19th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 49 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190137837 | Electrochromic Films and Related Methods Thereof - EC film stacks and different layers within the EC film stacks arc disclosed. Methods of manufacturing these layers are also disclosed. In one embodiment, an EC layer comprises nanostructured EC layer. These layers may be manufactured by various methods, including, including, but not limited to glancing angle deposition, oblique angle deposition, electrophoresis, electrolyte deposition, and atomic layer deposition. The nanostructured EC layers have a high specific surface area, improved response times, and higher color efficiency. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137838 | COATING PROCESS USING PREMIXED PRINT FORMULATIONS - Described are a process for preparing a layer structure for an electrochromic device and a process for preparing an electrochromic device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137839 | ARTICLE INCLUDING A NON-LIGHT-EMITTING VARIABLE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND A COATING - An article can include a non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and a coating disposed between the non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and an ambient outside the article. In an embodiment, the article has a ΔE of at most 6.5. In another embodiment, the coating includes a plurality of layers including a first layer having a refractive index of at least 2.2 and a thickness of at least 10 nm. The coating can be used to help reduce color differences seen when the non-light-transmitting, variable transmission device is taken to different transmission states. In a particular embodiment, the coating can provide a good balance between color difference and luminous transmission. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137840 | ELECTROCHROMIC MULTI-LAYER DEVICES WITH COMPOSITE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYERS - A multi-layer device comprising a first substrate and a first electrically conductive layer on a surface thereof, the first electrically conductive layer having a sheet resistance to the flow of electrical current through the first electrically conductive layer that varies as a function of position. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137841 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE AND ELECTROCHORMIC SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an electrochromic device having an improved color changing speed. The present invention provides an electrochromic device comprising: a first transparent electrode; a second transparent electrode facing the first transparent electrode; a first bus electrode of a predetermined pattern formed on an upper surface of the first transparent electrode; an electrolyte layer positioned between the first bus electrode and the second transparent electrode; a first electrochromic layer positioned between the first transparent electrode and the electrolyte layer and coming in contact with the electrolyte layer; and a passivation layer formed between the first bus electrode and the electrochromic layer so as to prevent contact of the first bus electrode and the electrochromic layer, and encompassing the first bus electrode. According to the present invention, the electrochromic speed of a large area electrochromic device can be improved. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137842 | MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR DRIVER - Embodiments may relate to a segment driver that is to be coupled with a modulator segment of a Mach-Zehnder modulator. The segment driver may include a continuous-time linear equalizer (CTLE) incorporated within an amplifier stage of the modulator. The CTLE may be configured to identify an electrical signal that is related to an optical signal of the Mach-Zehnder modulator; reduce inter-symbol interference (ISI) of the electrical signal to generate a processed electrical signal; and output the processed electrical signal to the amplifier stage. Other embodiments may be described or claimed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137843 | COMPOUND OF CESIUM FLUOROOXOBORATE, NONLINEAR OPTICAL CRYSTAL OF CESIUM FLUOROOXOBORATE, AND METHOD OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF - A compound of cesium fluorooxoborate, a nonlinear optical crystal of cesium fluorooxoborate, and a method of preparation and use thereof. The compound has a chemical formula of CsB | 2019-05-09 |
20190137844 | LENS DRIVING MECHANISM, CAMERA MODULE, AND OPTICAL DEVICE - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a camera module comprising: a housing; a bobbin arranged inside the housing; a first magnet arranged on the bobbin; a first coil arranged in the housing and facing the first magnet; a plurality of lenses attached to the bobbin; and an iris unit coupled to the bobbin, wherein the plurality of lenses comprises a first lens and a second lens distanced from each other, and at least a portion of the iris unit is positioned between the first lens and the second lens. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137845 | BLADE DRIVING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A blade driving device includes an opening forming member forming an opening portion, a pivotal member pivoting about the opening portion, blades configured to enter or exit from the opening portion upon receiving power transmitted from the pivotal member, a cover member arranged so that the pivotal member and the plurality of blades are located between the cover and the opening forming member, and engaging portions engaging the of blades with the opening forming member. The pivotal member comes into slidable contact with the engaging portions in a process of pivoting. A pivotal position of the pivotal member with respect to the opening forming member is defined by the engaging portions. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137846 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC MOVABLE OBJECT, PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS INCLUDING AUTOMATIC FOCUS FUNCTION, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING AUTOMATIC FOCUS FUNCTION PROGRAM - A method capable of performing an automatic focus function upon a specific movable object in a real-time manner, the method being applicable to a photographic apparatus with the automatic focus function, includes: capturing real-time image within a field of view (FOV) of a lens; comparing images of a plurality of image areas of the real-time image with a feature image of the specific movable object to identify an image area corresponding to the feature image of the specific movable object; and, performing automatic focus on the identified image area. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137847 | Retrofittable Float with an Underwater Camera Attachment for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - A retrofittable float with an underwater camera attachment for unmanned aerial vehicles allows an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to traverse over a body of water while recording images and/or video of the underwater environment. The retrofittable float with an underwater camera attachment includes a flotation device, a plurality of mounting brackets, an underwater scope, and at least one underwater illumination light. The flotation device attaches to the UAV via the plurality of mounting brackets. The plurality of mounting brackets is configured to align the center of gravity of the UAV with the center of buoyancy of the flotation device, thereby reducing the risk of capsizing. Once securely mounted, the camera of the UAV is positioned pointing into the underwater scope. The underwater scope allows the camera to record images and/or videos of the underwater environment. Finally, the at least one underwater illumination light is used to increase visibility. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137848 | CYCLORAMA - A panel member for a cyclorama includes a concavo-convex body having integrally-formed first and second side portions with an intermediate portion therebetween. The first side portion, the second side portion, and the intermediate portion have a radius of curvature in a Y-Z plane, and the first and second side portions have a radius of curvature in an X-Y plane that is different from the radius of curvature in the Y-Z plane to uniformly reflect or diffuse sound and light incident on the panel member. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137849 | LID GUIDE MECHANISM AND IMAGING DEVICE - Lid guide mechanism of this disclosure include lid body which slidingly moves between first position and second position which are adjacent to support base, and urging member. Support base includes attachment part to which first end part of urging member is attached, and locking part. Lid body includes first shaft part to which second end part of urging member is attached, and second shaft part which is provided at a position closer to attachment part than first shaft part and which is to be locked on locking part at first position. When lid body is moved, by external force, to third position more distant from second position than first position against urging force of urging member so that locking state between second shaft part and locking part is released and when external force is then released, lid body is moved to second position by urging force of urging member. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137850 | CAMERA MODULE WITH HEATING ELEMENT - A camera module includes an upper housing coupled to a lower housing to form an inner space, a lens module provided in the inner space and including a heating element, and a substrate configured to supply power to the heating element, wherein the lens module includes an inner barrel comprising one or more lenses, an outer barrel which is coupled to a portion of the inner barrel in an optical axis direction, and a holder in which the outer barrel is fixed, wherein the substrate is fixed to a portion of the holder, wherein the heating element is disposed between the inner barrel and the outer barrel, and is connected to the substrate by a power connection line, and wherein the power connection line is connected to the substrate through a coupling hole in the holder. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137851 | CAMERA SLIDER WITH FLYWHEEL AND RAILS HAVING INDEXING SURFACES - A camera slider assembly for supporting a camera thereon including a frame with a pair of rails and a carriage body that rolls longitudinally along the rails upon which a camera can be supported. A flywheel of conductive is supported on the frame and operatively connected to the carriage body for rotation about a flywheel axis responsive to displacement of the carriage body along the rails. A magnet movable on the frame relative to the flywheel acts as an eddy current brake to apply a controllable drag force to the flywheel rotation. The rails of the frame are indexed relative to one another using cross members having indexing surfaces, and clamping fasteners cooperating with ramped surfaces to urge the rails against the corresponding indexing surfaces as the clamping fasteners tighten the rails against the ramped surfaces. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137852 | A HANDHELD STABILIZER - A handheld stabilizer comprises a handle provided with a handheld portion and a connecting portion. The stabilizer includes a ball head mechanism mounted between the connecting portion and a photographing device and adapted for adjusting the position of the photographing device. A control mechanism is adapted for controlling the motion of the ball head mechanism after receiving a location signal from the photographing device indicating that one or more human faces are not centered within a predefined location range in a screen of the photographing device. The control mechanism adjusts the position of the photographing device causing the one or more human faces to be centered within the predefined location range in the screen of the photographing device, so that a photographing function that tracks human faces is realized. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137853 | OPTICAL PROJECTION DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A optical projection device disposed close to a projection surface and capable of further widening an angle is provided. A optical projection device includes first optical system including lens groups movable and second optical system reflecting light emitted from the first optical system. The first optical system includes first lens frame which holds first lens group positioned at side closest to the second optical system among the movable lens groups and includes cam pin, guide barrel which includes straight groove, cam barrel which includes cam groove with which the cam pin is engaged, the first lens frame includes frame protruding portion protruding from the cam barrel to second optical system side and holding the first lens group, and notch is provided in such way that portion is formed to be cut out at side through which light reflected by the second optical system passes, in the frame protruding portion. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137854 | PROJECTION SYSTEM, PROJECTION METHOD, AND PROJECTION PROGRAM - The present invention is to provide a projection system, a projection method, and a projection program that improve the convenience. The projection system | 2019-05-09 |
20190137855 | FLUORESCENT SUBSTRATE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY UNIT - A fluorescent substrate according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate that is configured in a rotatable manner; a fluorescent layer disposed in a center of the substrate; and a fixing layer that fixes a portion of a surface on side on which the fluorescent layer is located of the substrate and a portion of a surface on side on which the substrate is located of the fluorescent layer to each other. Thus, in a case where warpage occurs in the substrate due to a stress caused by thermal expansion arising in each of the fluorescent layer and the substrate, it is possible to reduce an amount of displacement of the fluorescent layer. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137856 | META PROJECTORS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE SAME - A meta projector includes a light source array configured to emit light along an optical path. The light source array includes a first light-emitting array including a plurality of first light-emitting configured to emit first light having a first set of light properties and a second light-emitting array including a plurality of second light-emitting elements configured to emit a second light having a second set of light properties, the second set of light properties different from the first set of light properties. The meta projector includes a meta-structure layer aligned with the optical path. The meta projector includes a plurality of nanostructures having a sub-wavelength shape dimension that is smaller than a wavelength of light emitted from the light source array. The meta-structure layer is configured to differently modulate the first light and the second light in relation to each other. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137857 | IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM, IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE, IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD, IMAGE PROJECTION PROGRAM, AND SERVER DEVICE - A terminal device ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190137858 | PHOSPHOR WHEEL AND PROJECTOR USING THE PHOSPHOR WHEEL - The invention discloses a phosphor wheel, and a projector using the phosphor wheel. The projector includes an illumination system, a light valve, and a projection lens. The illumination system is used to provide an illumination beam. The light valve is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam and converts the illumination beam into an image beam. The projection lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam. The illumination system includes an excitation light source and a phosphor wheel. The excitation light source is used to provide an excitation beam to the phosphor wheel. The phosphor wheel includes a motor, a disk plate, a reflection member, and at least one phosphor layer. The motor has a shaft. The disk plate is connected to the shaft. In the invention, the phosphor wheel has better reliability and rigidity, and has the effect of enhancing heat dissipation. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137859 | HIGH CONTRAST DISCRETE INPUT PRISM FOR IMAGE PROJECTORS - Prism assemblies for projector display systems disclosed receive inputs from discrete color channels (e.g., red, green and blue channels. In one embodiment, “off state” light from the red, green, and blue DLP modulation may be reflected away from on-state light paths within the prism, tending to avoid uncontrolled scatter. In other embodiments, by keeping the colors separate for much of the prism path length, power levels may be significantly reduced at typical failure points. Light efficiency may be increased significantly when using discrete light sources like LEDs and lasers by removal of the additional red, green, and blue separation and re-combination losses. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137860 | CUSTOMIZED REFLECTION PROFILES FOR RETRO-REFLECTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION - The present disclosure provides a display system that may comprise a retro-reflective screen having retro-reflective screen elements that reflect incident light and comprising at least one projector that (i) generates light characterizing an image or video and (ii) projects the light on the retro-reflective screen, wherein the projected light has a nominal profile. Additionally, the retro-reflective screen may reflect the light characterizing the image or video to a viewer in a manner such that an intensity profile of the light is offset away from the projector and has a uniform brightness profile within a field of view of the viewer with respect to the retro-reflective screen. The projected light may have an intensity drop-off that has at least a 200% or 2×, or at least a 500% or 5× intensity reduction per 0.5 degrees outside of the nominal region. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137861 | Patterning Device - A patterning device comprising a reflective marker, wherein the marker comprises: a plurality of reflective regions configured to preferentially reflect radiation having a given wavelength; and a plurality of absorbing regions configured to preferentially absorb radiation having the given wavelength; wherein the absorbing and reflective regions are arranged to form a patterned radiation beam reflected from the marker when illuminated with radiation, and wherein the reflective regions comprise a roughened reflective surface, the roughened reflective surface being configured to diffuse radiation reflected from the reflective regions, and wherein the roughened reflective surface has a root mean squared roughness of about an eighth of the given wavelength or more. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137862 | MASKS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Masks and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The mask includes a substrate, a phase shift layer, a shading layer and a passivation layer. The phase shift layer is disposed over the substrate. The shading layer is disposed over the phase shift layer. The passivation layer is disposed over and in physical contact with the shading layer. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137863 | PELLICLE REPLACEMENT IN EUV MASK FLOW - An optical mask has a first pellicle attached. The optical mask is inspected with the first pellicle in place using first wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. The first pellicle is replaced with a second pellicle. The first pellicle only allows the first wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation to pass, and the second pellicle allows second wavelengths that are shorter than the first wavelengths to pass. A photoresist is exposed using the optical mask with the second pellicle in place. The second pellicle is replaced with the first pellicle. The optical mask is again inspected with the first pellicle in place using the first wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137864 | PELLICLE FOR PHOTOMASK AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE PELLICLE - Provided are a pellicle for a photomask, which protects the photomask from external contamination and an exposure apparatus including the pellicle for the photomask. The pellicle for the photomask includes a pellicle membrane provided spaced apart from the photomask. The pellicle membrane includes a semiconductor having a two-dimensional (2D) crystalline structure. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137865 | STRUCTURE OF PELLICLE-MASK STRUCTURE WITH VENT STRUCTURE - Structures of a pellicle-mask structure are provided. The pellicle-mask structure includes a mask substrate, a pellicle frame over the mask substrate. The pellicle frame includes a side portion with an inside surface and an outside surface opposite to each other. The pellicle-mask structure also includes a vent structure in the side portion and connecting the inside surface and the outside surface, and a pellicle membrane over the pellicle frame. The pellicle-mask structure further includes a pellicle membrane adhesive between the pellicle membrane and the pellicle frame, and a first heat-dissipating filler in the pellicle membrane adhesive. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137866 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION USED IN IMAGE-ERROR COMPENSATION - A reticle used for collecting information for image-error compensation is provided. The reticle includes a first black border structure and a second black border structure formed over a substrate. The first and second black borders are concentric with a center of the substrate. The reticle further includes a first image structure and a second image structure formed over the substrate. The first and second image structures each has patterns representing features to be patterned on a semiconductor wafer. In a direction away from the center of the substrate, the second image structure, the second black border structure, the first image structure and the first black border structure are arranged in order. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137867 | STRUCTURE DESIGN GENERATION FOR FIXING METAL TIP-TO-TIP ACROSS CELL BOUNDARY - An apparatus including a memory storing instructions and a processor executing the instructions to perform a method including: performing error processing of an initial design file layout; detecting a tip-to-tip (T2T) structure design violation at a design cell boundary for a metal layer above (Ma) a via (Vx) at a tip of the Ma for the initial design file layout for a semiconductor structure based on a library of pattern rules; retargeting the Vx for generating a resulting design file layout of the semiconductor structure; and generating a physical semiconductor structure based on the resulting design file layout of the semiconductor structure. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137868 | Method for modifying the wettability and/or other biocompatibility characteristics of a surface of a biological material by the application of gas cluster ion beam technology and biological materials made thereby - A method for preparing a biological material for implanting provides irradiating at least a portion of the surface of the material with an accelerated Neutral Beam. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137869 | INSPECTION METHOD OF A PHOTOMASK AND AN INSPECTION SYSTEM - In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, an inspection method of a photomask includes performing a first inspection process, unloading the photomask from the inspection system, and performing a second inspection process. In the first inspection process, a common Z calibration map of an objective lens of an optical module with respect to the photomask is generated and stored, and a first image of the photomask is captured by using an image sensor while focusing the objective lens of the optical module based on the common Z calibration map. The photomask is unloaded from the inspection system. In the second inspection process, the photomask is loaded on the inspection system and a second image of the photomask is captured by using an image sensor while focusing an objective lens of an optical module based on the common Z calibration map generated in the first inspection process. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137870 | ORGANOTIN OXIDE HYDROXIDE PATTERNING COMPOSITIONS, PRECURSORS, AND PATTERNING - Organometallic precursors are described for the formation of high resolution lithography patterning coatings based on metal oxide hydroxide chemistry. The precursor compositions generally comprise ligands readily hydrolysable by water vapor or other OH source composition under modest conditions. The organometallic precursors generally comprise a radiation sensitive organo ligand to tin that can result in a coating that can be effective for high resolution patterning at relatively low radiation doses and is particularly useful for EUV patterning. The precursors compositions are readily processable under commercially suitable conditions. Solution phase processing with in situ hydrolysis or vapor based deposition can be used to form the coatings. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137871 | CHEMICALLY-AMPLIFIED-TYPE NEGATIVE-TYPE PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a chemically-amplified-type negative photoresist composition, and more particularly to a chemically-amplified-type negative photoresist composition suitable for use in a semiconductor process, which includes a specific organic acid additive, thereby improving a processing margin in a short-wavelength exposure light source compared to conventional negative photoresists. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137872 | NOVEL COMPOUND, PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT OF SAME, PRINTING INK, AND PRINTED MATTER SURING THE PRINTING INK - A novel compound is used as a novel photopolymerization initiator, the novel compound having a molecular structure represented by general formula 1 below | 2019-05-09 |
20190137873 | SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN - The present invention can provide a salt and a resist composition including the salt, capable of producing a resist pattern with satisfactory line edge roughness (LER). | 2019-05-09 |
20190137874 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, TRANSFER FILM, CURED FILM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a photosensitive composition including: a polymer (P) which includes a structural unit derived from a vinylbenzene derivative, a structural unit including a radical polymerizable group, and a structural unit including at least one kind of functional group selected from the group consisting of a primary hydroxyl group and an amino group, and in which the content of the structural unit derived from the vinylbenzene derivative is equal to or greater than 30% by mol; and a radical polymerization initiator. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137875 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE FILM, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition contains a resin which has a repeating unit having an alkyleneoxy chain and a repeating unit having an aromatic group, and has a concentration of the solid content of 10% by mass or more. A pattern forming method has (i) forming an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film having a film thickness of 1 μm or more on a substrate with an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin which has a repeating unit having an alkyleneoxy chain. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137876 | MULTIPLE TRIGGER MONOMER CONTAINING PHOTORESIST COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to novel multiple trigger monomer containing negative working photoresist compositions and processes. The processes involve removing acid-labile protecting groups from crosslinking functionalities in a first step and crosslinking the crosslinking functionality with an acid sensitive crosslinker in a second step. The incorporation of a multiple trigger pathway in the resist catalytic chain increases the chemical gradient in areas receiving a low dose of irradiation, effectively acting as a built in dose depend quencher-analog and thus enhancing chemical gradient and thus resolution, resolution blur and exposure latitude. The photoresist compositions utilize novel monomers and mixtures of novel monomers. The methods are ideal for fine pattern processing using, for example, ultraviolet radiation, beyond extreme ultraviolet radiation, extreme ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and charged particle rays. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137877 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND CURED FILM PREPARED THEREFROM - The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition and a cured film prepared therefrom. The photosensitive resin composition includes a mixture of two or more siloxane polymers having different dissolution rates with respect to an aqueous solution of tetramethylammonium hydroxide. The composition keeps high transparency and high sensitivity, which are advantages of a composition containing a siloxane polymer, and has excellent chemical resistance, thereby providing a cured film having excellent stability in a post-processing. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137878 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM WITH IMPROVED FILM DENSITY - A resist underlayer film formation composition including a novolak resin that has a repeating unit structure represented by the following formula (1). (In formula (1), groups A and B are organic groups which each have an aromatic ring, a fused aromatic ring, or a fused aromatic heterocycle and have a structure in which two or more mono- or divalent chemical groups selected from the group consisting of chemical groups (a) that cause an increase in mass upon oxidation, groups (b) that form a crosslink upon heating, and groups (c) that induce phase separation during curing have replaced hydrogen atoms on the ring(s) contained in group A and/or B.) The composition further includes a crosslinking agent and an acid and/or acid generator. A production process is provided in which the resist underlayer film formation composition is applied to a semiconductor substrate and burned to obtain a resist underlayer film. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137879 | NITROGEN HETEROCYCLE-CONTAINING MONOLAYERS ON METAL OXIDES FOR BINDING BIOPOLYMERS - A crosslinked self-assembled monolayer (SAM), comprising surface groups containing a nitrogen-heterocycle, was formed on an oxygen plasma-treated silicon oxide or hafnium oxide top surface of a substrate. The SAM is covalently bound to the underlying oxide layer. The SAM was patterned by direct write methods using ultraviolet (UV) light of wavelength 193 nm or an electron beam, forming a line-space pattern comprising non-exposed SAM features. The non-exposed SAM features non-covalently bound DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes (DNA-CNT) deposited from aqueous solution with a selective placement efficiency of about 90%. Good alignment of carbon nanotubes to the long axis of the SAM features was also observed. The resulting patterned biopolymer features were used to prepare a CNT based field effect transistor. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137880 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING LWR IN PATTERNING STEP USING NEGATIVE TONE PHOTORESIST - The present invention relates to a method of reducing the LWR (Line Width Roughness) of a photoresist pattern using a negative tone photoresist during the fabrication of a semiconductor, and more specifically to a composition capable of reducing LWR in order to ensure a higher pattern CDU after a negative tone development process, and a processing method using the composition, thus reducing the LWR, thereby providing better CDU than existing methods. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137881 | Method and Apparatus for Semiconductor Manufacturing - Examples herein are related to a method and apparatus for determining dimensions of features in a patterned layer of a chip produced on a semiconductor production wafer. The production of the patterned layer includes a lithography step and an etching step, where the lithographic mask applied for producing the patterned layer is provided with one or more asymmetric marks. The position of printed and etched mark features is sensitive to lithographic and etch parameters. Changes in these positions are measured by overlay measurements, i.e. the measurement of the change in position of one mark relative to another. The obtained ‘pseudo’ overlay data are fitted to a parametric model, while characteristic feature dimensions are measured on a test wafer. The inverted model allows determination of feature dimensions on a production wafer. Application of the method on two different layers allows determination of edge placement errors between features of the two layers. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137882 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR LITHOGRAPHY EXPOSURE PROCESS - A method for generating a radiation light in a lithography exposure system. The method includes producing a predetermined gas pressure in a storage chamber to supply a first load of a target fuel in the storage chamber via a nozzle. The method further includes irradiating the target fuel from the nozzle with a laser to generate the radiation light. The method also includes increasing the gas pressure in a buffer chamber which receives a second load of target fuel to the predetermined gas pressure. In addition, the method includes actuating the flow of the target fuel from the buffer chamber to the storage chamber. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137883 | METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a material layer over a substrate and forming a resist layer over the material layer. The method includes exposing a portion of the resist layer by performing an exposure process. The resist layer includes a compound, and the compound has a carbon backbone, and a photoacid generator (PAG) group and/or a quencher group are bonded to the carbon backbone. The method also includes performing a baking process on the resist layer and etching a portion of the resist layer to form a patterned resist layer. The method includes patterning the material layer by using the patterned resist layer as a mask and removing the patterned resist layer. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137884 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INSPECTING DEVICE UNDER TEST, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Inspection system for a device under test (DUT) includes an image sensor, N image obtaining devices, K switches, M image processing devices, and at least one added image processing device. The image obtaining devices are connected to the image sensor, and each of the N image obtaining devices receives image data of the image of the DUT captured by the image sensor. Each of the K switches is connected to a respective one of the image obtaining devices. Each of the M image processing devices is connected to a respective one of the switches, receives the image data that is output from one of the N image obtaining devices and is distributed by one of the K switches, and generates processed image data in real-time. The added image processing device is connected to one of the switches, receives the image data, and generates additional processed image data in real-time. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137885 | AN INSPECTION SUBSTRATE AND AN INSPECTION METHOD - An inspection substrate for inspecting a component of an apparatus for processing production substrates, the inspection substrate having: a body having dimensions similar to the production substrates so that the inspection substrate is compatible with the apparatus; a sensor configured to generate inspection information relating to a parameter of the component of the apparatus, the sensor embedded in the body; a control detector embedded in the body and configured to detect a control signal transmitted by the apparatus for processing production substrates; and a controller embedded in the body and configured to control the sensor in response to detection of the control signal. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137886 | EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING DEVICE WITH LIGHT AMOUNT DISTRIBUTION HAVING LIGHT LARGER IN FOUR AREAS - An exposure method and apparatus for illuminating a pattern with an illumination system to expose a substrate through a projection system. The pattern is illuminated with illumination light with a light amount distribution in which an amount of light is larger in a pair of first areas and a pair of second areas than in an area other than the first and second areas on a pupil plane of the illumination system. The pair of the first areas being arranged outside an optical axis, the pair of the second areas being arranged on ten same straight line as the pair of the first areas are arranged on, and the pair of the second areas being arranged outside the pair of the first areas. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137887 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, DEVICE PRODUCTION METHOD, AND LIGHT POLARIZATION UNIT - An illumination optical system which illuminates an illumination objective surface with a light from a light source. The illumination optical system includes a spatial light modulator which includes a plurality of optical elements arranged within a predetermined plane and controlled individually, and which forms a light intensity distribution in an illumination pupil of the illumination optical system; and a polarization unit which is arranged in a position optically conjugate with the predetermined plane, and which polarizes an incident light beam having a first and second partial light beams, coming into the polarization unit such that the first and second partial light beams have polarization states different from each other, and emits the polarized incident light beam as an outgoing light beam, wherein the polarization unit changes, in a cross section of the outgoing light beam, a ratio between a cross sectional areas of the first and second partial light beams. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137888 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FLUID FOR IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY - A liquid immersion lithography apparatus includes a projection system having a final optical element, a stage movable in a scanning direction beneath the projection system and arranged to support a substrate, and a nozzle member disposed to surround at least a lower part of the final optical element. The nozzle member has a first aperture disposed on one side of the final optical element and a second aperture disposed on an other side of the final optical element. During exposure, immersion liquid is supplied and recovered by the nozzle member using the first and second apertures to provide a flow of the immersion liquid across an end surface of the final optical element. The flow of the immersion liquid across the end surface of the final optical element is across the scanning direction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137889 | OPTIMIZATION OF A LITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION APPARATUS ACCOUNTING FOR AN INTERLAYER CHARACTERISTIC - A method to improve a lithographic process of imaging a portion of a design layout onto a substrate using a lithographic apparatus, the method including computing a multi-variable cost function. The multi-variable cost function represents an interlayer characteristic, the interlayer characteristic being a function of a plurality of design variables that represent one or more characteristics of the lithographic process. The method further includes reconfiguring one or more of the characteristics of the lithographic process by adjusting one or more of the design variables and computing the multi-variable cost function with the adjusted one or more design variables, until a certain termination condition is satisfied. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137890 | POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, CALIBRATION METHOD, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A position measurement system configured to measure a position of an object. The system includes an optical system to obtain a first measurement wave and a second measurement wave from a radiation source, and to allow the first and second measurement wave to at least partially interfere with each other after interaction of at least one of the first and second measurement wave with the object to form a first detection beam. The system further includes a first detector to receive the first detection beam. The system also has a processing unit configured to receive an output from the first detector and to determine a signal representative for the position of the object from the output, wherein the optical system includes a phase modulator configured to modulate a phase difference between the first measurement wave and the second measurement wave. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137891 | SHADOW MASK AREA CORRECTION FOR TUNNEL JUNCTIONS - A technique relates to correcting an area of overlap between two films created by sequential shadow mask evaporations. At least one process is performed of: correcting design features in an original layout to generate a corrected layout using a software tool, such that the corrected layout modifies shapes of the design features and correcting the design features in the original layout to generate the corrected layout using a lithographic tool, such that the corrected layout modifies the shapes of the design features. The modified shapes of the design features are patterned at locations on a wafer according to the corrected layout using the lithographic tool. A first film is deposited by an initial shadow mask evaporation and a second film by a subsequent shadow mask evaporation to produce corrected junctions at the locations on the wafer, such that the first and second films have an overlap. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137892 | METHOD OF OBTAINING MEASUREMENTS, APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A PROCESS STEP, AND METROLOGY APPARATUS - Measurements are obtained from locations across a substrate before or after performing a lithographic process step. Examples of such measurements include alignment measurements made prior to applying a pattern to the substrate, and measurements of a performance parameter such as overlay, after a pattern has been applied. A set of measurement locations is selected from among all possible measurement locations. At least a subset of the selected measurement locations are selected dynamically, in response to measurements obtained using a preliminary selection of measurement locations. Preliminary measurements of height can be used to select measurement locations for alignment. In another aspect, outlier measurements are detected based on supplementary data such as height measurements or historic data. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137893 | Metrology Apparatus and a Method of Determining a Characteristic of Interest - A metrology apparatus for and a method of determining a characteristic of interest relating to at least one structure on a substrate. The metrology apparatus comprises a sensor and an optical system. The sensor is for detecting characteristics of radiation impinging on the sensor. The optical system comprises an illumination path and a detection path. The optical system is configured to illuminate the at least one structure with radiation received from a source via the illumination path. The optical system is configured to receive radiation scattered by the at least one structure and to transmit the received radiation to the sensor via the detection path. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137894 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A projection exposure apparatus is disclosed, including a focal plane measuring system ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190137895 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus that exposes a substrate W has a rectifying mechanism | 2019-05-09 |
20190137896 | ORGANIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR DRUM HAVING AN OVERCOAT CONTAINING NANO METAL OXIDE PARTICLES AND METHOD TO MAKE THE SAME - An improved organic photoconductor drum having a protective overcoat layer and method to make the same is provided. The protective overcoat layer is prepared from a curable composition including nano metal oxide particles sized less than 400 nm in combination with an urethane acrylate resin having at least 6 functional groups. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137897 | ORGANIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR DRUM HAVING AN OVERCOAT CONTAINING NANO METAL OXIDE PARTICLES AND METHOD TO MAKE THE SAME - An improved organic photoconductor drum having a protective overcoat layer and method to make the same is provided. The protective overcoat layer is prepared from a curable composition including nano metal oxide particles sized less than 400 nm in combination with an urethane acrylate resin having at least 6 functional groups. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137898 | OVERCOATED PRINTED SUBSTRATE - Described herein is a method of providing an overcoated printed substrate. The method may comprise: providing a printed substrate comprising a primer layer disposed on a print substrate and a liquid electrostatically printed layer disposed on the primer layer; and applying a UV curable overcoat composition to the printed layer of the printed substrate, wherein the UV curable overcoat composition comprises a UV curable resin and inorganic nanoparticles dispersed therein. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137899 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND TONER SET FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE - An image forming method uses a color toner including a yellow toner, a magenta toner, a cyan toner, and a black toner. The image forming method includes a toner image forming step of forming a toner image by developing the color toner on an electrostatic latent image formed by charging and exposing a surface of an electrostatic latent image bearing member, a transfer step of transferring the toner image onto a recording medium to form a color toner image, and a fixing step of fixing the color toner image on the recording medium. Each toner contain at least a binder resin, a coloring agent, a release agent, and a layered silicate compound. The volume average particle diameter of each toner is 4 to 6 μm. The content of the aluminum element in each toner represented by the Net intensity by WDXRF analysis has a specific relationship. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137900 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER - A toner comprising: a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a wax, wherein the binder resin contains a styrene-acrylic copolymer, the content of the styrene-acrylic copolymer in the binder resin is at least 50 mass %, the wax contains a wax A, at least 15.0 mass parts of the wax A compatibilizes at 100° C. with 100 mass parts of a specific styrene—butyl acrylate copolymer, and in a cross section of the toner particle observed using a scanning transmission electron microscope, domains of the wax are present, the average number of the domains is from 20 to 2,000, and using r1 for the average major diameter of the domains and r2 for the average minor diameter of the domains, r1 is from 0.03 μm to 1.00 μm, and the ratio of r1 to r2 is from 1.0 to 3.0. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137901 | TONER - Provided is a toner having: a toner particle including a binder resin and a wax A, wherein the binder resin includes at least 50% by mass of a styrene acrylic copolymer in the binder resin, the melting point of the wax A is from 60.0° C. to 100.0° C., the wax A is compatible at 100° C. in an amount of at least 15.0 parts by mass with 100 parts by mass of a styrene-butyl acrylate copolymer, in DSC of the toner, where a peak temperature of a maximum exothermic peak derived from the wax A when cooling from 150° C. to 0° C. is performed at 1.0° C./min is denoted by Tc(1), and a peak temperature of a maximum exothermic peak derived from the wax A when cooling from 150° C. to 0° C. is performed at 20.0° C./min is denoted by Tc(20), 0.0° C.≤Tc(1)-Tc(20)≤7.0° C. is satisfied. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137902 | TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE - Provided is a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image incorporating: toner particles each containing a toner mother particle having an external additive on a surface of the toner mother particle; and carrier particles each having a core material particle and a covering layer containing a resin on a surface of the core material particle, wherein the external additive contains inorganic particles; the inorganic particles are subjected to surface modification with silicone oil; a carbon content remained on a surface of the inorganic particle after the surface modification is within 3.0 to 10.0 mass %; a free carbon ratio on the surface of the inorganic particle is 70.0% or more; the carrier particles have a resistance in the range of 1.0×10 | 2019-05-09 |
20190137903 | CLEANING ROLLER, CHARGING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING CLEANING ROLLER OR CHARGING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CLEANING ROLLER - In a cleaning roller, a plurality of uneven portions are formed on a surface. A rotation shaft of the cleaning roller is inserted into a cylindrical hole of a cylindrical cleaning member in which the plurality of uneven portions are formed, and the clean member and a rotation shaft are fixed in a state where the cleaning member is twisted in a circumferential direction. The cleaning member, in which the plurality of uneven portions extending so as to twist in the circumferential direction are formed, is molded by rotating an extrusion molding die while extruding an extrusion molding material toward an extrusion molding hole of the extrusion molding die. An injection molding material with which the injection molding die is filled is solidified to mold the cleaning member and the cleaning member is stripped from the injection molding die by rotating the extrusion molding die around an axis. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137904 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RELEASE OF DEVELOPMENT NIP - Provided is a method of detecting release of a development nip of an image forming apparatus that includes a photoconductor and a developing roller to contact each other to form a development nip and to be away from each other to release the development nip. The method includes obtaining a reference load, after charging the photoconductor in a state in which the development nip is formed, by measuring a load of a transfer system including the photoconductor and a transfer roller, release the development nip and blocking light irradiated from an exposing unit to the photoconductor, obtaining a detected load by measuring a load of the transfer system after exposing the photoconductor, and determining whether the development nip is normally released based on the reference load and the detected load. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137905 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - Conventionally, the developer in the developer supply container is discharged by an air-supply pump and a suction pump which are provided in the main assembly side of the image forming apparatus, and therefore, the developer is compacted by the increase of the internal pressure of the developer supply container resulting from the air-supply. Therefore, the proper suction of the developer from the developer supply container becomes difficult with the result of shortage of the developer amount to be supplied. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137906 | PROCESS UNIT INCLUDING MAIN UNIT AND TONER CARTRIDGE INCLUDING TONER SUPPLY PIPE AND SHUTTER - A toner cartridge includes a toner supply pipe and a first shutter. The toner supply pipe has a toner supply opening. When the toner cartridge is mounted onto a main unit, the toner supply pipe moves through an insertion opening from an outside position at which the toner supply opening is located outside a developing frame to an inside position at which the toner supply opening is located inside the developing frame. The first shutter is provided at the toner supply pipe. The first shutter moves relative to the toner supply pipe between an open position at which the toner supply opening is opened and a closed position at which the toner supply opening is closed. The first shutter moves relative to the toner supply pipe from the closed position to the open position in a state where the toner supply pipe is located at the inside position. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137907 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING PROTRUSION POSITIONED AT OUTER SURFACE OF CASING - A developing cartridge may include: a casing; a developing roller extending in a first direction; a developing-roller gear; a coupling including a coupling gear; a first idle gear; a second idle gear; an agitator; a first agitator gear; and a protrusion. The developing-roller gear, the coupling, the first idle gear, the second idle gear, the first agitator gear, and the protrusion may be positioned at an outer surface of the casing. The protrusion may be positioned between a first axis of the coupling and a third axis of the first agitator gear in a second direction connecting the first and third axes. The protrusion may be positioned outside an addendum circle of the developing-roller gear, an addendum circle of the coupling gear, an addendum circle of the first idle gear, and an addendum circle of the second idle gear. The first agitator gear may be spaced apart from the protrusion in the first direction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137908 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, having a photosensitive drum, an intermediate transfer belt located at a lower position with respect to the photosensitive drum to contact the photosensitive drum, a secondary transfer roller contacting the intermediate transfer belt, a first sheet tray located at a lower position with respect to the intermediate transfer belt to store a sheet, and a sheet guide to guide the sheet stored in the first sheet tray to a position between the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller, is provided. The sheet guide is located between the intermediate transfer belt and the first sheet tray with regard to a vertical direction and has a curved section. A contact area between the secondary transfer roller and the intermediate transfer belt is located at a lower position with respect to an upper end portion of the curved section. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137909 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus fixes a toner image on a transfer material at a fixing portion by applying an AC voltage from an AC power source to a fixing unit and includes a conductive pre-transfer guide on a position at which the transfer material nipped by a transfer portion and the fixing portion is in contact therewith. A capacitor and a Zener diode which is connected to the capacitor in parallel and maintains the pre-transfer guide at a predetermined voltage in a state in which a toner image is transferred to the transfer material nipped by the fixing portion and the transfer portion are arranged between the pre-transfer guide and the ground. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137910 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A voltage maintenance element is connected to a contact member that contacts a primary transfer surface area of an intermediate transfer belt to which toner images are transferred from a plurality of image carriers between stretch members, in such a way as to prevent the electric potential of the intermediate transfer belt from varying between respective stations. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137911 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing apparatus including a heating member that is heated by a heater and a pressure member that forms a fixing nip between the pressure member and the heating member by pressing the heating member; and a supplier that, when toner images of a plurality of images including non-image regions overlapping each other are consecutively fixed by the fixing apparatus, supplies a cleaning sheet on which a cleaning image is formed on one surface, to the fixing nip in a state where the one surface faces the pressure member, wherein the non-image regions are regions extending along the conveyance direction from an upstream side end in the conveyance direction in an image to a downstream side end in the conveyance direction, and not including a toner image having a length of equal to or more than a first value in the conveyance direction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137912 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance path, an image forming unit, an opening/closing member, a facing member, a first member, and a second member. The conveyance path conveys a sheet. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet conveyed along the conveyance path. The opening/closing member is openable and closable with respect to an apparatus main body. A part of the conveyance path is exposed in a case where the opening/closing member is opened. Where the opening/closing member is closed with respect to the apparatus main body, the facing member is provided on a position facing the opening/closing member. The first member is provided in the opening/closing member. The second member is provided in the facing member. Where the opening/closing member is closed by a fixing member with respect to the apparatus main body, the first member and the second member form a Helmholtz resonator. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137913 | HEATER AND FIXING DEVICE - In a heater according to the present invention, one of conductive lines is arranged to extend from a temperature detection element toward one end portion of a substrate in a lengthwise direction of the substrate, whereas the other the conductive line is arranged to extend from the temperature detection element toward the other end portion of the substrate in the lengthwise direction of the substrate, and at least one of the two conductive lines has an area that is inclined in both of the lengthwise direction and the widthwise direction of the substrate. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137914 | ENDLESS BELT, FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ENDLESS BELT - An endless belt includes a base layer having an endless belt shape, an elastic layer provided on the base layer, and a surface layer provided on the elastic layer. The surface layer contains fluororesin. The surface layer is provided with at least one mark portion formed through alteration of the surface layer by spot irradiation with laser light having an ultraviolet-region wavelength. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137915 | FILM FOR USE IN FIXING DEVICE AND FIXING DEVICE WITH FILM - A film for use in a fixing device includes a base layer having a cylindrical shape. An electrode portion is formed at an end part of the base layer in a longitudinal direction of the film. A heat generation portion is formed at a central part of the base layer in the longitudinal direction of the film and electrically connected to the electrode portion. The heat generation portion is formed of a conductive layer made of a same material as a material of the electrode portion. A thickness of the conductive layer is larger in the electrode portion than in the heat generation portion. A surface area of the conductive layer per unit length in the longitudinal direction of the film is larger in the electrode portion than in the heat generation portion. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137916 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device fixes a toner image onto a piece of paper by conveying the piece of paper formed with the toner image while nipping the piece of paper at a fixing nip, and includes: an endless belt that is rotated; a pressing member that presses the belt; a support member that supports the pressing member; a sheet wound around the pressing member along the conveyance direction; and a pressurizing member that forms the fixing nip with the belt, wherein a part of an upstream region of the sheet existing more on an upstream side in a winding direction than a contact region contacting the belt and the pressing member and a part of a downstream region of the sheet existing more on a downstream side in the winding direction than the contact region are interposed between the pressing member and the support member, and are fixed by pressing force. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137917 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a photoreceptor drum; an intermediate transfer belt; a primary transferer; a secondary transferer, and a hardware processor which suppresses speed change of the intermediate transfer belt at a timing of the sheet entering the secondary transferer and at a timing of the sheet being ejected from the secondary transferer, wherein the hardware processor calculates speed changes of the intermediate transfer belt and the photoreceptor drum at the timing of the sheet entering the secondary transferer and at the timing of the sheet being ejected from the secondary transferer, and calculates a transmission rate between the intermediate transfer belt and the photoreceptor drum based on the calculated speed changes, and the hardware processor adjusts an operation amount of the driving roller based on the calculated transmission rate. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137918 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention achieves uniform image quality for every transfer regardless of a moisture content on a surface of a paper sheet when a plurality of transfer processes is to be made on a single paper. A copier ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190137919 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TONE CORRECTION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER READABLE TONE CORRECTION PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DENSITY CORRECTION METHOD - An image forming system includes: a density detecting section that detects the density of a toner image formed on an image bearing member by an image forming section, the density being detected as an output image density; a hardware processor which performs; tone correction in accordance with input-output characteristics data indicating the relationship between an input image density and an output image density, the input image density being the image density of a tone component included in the input image data, the output image density being detected by the density detecting section in accordance with the tone component; determining whether there is a missing tone component in the input image data; and complementing the input-output characteristics data corresponding to a missing tone component, when it is determined that there is the missing tone component. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137920 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM STORED THEREON, AND SERVER - An image forming apparatus includes a member arranged in contact with or in proximity to an image carrier, a sensor for measuring an electrical characteristic value of the member, a power supply which switches from a first mode in which one of a constant current and a constant voltage is applied to the member to a second mode in which the other is applied to the member, a storage which stores first correspondence between an amount of use of the member in the first mode and the electrical characteristic value, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains second correspondence between the electrical characteristic value measured with the sensor and the amount of use of the member in the first mode and predicts a serviceable period of the member when the power supply is switched to the second mode based on the first and the second correspondences. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137921 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An MFP receives print data from an information processing apparatus, such as a mobile terminal or a PC. It is determined whether a predetermined character code is included as content in the received print data. A setting is changed so that the post-processing is performed in a position based on a right end of a printed matter in accordance with the determination before the printed matter is output. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137922 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a toner supply section, an image forming section, a touch panel, a determining section, a calculating section, and a display section. The determining section determines whether a toner container mounted to the toner supply section is a first container or a second container which differs from the first container. The calculating section calculates a consumption amount of toner consumed for the image forming section to form an image on paper when the determining section determines that the toner container is the second container. The display section displays a ratio of a second consumption amount to a first consumption amount on the touch panel. The first consumption amount is a consumption amount of the toner when the toner container is the first container. The second consumption amount is a consumption amount of the toner when the toner container is the second container. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137923 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that is capable of performing a first image forming mode that performs image formation at a first peripheral speed ratio representing a ratio of a peripheral speed of a developer bearing member to a peripheral speed of an image bearing member and a second image forming mode that performs the image formation at a second peripheral speed ratio different from the first peripheral speed ratio, and that detects an amount of a developer consumed in the image formation, based on an estimate of the amount of the developer consumed by one pixel and the number of pixels at a part at which the developer is consumed. The estimate of the amount of the developer consumed by the one pixel in the first image forming mode is different from that in the second image forming mode. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137924 | PHOTOCONDUCTOR OVERCOAT CONSISTING OF NANO METAL OXIDE PARTICLES - An improved overcoat layer for an organic photoconductor drum of an electrophotographic image forming device and method to make the same is provided. The overcoat layer is prepared from a curable composition including nano metal oxide particles sized less than 400 nm in combination with an urethane acrylate resin having at least 6 functional groups. This overcoat layer improves wear resistance of the photoconductor drum without negatively altering the electrophotographic properties | 2019-05-09 |
20190137925 | PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT, ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISASSEMBLING METHOD THEREFOR - A photosensitive drum unit to which a coupling member | 2019-05-09 |
20190137926 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical scanning device has a housing body and an upper lid. The upper lid is formed at the end part thereof with a plurality of engagement holes, the housing body is provided at the sidewall thereof with a plurality of upper lid engaging projecting parts that project outward from a housing and are engaged with the engagement holes, an input gear is held to an end part of one side or the other side of the upper lid in a predetermined direction, and the plurality of upper lid engaging projecting parts are formed such that amounts of projecting outward from the housing are increased as the plurality of upper lid engaging projecting parts are positioned at a side near the input gear in the predetermined direction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137927 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes a cartridge unit and a cartridge support member. The cartridge unit includes a photosensitive drum on a surface of which an electrostatic latent image is to be formed. The cartridge support member supports the cartridge unit inside an apparatus main body. The cartridge unit is detachable from the apparatus main body. In a case where the cartridge unit is attached to the apparatus main body, a Helmholtz resonator including a communication portion and including a cavity portion is constituted of the cartridge unit and the cartridge support member. The cartridge unit includes at least a part of the communication portion of the Helmholtz resonator. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137928 | ROTATIONAL FORCE TRANSMITTING PART - A rotating force transmitting part for an electrophotographic photosensitive drum for a main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a driving shaft, to be driven by a motor, having the rotating force applying portion, and wherein the electrophotographic photosensitive drum is dismountable from the main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus in a direction substantial perpendicular with an axial direction of the driving shaft, the rotating force transmitting part includes a coupling member engageable with the rotational force applying portion to receive a rotational force for rotating the electrophotographic photosensitive drum in the state in which electrophotographic photosensitive drum is mounted to the main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the coupling member being capable of taking a rotational force transmitting angular position for transmitting the rotational force for rotating the electrophotographic photosensitive drum to the electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a disengaging angular position in which the coupling member is inclined away from the axis of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum from the rotational force transmitting angular position, wherein when the process cartridge is dismounted from the main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum, the coupling member moves from the rotational force transmitting angular position to the disengaging angular position. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137929 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH A REFEEDING PATH HAVING VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL REFEEDING PATHS - There is provided an image forming apparatus including a main body and a cartridge having an image carrier and a first coupling configured to rotate the image carrier. The main body includes a second coupling, a rotator and a receiving member. The second coupling is configured to rotate together with the first coupling about a rotation axis coaxially with the first coupling. The rotator includes gear teeth. The rotator is configured to rotate the second coupling in response to receiving the drive force from the drive source, and to rotate together with the second coupling about the rotation axis coaxially with the second coupling. The rotator, which is configured to rotate about the rotation axis coaxially with the first coupling configured to rotate the image carrier, overlaps with the receiving member when viewed from an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137930 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT HAS SHEET SENSOR - An image forming apparatus comprises a light-emission unit, a reflecting member, a light-receiving unit, a detection unit, a ventilation unit configured to send air to the reflecting member; and a control unit. The control unit adjusts at least one of an operation duration and an airflow rate of the ventilation unit, in accordance with a detection signal outputted by the light-receiving unit when a sheet is not at a position where light crosses a conveyance path. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137931 | MULTIPLE LAMINAR FLOW-BASED PARTICLE AND CELLULAR .about.EPARATION WITH LASER STEERING - The invention, provides a method, apparatus and system for separating blood and other types of cellular components, and can be combined with holographic optical trapping manipulation or other forms of optical tweezing. One of the exemplary methods includes providing a first flow having a plurality of blood components; providing a second flow; contacting the first flow with the second flow to provide a first separation region; and differentially sedimenting a first blood cellular component of the plurality of blood components into the second flow while concurrently maintaining a second blood cellular component of the plurality of blood components in the first flow. The second flow having the first blood cellular component is then differentially removed from the first flow having the second blood cellular component. Holographic optical traps may also be utilized in conjunction with the various flows to move selected components from one flow to another, as part of or in addition to a separation stage, | 2019-05-09 |
20190137932 | WIDE-FIELD IMAGING OF BIREFRINGENT CRYSTALS AND OTHER MATERIALS USING LENS-FREE POLARIZED MICROSCOPE - A method of imaging a sample having birefringent crystals (or other materials) using a lens-free polarized microscopy device includes illuminating the sample contained on a sample holder with circularly polarized partially coherent or coherent light and capturing lower resolution holographic images of the birefringent crystals with an image sensor. A polarization analyzer unit made from a λ/4 retarder and a linear polarizer is positioned between the sample holder and the image sensor. The lower resolution holographic images are obtained with the polarization analyzer unit in two different orientations (e.g. ˜90° orientations). Phase-retrieved, higher resolution images of the birefringent crystals at the different orientations are obtained using the lower resolution holographic images. A differential image is generated from the respective phase-retrieved, higher resolution images. An object support mask is applied to identify the birefringent crystals which can then be pseudo-colored. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137933 | METHOD OF COMPUTING A HOLOGRAM FOR RECONSTRUCTING AN OBJECT USING A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of computing a hologram for reconstructing an object using a display device. The display device enables a holographic reconstruction of the object. The display device includes a light source and an optical system to illuminate a hologram-bearing medium being encodable with the hologram. The method includes the steps of: (a) computing the hologram by determining the wavefronts at an approximate observer eye position that would be generated by a real version of the object to be reconstructed; and (b) encoding the computed hologram in the hologram-bearing medium. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137934 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TIMEPIECE COMPONENT - The invention relates to a method which comprises the steps of providing a plate ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190137935 | MINIATURE USER-POWERED LIGHTING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A miniature, self-powered, user-powered lighting device, employing mechanical energy storage and incorporating miniature lighting elements which are illuminated on-demand for a limited duration for backlighting or illumination purposes without the need for a battery or other electro-chemical storage device. The device comprising a manual spring loading mechanism, a spiral spring, a manual trigger mechanism, a transmission for increasing the rotational speed, a miniature generator, and at least one light source. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137936 | ESCAPE VALVE FOR A WATCH - The invention relates to an escape valve for a timepiece including an outlet channel arranged to be capable of being in fluid communication with the interior of a case of the timepiece when the valve is in an open configuration to evacuate an excess of fluid. The valve includes a tube to be fixed in the case of the timepiece and a valve head provided with a cover and an axial skirt adapted to be placed in different axial positions, a pressure control module separate from the valve head arranged in the interior of a fluid conduit provided in the tube and axial guide elements by screwing defined in the valve head and the tube playing a part in the control of the displacement of the valve head relative to tube in the different axial positions, blocking elements preventing a disassociation between the valve head and the tube. | 2019-05-09 |