANIC BLACK PIGMENTS, SURFACE MODIFIED CARBON BLACKS, PIGMENT MIXTURES USING THEM, AND LOW DIELECTRIC BLACK DISPERSIONS, COATINGS, FILMS, BLACK MATRICES, AND DEBVICES CONTAINING SAME - The present invention relates to surface modified organic black pigments, surface modified carbon blacks, pigment mixtures and dispersions formed with these pigments, curable compositions, black matrices, and products incorporating them. The surface modified organic black pigment can have attached at least one organic group having the formula —X—Z, wherein X, which is directly attached to the pigment, represents an arylene group, a heteroarylene group, an alkylene group, an aralkylene group, or an alkarylene group, and Z represents at least one ionic group, at least one ionizable group, at least one nonionic group, at least one polymeric group, or any combinations thereof. Also disclosed are carbon black pigment combinations with the surface modified organic black pigments, low dielectric black dispersions, films, and black matrices containing them. Methods of preparing and making these various materials also are provided. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092599 | SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate including a display region displaying an image and a non-display region surrounding the display region; a dummy pattern in the non-display area over the substrate, the dummy pattern having a length that corresponds to a side of the display area; and an orientation film on the dummy pattern, the orientation film covering the non-display area and the whole display area. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092600 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device including: a liquid crystal display element that includes a liquid crystal layer, and an upper substrate and a lower substrate opposed to each other via the liquid crystal layer, a plurality of liquid crystal display elements being stacked; wherein a condensing direction of a reflected light by directional control in at least one of the liquid crystal display elements is different from a condensing direction of a reflected light by directional control in at least one of another liquid crystal display elements. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092601 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND REPAIR APPARATUS - Provided is a method for producing a liquid crystal panel capable of repairing a defective portion of an alignment film more easily. Provided is a method for producing a liquid crystal panel, including the step of repairing a defective portion | 2012-04-19 |
20120092602 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of opposed substrates and orientation films includes forming a first orientation film having straight-chain alkyl chains at the liquid crystal layer side of one substrate, and forming a second orientation film at the liquid crystal layer side of the other substrate by forming an inorganic orientation layer and surface-treating the inorganic orientation layer using a silane coupling agent, and forming the second orientation film includes surface-treating the inorganic orientation layer using a first silane coupling agent having straight-chain alkyl chains and surface-treating the layer using a second silane coupling agent having straight-chain alkyl chains and having only one hydrolytic group. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092603 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device in which a risk of generation of a image sticking is reduced. A liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092604 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR TOP METAL FORMATION OF LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON DEVICES - The present invention provides an LCOS device having improved bonding pad features. The device has a substrate, a transistor layer overlying the substrate and an interlayer dielectric layer overlying the transistor layer. A first conductive layer is overlying the interlayer dielectric layer and a second interlayer dielectric layer is overlying the first conductive layer. An enlarged opening for a bonding pad structure is in a first portion of the second interlayer dielectric layer. A barrier metal layer is formed within the enlarged opening to form a liner that covers exposed regions of the enlarged opening. A metal material is overlying the liner to fill the enlarged opening. A thickness of an aluminum material is overlying the metal material. The device has a bonding pad structure formed from a first portion of the thickness of the aluminum material and is coupled to the metal material in the enlarged opening. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092605 | PIXEL STRUCTURE - A pixel structure including a scan line, a data line, an active device, a pixel electrode, a capacitor electrode line, a semi-conductive pattern layer and at least one dielectric layer is provided. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The capacitor electrode line is located under the pixel electrode. A first storage capacitor is formed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode. The semi-conductive pattern layer is disposed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode, the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the semi-conductive pattern layer. A second storage capacitor is formed between the semi-conductive pattern layer and the capacitor electrode line. The dielectric layer is disposed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode and located between the semi-conductive pattern layer and the capacitor electrode line. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092606 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE OF FRINGE FIELD SWITCHING MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An array substrate of a fringe field switching (FFS) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The gate electrodes and the common electrode of the FFS mode LCD panel are formed on the array substrate by the same photolithographic process, and the common electrode, the gate lines and the gate electrodes are disposed on the same layer. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092607 | PIXEL ELECTRODE LAYER STRUCTURE OF TFT-LCD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND MASK THEREFOR - The disclosed technology provides a TFT-LCD pixel electrode layer structure comprising: a pixel electrode pattern corresponding to a display region of a liquid crystal panel; a peripheral region pattern corresponding to a non-display region of the liquid crystal panel; and a periphery filling pattern in a portion of the non-display region where no peripheral region pattern is formed. The disclosed technology may be applied to manufacture of a liquid crystal display. The disclosed technology further provides a method for forming a TFT-LCD pixel electrode layer structure and a mask therefor. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092608 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND AND LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION INCLUDING IT - Provided is a polymerizable compound with large solubility in a liquid crystal composition and high reactivity irradiated by ultraviolet in the longer wavelength range. Provided is a liquid crystal composition that satisfies at least one of characteristics such as high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to ultraviolet light and high stability to heat, or that is suitably balanced between at least two of the characteristics. Provided is the polymerizable compound wherein at least one of a 1,3-phenylene structure and a 2,7-fluorenediyl structure is introduced to the polymerizable compound to give stable displays by forming a polymer with a high degree of polymerization in a PSA device production process using longer wavelengths, the liquid crystal composition includes the compound, and the liquid crystal display device contains the composition. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092609 | EYEWEAR ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides an eyewear assembly including a frame having a first portion and a second portion defining a first lens aperture for receiving a lens. The first portion is displaceable from the second portion to change the size of the lens aperture. The first frame portion includes a first arm extending therefrom and the second frame portion includes a second arm extending therefrom. The first and second arms include a connecting device disposed therebetween for restricting relative movement between the first and second arms. A securement body includes a slot for receiving therein the first and second arms. A locking member is engageable with the securement body and at least one of the first and second arms to secure the frame to the securement body. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092610 | VIEWING GLASS WITH ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A viewing glass comprise a frame, two adjustment mechanisms, and two temples. The frame includes an axial end on two opposite sides thereof, and the axial ends hinge on the corresponding temples. Each temple has a joint seat corresponding to the axial end of the frame. The joint seat has a groove to receive the adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism has a location post, and the axial end of the frame forms a ladder shaped recess corresponding to the location post. The location post cooperates with the ladder shaped recess to adjust and limit a distance between the two temples. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092611 | Optically Decentered Face Shield - A method of making a protective shield is provided. The method comprises molding an arcuate lens blank having an optical center displaced from an apex of the lens to a position near or beyond the edge of the protective shield. This reduces the object shift as wearer of the lens shifts gaze from a normal straight ahead line of sight to an activity specific line of sight that is vertically displaced from the normal straight ahead line of sight. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092612 | LENS WITH VARIABLE REFRACTION POWER FOR THE HUMAN EYE - The present invention comprises a lens with variable refraction power as well as an optical system for the use as, preferably accommodating, visual aid. The lens is designed as an intraocular lens or as a contact lens. The general idea of the invention is to determine the accommodation requirement from the position of the eyes relative to one another. This is possible, since the accommodation requirement and the eyes' motor activity are closely related. According to a first embodiment, the present invention claims a lens with variable refraction power, which possesses the following components: means for adaptation of the refraction power, especially by a change of the lens' curvature as a reaction to a control signal; at least one position locator; means for detection of the relative position of the position locator to at least another position locator arranged on another lens; means for generation of the control signal for adaptation of the refraction power of the lens to the detected relative position and at least one device for power supply for at least parts of the components of the lens. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092613 | POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE VISUAL PROSTHESIS - A vision prosthesis includes a first detector disposed to detect a polarization state of light reflected from a retina, and a controller in communication with the first detector. The controller is configured to receive, from the detector, a measurement signal indicative of the polarization state. In response thereto, the controller generates a control signal for causing a change to an optical property of an optical system in optical communication with the retina. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092614 | MANUFACTURING OF PROGRESSIVE SPECTACLE LENS CUSTOMIZED BASED ON BLUR PERCEPTION - The invention relates to the making of a progressive spectacle lens for customizing the lens based on the blur perception by a future lens wearer. Accordingly, a blur threshold value is determined for the wearer according to a blur perception criterion that varies based on an optical-power addition value prescribed for the wearer. The blur threshold value is associated with a reference sight direction for the lens provided to the wearer. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092615 | Systems and Methods for Surgical Microscope and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Imaging - A surgical microscope assembly includes a microscope main objective and microscope imaging optics. The microscope main objective and microscope imaging optics define a viewing beam path that passes from a sample through the microscope main objective and the microscope imaging optics. The assembly includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) unit having an illumination beam and a collection beam and a beamsplitter between the microscope main objective and the microscope imaging optics. The beamsplitter is configured to direct a portion of light from the microscope main objective to the microscope imaging optics and to direct another portion of light from the microscope main objective to the OCT unit collection beam. The beamsplitter is further configured to direct an illumination beam from the OCT unit to the microscope main objective and to the sample. A beam forming unit is between the OCT unit and the beamsplitter. The beam forming unit is configured to form the illumination beam of the OCT unit so as to generally correspond to a size of the microscope main objective. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092616 | NON-CONTACT OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING OF THE CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL RETINA - A system includes a mirror having an axis extending through a central portion thereof, and a portion of the mirror being configured to repeatedly oscillate between a first position and a second position around the axis, so as to record a field of up to 200 degrees of a portion of the central and peripheral retina, a first scanner configured to use a spectral domain optical coherence tomography system to obtain a non-contact wide angle optical coherence tomography-image of the portion of the central and peripheral retina, and a second scanner configured to obtain an image of the retina, wherein the mirror is configured to oscillate so as to move the focal point of the mirror from one side of a pupil to another side, thereby permitting scanning light inside the eye to cover a predetermined peripheral field, thus creating a two dimensional or three dimensional image of the field. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092617 | EYEGROUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A tomographic-image pickup unit is controlled so as to capture a tomographic image in response to a signal input from a signal input unit. Then, a display unit is controlled so as to display the captured. tomographic image. An eyeground-image pickup unit is controlled so as to capture a two-dimensional image in response to a signal input from the signal input unit while the tomographic image. is displayed on the display unit. Therewith, the user can more easily perform imaging, and the time load on the subject is reduced. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092618 | Eye And Body Movement Tracking For Testing And/Or Training - The eye movement, body movement, and/or physiological performance of a subject may tracked while the subject performs a task, such as participating in an activity or sport. The collected data may then be used to identify correlations between the subject's eyesight and the subject's body movement exists and/or physiology. Such a correlation may be analyzed (e.g., over time) to determine any delays or gaps in the subject's ability to track an object, such as a ball, while participating in a sport or other activity. Further, a subject's performance may be compared to data collected from other individuals. The eye movement, body movement, and/or physiological performance data may be used to test and/or train the visual and cognitive abilities of an individual. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092619 | HANDHELD REFLECTOMETER FOR MEASURING MACULAR PIGMENT - A macular pigment reflectometer is handheld, light, and portable. It can be provided as a part of a self-contained system. The self-contained system includes a docking station in which the macular pigment reflectometer is placed between uses. The docking station is used to recharge the battery of the handheld macular pigment reflectometer. The docking station also has one or more types of communication ports, such as one for a wired or wireless internet connection, through which the handheld macular pigment reflectometer can communicate with a computer or an electronic medical records system. The instrument operates in a pulsed operating mode wherein relative instrument-to-eye motion is reduced and, preferably, nearly eliminated. The handheld macular pigment reflectometer contains an on-board spectrometer which is designed to capture spectra in very short intervals of time. A trigger on the instrument allows for a rapid, intuitive, and sequential alignment followed by rapid data gathering. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092620 | BINOCULAR GLARE TESTING DEVICES - The present invention is a glare tester attachment for use with a conventional ophthalmic instrument, comprising a pair of eye cups, both eye cups each comprising a wall partially enclosing a hollow interior chamber and having a viewing aperture defining a respective viewing line of sight axis for each eye cup, a portion of each wall being provided with a plurality of lights disposed around said line of sight axis. The invention may be incorporated into a phoropter or a hand-held device. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092621 | OPTOMETRIC APPARATUS - An optometric apparatus for examining visual functions of an examinee's eye includes: a memory for storing prism powers corresponding to the visual functions of the examinee's eye; an output unit; and a control unit for graphically displaying on the output unit normative areas being areas of normative prism powers in addition to information on prism powers of the examinee's eye based on the prism powers stored in the memory. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092622 | OPTOTYPE PRESENTING APPARATUS - An optotype presenting apparatus for presenting an optotype used to test a visual function of an examinee includes: an optotype presentation part configured to present the optotype in a predetermined presentation region; a control unit configured to allow a test optotype to be presented in the optotype presentation part, the test optotype including a stereoscopic vision test optotype that generates a parallax so as to be seen by the examinee as floating or sinking from a predetermined reference plane; and an optotype splitting unit configured to split the test optotype presented in the optotype presentation part into an optotype for a left eye and an optotype for a right eye to present the test optotype to right and left eyes of the examinee, wherein the test optotype includes a guide optotype for guiding the examinee to see the stereoscopic vision test optotype stereoscopically. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092623 | LIGHT ARRAY PROJECTION AND SENSING SYSTEM - A low cost, light projection and sensing system that projects an image onto a display surface using an array of light emitters. The system or device has an integral sensing capability of the display surface using light sensors. Both the emitters and sensors are coupled to a control unit. The device modifies the light-projected image and sensor view region with its control unit. The device projects an animated overlaid image or large tiled image of photographic resolution. In at least one embodiment, a projection device may create smooth animation of its projected image by varying the brightness of one or more illuminated images within its generated video frames. Computer implemented methods are utilized for light emitter activation and brightness control. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092624 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination device includes: a light source section having plural kinds of light sources, in which the light sources emits light beams having different wavelengths; a parallelizing optical system parallelizing each of the light beams entered from the light sources, and allowing each of the parallelized light beams to exit therefrom; a light path unifying optical system unifying the parallelized light beams exited from the parallelizing optical system into a single light path; an expanding optical system expanding a beam diameter of each of the parallelized light beams unified into the single light path, and allowing each of the expanded and parallelized light beams to exit therefrom; and a uniformizing optical system uniformizing an in-plane intensity distribution in each of the expanded and parallelized light beams exited from the expanding optical system. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092625 | PROJECTOR - A projector including light valves respectively corresponding to red light, green light, and blue light. A color combining prism (e.g., cross dichroic prism) combines modulated light emitted from the light valves. A projection lens enlarges and projects the combined light from the color combining prism. An aberration correction lens corrects a chromatic aberration of magnification of the projection lens. A pressing member resiliently presses and fixes the aberration correction lens to the color combining prism at a light entrance surface for at least one of the red, green, and blue light. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092626 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes a light source, a light valve, a light uniforming device, and a lens module. The light source provides an illumination beam. The light valve on a transmission path of the illumination beam converts the illumination beam into an image beam. The light valve has an active surface with a rectangular shape. The light uniforming device is between the light source and the light value. The lens module is between the light uniforming device and the light value. A refractive power of the lens module along a first direction is different from a refractive power of the lens module along a second direction. An f-number of the illumination beam along a direction parallel to a long side of the active surface of the light valve is greater than an f-number thereof along a direction parallel to a short side of the active surface of the light valve. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092627 | LAMP UNIT AND VIDEO PROJECTOR INCLUDING LAMP UNIT - A lamp unit includes a lamp holder that holds a lamp, which includes an arc tube, and a connector, which includes a cable connected to the lamp to supply power to the lamp. A wall member partitions a space formed between the lamp holder and the arc tube. The cable is arranged between the wall member and the lamp holder. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092628 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTOR - A projection optical system configured to project an image onto a projection surface includes a first optical system including at least one dioptric system and having positive power as a whole; a second optical system including a reflection region and a transmission region; and a third optical system including at least one reflecting surface having power, and having positive power as a whole, wherein light entering the projection optical system passes through the first optical system to have a path thereof bent by the reflection region of the second optical system to be incident on the third optical system, and the light incident on the third optical system has the path thereof bent by the third optical system to pass through the transmission region of the second optical system to be incident on the projection surface. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092629 | PROJECTION DEVICE - A projection device including an optical engine base, a light source, a light valve, and a projection lens is provided. The light source includes a component holder, a light component, and light lens. The component holder is assembled to the optical engine base, and has a component slot and a lens slot communicated with the component slot. The lens slot has at least one slot section plane. The light component is disposed within the component slot. The light lens is disposed within the lens slot, and adapted to form the light generated by the light component into a lighting beam. The light valve and the projection lens are assembled to the optical engine base. The light valve is adapted to convert the lighting beam into an image beam. The projection lens is adapted to convert the image beam into a projection beam. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092630 | PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHT AMOUNT ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A projection type display device that displays an image with projected light onto a target to he projected, including a first sensor ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092631 | GAS MANIFOLD, MODULE FOR A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A gas manifold to direct a gas flow between two plates of an optical component of a lithographic apparatus, the gas manifold having an inlet, a diffuser downstream of the inlet, a flow straightener downstream of the inlet, a contractor downstream of the flow straightener, and an outlet downstream of the contractor. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092632 | DIFFRACTION UNLIMITED PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY - Methods, devices, systems, and materials are disclosed for diffraction unlimited photofabrication. A method is provided where a photoresponsive material is illuminated with a first optical pattern at a first wavelength of light. The first wavelength of light alters a solubility of the photoresponsive organic material. The photoresponsive material is also illuminated with a second optical pattern at a second wavelength of light. The second wavelength of light hinders the ability of the first wavelength of light to alter the solubility of the photoresponsive organic material where the second optical pattern overlaps the first optical pattern. The photoresponsive organic material is then developed. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092633 | REFLECTIVE FILM INTERFACE TO RESTORE TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC WAVE CONTRAST IN LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSING - A system for exposing a resist layer to an image that includes a layer reflective to imaging tool radiation and a resist layer having a region of photosensitivity over the reflective layer. An imaging tool projects radiation containing an aerial image onto the resist layer, with a portion of the radiation containing the aerial image passing through the resist and reflecting back to the resist to form an interference pattern of the projected aerial image through the resist layer thickness. The thickness and location of the resist layer region of photosensitivity are selected to include from within the interference pattern higher contrast portions of the interference pattern in the direction of the resist thickness, and to exclude lower contrast portions of the interference pattern in the resist thickness direction from said resist layer region of photosensitivity, to improve contrast of the aerial image in said resist layer region of photosensitivity. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092634 | Method and apparatus for printing periodic patterns - A method for printing a pattern of features including the steps of providing a substrate having a recording layer disposed thereon, providing a mask bearing a periodic pattern of features, arranging the substrate parallel to the mask and with a separation having an initial value, providing an illumination system for illuminating the mask with an intensity of monochromatic light to generate a transmitted light-field for exposing the recording layer, and illuminating the mask for an exposure time whilst changing the separation by a range having a predetermined value and varying at least one of the rate of change of separation and the intensity of illumination so that the mask is illuminated by an energy density per incremental change of separation that varies over said range, whereby the printed pattern has low sensitivity to a deviation of the range from said predetermined value or to the initial value of the separation. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092635 | Method and apparatus for printing periodic patterns - A method for printing a pattern of features including the steps of providing a substrate having a recording layer disposed thereon, providing a mask bearing a periodic pattern of features, arranging the substrate parallel to the mask and with a separation having an initial value, providing an illumination system for illuminating the mask with an intensity of monochromatic light to generate a transmitted light-field for exposing the recording layer, and illuminating the mask for an exposure time whilst changing the separation by a distance having a desired value and with a rate of change of separation, wherein at least one of the rate of change of separation and the intensity of light are varied during the change of separation, whereby the mask is illuminated by an energy density per incremental change of separation that varies over said distance. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092636 | Metrology Apparatus, Lithography Apparatus and Method of Measuring a Property of a Substrate - A metrology apparatus is configured to measure a property of a substrate. The metrology apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam, an objective lens configured to project radiation onto the substrate, a detector configured to detect radiation reflected from a surface of the substrate, and an image field selecting device in the path of the reflected radiation constructed and arranged to select an area of an image field associated with the substrate. The selected area corresponds with a predetermined portion of the substrate. This arrangement may enable selection of different shapes and sizes of targets on the substrate and may enable in-die measurement of selected parameters. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092637 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - The disclosure relates to a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus and a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, as well as related components, methods and articles made by the methods. The microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes an illumination system and a projection objective. The illumination system can illuminate a mask arranged in an object plane of the projection objective. The mask can have structures which are to be imaged. The method can include illuminating a pupil plane of the illumination system with light. The method can also include modifying, in a plane of the projection objective, the phase, amplitude and/or polarization of the light passing through that plane. The modification can be effected for at least two diffraction orders in mutually different ways. A mask-induced loss in image contrast obtained in the imaging of the structures can be reduced compared to a method without the modification. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092638 | Method Of Aligning A Wafer Stage And Apparatus For Performing The Same - In a method of aligning a wafer stage, the wafer stage may be moved in an X-axis direction. A first coordinate of the wafer stage may be measured from a first measurement position inclined to the X-axis. The wafer stage may be moved in a Y-axis direction. A second coordinate of the wafer stage may be measured from a second measurement position inclined to the Y-axis. Thus, a movement distance of the wafer stage may be increased, so that the interferometers may accurately measure the position of the wafer stage. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092639 | RESIST PATTERN CALCULATION METHOD AND CALCULATION PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A recording medium stores a program for causing a computer to execute a method of calculating a resist pattern. The method includes: a first step of calculating a light intensity distribution of an optical image formed on the resist, based on the reticle pattern and an exposure condition; a second step of convoluting, using a first diffusion length, the calculated light intensity distribution; a third step of calculating a representative light intensity from the calculated light intensity distribution or the convoluted light intensity distribution; a fourth step of correcting the convoluted light intensity distribution by adding, to the convoluted light intensity distribution, a correction function including a first function given by: | 2012-04-19 |
20120092640 | Shared Compliance in a Rapid Exchange Device for Reticles, and Reticle Stage - Provided is a method to load a patterning device ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092641 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING AN OBJECT BY AN ELECTROMAGNETIC MOTOR, STAGE APPARATUS AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A method to enable positioning of an object by a positioning device that includes an electromagnetic motor to control the position of the object in a lithographic apparatus, the method including receiving desired motor signals at the electromagnetic motor to produce a plurality of primary forces and a pitch torque associated with the primary forces within a motor control cycle, wherein for the motor control cycle, the pitch torque is based on either the primary forces to be generated by the electromagnetic motor or the desired forces and torques for positioning the object; and in response to the desired motor signals, causing the electromagnetic motor to generate the primary forces, wherein prior to the primary forces are determined for a next motor control cycle, the desired forces and torques for positioning the object are modified using the pitch torque associated with a previous motor control cycle. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092642 | DISTANCE-MEASURING SYSTEM - A distance-measuring system includes a light source, a light detector, and measuring optics for projecting light emitted by the light source to a target and for guiding light reflected from said target towards the light detector. The distance-measuring system also includes reference optics for guiding light emitted by the light source within the system towards the light detector as internal reference light and a variable attenuator for adjusting intensity of light incident on the light detector. The variable attenuator includes an attenuating filter arranged in a beam path between the measuring optics and the light detector and an actuator coupled to the attenuating filter for moving the attenuating filter. The distance-measuring system further includes an optical selector coupled to at least one of the actuator or the attenuating filter and moved by the actuator together with the attenuating filter. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092643 | SYSTEM FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR LOCATION DETERMINATION OF A CONTAINER HANDLING MACHINE - The invention relates to a system capable of determining in which lane a container handling machine is present below a quay crane or the like crane and/or capable of determining the correct location of a container handling machine in its driving direction (y) with respect to a quay crane or the like crane as containers are delivered to the crane or containers are retrieved from the crane by the container handling machine. The crane is fitted with at least one scanning laser distance sensor or the like range finder, and the container handling machines are fitted with one or more reflectors whose height profile is used for the determination of a correct location and/or for the identification of a container handling machine and for the distinction thereof from other container handling machines. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092644 | EVALUATION DEVICE, MEASURING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PATH LENGTH MEASUREMENT - An evaluation device, measuring arrangement and method for path length measurement. The evaluation device for path length measurement is configured to evaluate a measured signal which represents an intensity of a sequence of pulses of electromagnetic radiation as a function of time. The sequence of pulses has a repetition rate. The evaluation device is configured to determine a phase difference between a component of the measured signal, the component oscillating with a frequency, and a reference signal which oscillates with the frequency. For this purpose, the evaluation device generates, for example by frequency mixing, a first signal and a second signal which have another phase difference, such that the first signal and the second signal each oscillates with another frequency which is different from said frequency, and that the other phase difference has a predetermined relation to the phase difference. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092645 | MULTI-LIDAR SYSTEM - An object of the present invention is to provide a method enabling measurement in a wider range than a conventional LIDAR system and capable of measuring airflow information, which is used to reduce shaking of an airframe when an aircraft collides with turbulence, in a shorter period, and a device having corresponding functions. A multi-LIDAR system according to the present invention includes at least two optical remote airflow measurement devices of a Doppler LIDAR system employing laser light that are provided in a fixed relative position relationship, has functions for emitting lasers of identical wavelengths from the respective devices and receiving scattered light by the respective devices, thereby improving redundancy with respect to defects, and improves a detectability by increasing an integration amount of respective measurement signals. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092646 | GAS SENSOR UTILIZING BANDPASS FILTERS TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE OF AN EMITTER - The invention relates to a sensor having a filter arrangement, downstream of which there is arranged a detector arrangement, and an evaluating device which is connected to the detector arrangement, the filter arrangement has at least a first filter, the suspect filter, which is configured as a band pass filter allowing the passage of a first predetermined band, the suspect band, at least one second filter, the reference filter(s), which is configured as band pass filters allowing the passage of a second predetermined band(s), the reference band(s), and where the detector arrangement has at least one detector associated with the at least one of the filters. The sensor uses the band pass filters to measure the temperature of an emitting source. The sensor with advantage could be utilized within the IR band, and could advantageously be used to detect CO | 2012-04-19 |
20120092647 | OPTICAL SENSING FRAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE THEREWITH - The present invention relates to display devices, and more particularly to an optical sensing frame in which an infrared sensor module is fastened to a case top with a bracket to secure an assembly margin and prevent the infrared sensor module from mismatching with a liquid crystal display module by relative movement; and a display device therewith, the optical sensing frame includes a case top having a frame shaped upper side, and sides bent and extended from four sides of the upper side perpendicular thereto, first to third brackets fastened to an inside of the upper side of the case top at three corners thereof respectively, and an infrared sensor module placed in each of the first to third brackets. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092648 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND SENSOR FOR CHECKING VALUE DOCUMENTS HAVING SUCH AN OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system having a plane anisotropic retroreflector portion which specularly reflects radiation components in a first plane of incidence, but retroreflects radiation components in a second plane of incidence, a first imaging portion which produces on the retroreflector portion a line-shaped intermediate image of an object point in an object plane in a specified position relative to the system, the image extending along a line in the second plane of incidence, and a second imaging portion by means of which the line-shaped intermediate image is imaged into an image point. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092649 | MAPPING CONCENTRATIONS OF AIRBORNE MATTER - A method of mapping concentrations of airborne matter from an emission source of interest in an emission plume is provided. The method involves measuring airborne matter at one or more than one identified locations using an optical sensing instrument (OSI) operatively connected with one or more than one matter samplers and mounted on a vehicle. The one or more than one airborne matter samplers are passed through an airspace to be sampled, and one or more concentration measurements are obtained. Geographic positions and altitude values for each of the one or more identified locations are established, and a point concentration measurement for the airborne matter for each identified location determined. The concentration measurements are mapped relative to the geographic position and altitude values for each of the one or more identified locations to obtain an airborne matter concentration distribution map in one or more measurement surfaces through a cross-section or profile of the emission plume. The method further comprises a step of determining a representative wind velocity distribution at one or more measurement surfaces and calculating the mass flow rate of airborne matter across the measurement surface in mass per unit time. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092650 | BIOSENSORS BASED ON OPTICAL PROBING AND SENSING - Apparatus, sensor chips and techniques for optical sensing of substances by using optical sensors on sensor chips. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092651 | Multimode Optical Fiber Insensitive to Bending Losses - A method of selecting a multimode optical fiber includes determining a first modal bandwidth value BW for each of a plurality of multimode optical fibers in a straight position and determining a second modal bandwidth value bBW for each of a plurality of multimode optical fibers in a bent position. Typically, the method includes selecting the multimode optical fibers for which the second modal bandwidth value bBW is greater than a threshold bandwidth A. The threshold bandwidth A may be (i) a function of the multimode optical fiber's first modal bandwidth value BW and a bending-loss value BL and (ii) greater than the multimode optical fiber's first modal bandwidth value BW. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092652 | LENS MODULE TESING APPARATUS - An apparatus for testing a lens module includes a light source, a recording element, and an analyzing device. The lens module includes an actuator and a barrel. The light source emits a light beam towards the barrel. The light beam is reflected by the barrel and forms a light spot on the recording element. The recording element records a position of the light spot. The analyzing device calculates a distance between the position of the light spot and a reference position, compares the distance with a predetermined value, and determines whether the distance is larger than the predetermined value. If the distance is less than or equal to the predetermined value, the analyzing device determines that the lens module is satisfactory. If the distance is larger than the predetermined value, the analyzing device determines that the lens module is unsatisfactory. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092653 | System and method of aligning a sample - A system and method of use thereof that enables determining and setting sample alignment based on the location of, and geometric attributes of a monitored image formed by reflection of an electromagnetic beam from a sample and into an image monitor, which beam is directed to be incident onto the sample along a locus which is substantially normal to the surface of the sample. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092654 | NON CONTACT WHEEL ALIGNMENT SENSOR AND METHOD - A method of determining alignment characteristics of a tire and wheel assembly mounted on a vehicle comprises projecting a light plane onto the tire and wheel assembly to form a reference illumination line, receiving a reflected image of the reference illumination line with a photo electric device, and determining a reference distance from the reference illumination line to a noncontact wheel alignment sensor including the photo electric device. The method also includes projecting a plurality of light planes onto the tire and wheel assembly to form a plurality of generally parallel illumination lines, receiving a reflected image of at least some of the generally parallel illumination lines with the photo electric device, and identifying which generally parallel illumination lines are imaged at the receiving step using the reference distance, and determining the orientation of the tire and wheel assembly based on the reflected image of the generally parallel illumination lines. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092655 | INSPECTION SYSTEM UTILIZING SOLID IMMERSION LENSES - An inspection system including a lens. In one instance, the lens is a solid immersion lens. The inspection system includes a component or components for providing a self aligning solid immersion lens arrangement in order to allow at most a small distance between the solid immersion lens and a device under test and components or components for constraining a force exerted on the device under test. The inspection system may include a “purge” port, or a thermal isolation configuration or an anti-contamination component. The inspection system may include software and hardware to prevent crashing of the lens. The inspection system may also include a method for ensuring that various objective lenses can be replaced while maintaining the intended spacing between lenses. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092656 | Defect Inspection Method and Defect Inspection Apparatus - Provided is a method for inspecting a defect on a surface of a sample, the method including the steps of comparing a haze signal distribution with a predetermined light intensity distribution to calculate pixel shift amounts of detection signals; and adding up shift corrected detection signals to detect a defect. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092657 | METHOD OF DEFECT INSPECTION AND DEVICE OF DEFECT INSPECTION - A method of inspecting defects and a device inspecting defects of detecting defects at high sensitivity and high capture efficiency even on various patterns existing on a wafer. In the device of inspecting defects, an illumination optical system is formed of two systems of a coherent illumination of a laser | 2012-04-19 |
20120092658 | PREPARING SAMPLES FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENT - We disclose an apparatus comprising: a hand-portable optical analysis unit including an optical interface; and a device configured to receive and releasably engage the hand-portable optical analysis unit. The device comprises: a housing; a sample unit in the housing; and a resilient member configured to bias the sample unit and the hand-portable analysis unit towards each other when the hand-portable optical analysis unit is received in the device to compress a sample disposed between the sample unit and the optical interface of the optical analysis unit. Methods of analyzing samples are also disclosed. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092659 | MULTI-PARAMETER INTEGRATED CUVETTE POOL - The invention provides a multi-parameter integrated cuvette pool having a plurality of cuvette pool cells. Adjacent cuvette pool cells are connected to each other through a connecting plate. A heat generation unit is arranged in each cuvette pool cell. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092660 | APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SERS - An apparatus for performing SERS includes a substrate and flexible nano-fingers, each of the nano-fingers having a first end attached to the substrate, a free second end, and a body portion extending between the first end and the second end, in which the nano-fingers are arranged in an array on the substrate. The apparatus also includes an active material layer disposed on each of the second ends of the plurality of nano-fingers, in which the nano-fingers are to be in a substantially collapsed state in which the active layers on at least two of the nano-fingers contact each other under dominant attractive forces between the plurality of nano-fingers and in which the active material layers are to repel each other when the active material layers are electrostatically charged. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092661 | Applications of laser-processed substrate for molecular diagnostics - Surface enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and related modalities offer greatly enhanced sensitivity and selectivity for detection of molecular species through the excitation of plasmon modes and their coupling to molecular vibrational modes. One of the chief obstacles to widespread application is the availability of suitable nanostructured materials that exhibit strong enhancement of Raman scattering, are inexpensive to fabricate, and are reproducible. I describe nanostructured surfaces for SERS and other photonic sensing that use semiconductor and metal surfaces fabricated using femtosecond laser processing. A noble metal film (e.g., silver or gold) is evaporated onto the resulting nanostructured surfaces for use as a substrate for SERS. These surfaces are inexpensive to produce and can have their statistical properties precisely tailored by varying the laser processing. Surfaces can be readily micropatterned and both stochastic and self-organized structures can be fabricated. This material has application to a variety of genomic, proteomic, and biosensing applications including label free applications including binding detection. Using this material, monolithic or arrayed substrates can be designed. Substrates for cell culture and microlabs incorporating microfluidics and electrochemical processing can be fabricated as well. Laser processing can be used to form channels in the substrate or a material sandwiched onto it in order to introduce reagents and drive chemical reactions. The substrate can be fabricated so application of an electric potential enables separation of materials by electrophoresis or electro-osmosis. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092662 | COHERENT ANTI-STOKES RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - A coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) system comprises a laser light source for emitting pulsed light, a dichroic beam splitter for splitting a light pulse from the light source into a pump pulse and a Stokes pulse and directing these pulses along respective distinct paths, chirping means, e.g. dispersive glass blocks for chirping the pump and Stokes pulses, directing means for directing the chirped pump and Stokes samples to a sample in time overlap, and detecting means for detecting light stimulated from the sample by the interaction of the pump and Stokes pulses. The system may comprise a reflector connected to a linear motor, for adjusting the period between the arrival at the sample of the starts of the chirped pump and Stokes pulses. The system may further comprise a pulse replicating unit for converting a pulse from the light source into a plurality of pulses distributed in time. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092663 | TRANSMISSION RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY ANALYSIS OF SEED COMPOSITION - The disclosure provides instrumentation for the Raman spectroscopy analysis of seeds or grains, which can be used to determine the composition of the seed, such as its protein and oil content. In some examples the instrumentation includes an illumination device that emits light in the near infrared range, a sample holder to hold the seeds, and a collection device (e.g., Raman spectrograph) that captures the lights emitted by the seeds. Methods of determining the composition of seeds, such as soybeans, using Raman spectroscopy, are also provided. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092664 | OPAQUE ADDITIVE TO BLOCK STRAY LIGHT IN TEFLON.RTM. AF LIGHT-GUIDING FLOWCELLS - The present invention is directed to the use of a light absorbing wall material to eliminate stray light paths in light-guiding structures, such as those used for HPLC absorbance detection. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of carbon-doped Teflon® AF, or “black Teflon® AF,” for all or part of the walls of a light-guiding flowcell adapted for use in HPLC absorbance detection. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092665 | NON-CONTACT SURFACE CHEMISTRY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A surface chemistry measuring apparatus includes a processor, an array of tunable infrared laser spectrometers interfacing with the processor and configured for simultaneous measurement of surface chemistry across a surface to be measured using a range of infrared wavelengths and a display interfacing with the processor and adapted to display IR spectra of infrared wavelengths reflected from the surface to be measured. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092666 | INTERFERENCE FILTERS WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION AND LARGE REJECTION RANGE FOR MINI-SPECTROMETER - The invention relates to an interference filter ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092667 | OPTICAL INFORMATION ANALYZING DEVICE AND OPTICAL INFORMATION ANALYZING METHOD - There are provided an optical information analyzing device and an optical information analyzing method in which a light receiving unit for receiving transmitted light is provided at a position directly facing an irradiating unit and which may increase the sensitivity of the received transmitted light by adjusting the position of a sample flow relative to a measurement region in a flow passage and measure the optical information on specimens with a small variation. An optical information analyzing device includes an irradiating unit that irradiates irradiation light to specimens, a transmitted light receiving unit that receives transmitted light and detects the transmitted light as a transmitted light signal, a scattering/fluorescent light receiving unit that receives lateral scattering light and fluorescent light and detects the lateral scattering light and the fluorescent light as a scattering/fluorescent light signal, a nozzle position adjusting mechanism that adjusts the position of an end portion of an introduction nozzle so as to align the position of the end portion of the introduction nozzle with the transmitted light receiving unit and the irradiating unit, and an analyzing unit that measures the optical information on the specimen on the basis of the detected transmitted light signal and the detected scattering/fluorescent light signal and analyzes the specimen. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092668 | Patterned polarization converter - The present invention provides a patterned polarization converter having multiple domains that can be used to convert input linear polarized light to output light with spatially varying polarization states, including domains that produce linearly polarized light and domains that produce circular polarized light based on the patterning of the domains. A patterned polarization converter having multiple domains may be used in a polarization sensor application capable of detecting the polarization state of input light. The present invention further provides patterned radial and azimuthal polarization converters, which have utility in applications such as optical tweezers. Additionally, patterned polarization converters may be used to fabricate more patterned polarization converters having the same pattern using one-step photoalignment to copy the pattern of an existing patterned polarization converter to an unpatterned photoalignment layer. | 2012-04-19 |