| 21st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20110122302 | COLOR SENSOR - A pixel that detects short-wavelength light is provided in a light receiving unit on a silicon substrate and has a first color filter. A pixel that detects long-wavelength light is provided in the light receiving unit on the silicon substrate, is provided in a position closer to an outer edge of the light receiving unit than the pixel that detects the short-wavelength light, and has a second color filter. A longest-wavelength transmission band of the first color filter is a first transmission band, and the longest-wavelength transmission band of the second color filter is a second transmission band. The second transmission band has a longer wavelength than the first transmission band. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122303 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND CAMERA MODULE - Image quality degradation due to external light irradiated to an edge section of a transparent cover of a solid-state imaging device and external light propagating in the cover is prevented with a simple structure. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122304 | METHODS OF ACQUIRING IMAGES - Example embodiments are directed to time division of an exposure for image acquisition. More specifically, example embodiments reduce flicker in images taken with an image sensor, such as a CMOS image sensor. At least one example embodiment discloses a method of acquiring an image with an image sensor. The method includes determining, by a controller of the image sensor, an exposure time for image acquisition and dividing, by the controller, the exposure time into at least two active time intervals. The at least two active time intervals are separated by at least one inactive time interval. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122305 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A diffractive optical element includes multiple diffraction gratings laminated and made of at least three material types, wherein the multiple diffraction gratings include: a first combination part including two diffraction gratings of materials different from each other in which grating side surfaces of grating parts contact with each other or are disposed close to each other in a grating pitch direction; and a second combination part including two diffraction gratings of materials different from each other in which at least one material is different from the materials of the first combination part; and when N1Aw and N1Bw denote refractive indices of the first combination part at a wavelength (w), ν1A and ν1B denote Abbe numbers, N2Ad and N2Bd denote refractive indices of the second combination part on a d-line, ν2A and ν2B denote Abbe numbers, the wavelength (w) is 370| 2011-05-26 | |
| 20110122306 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus comprises: a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a row direction and column direction; a selection unit configured to select a row of the pixel array; and a readout unit configured to read out signals from the pixels of the row selected by the selection unit, wherein, when the readout unit reads out signals from the pixels of not all rows but some rows in the pixel array, the selection unit resets the pixels of rows in adjacent regions adjacent to readout rows from which signals are read out, and the pixel array includes rows, in which the pixels are not reset by the selection unit, in regions other than the readout rows and the adjacent regions. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122307 | REDUCED PIXEL AREA IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor that includes a plurality of pixels disposed on a substrate, each pixel includes at least one photosensitive region that collects charges in response to incident light; a charge-to-voltage conversion node for sensing the charge from the at least one photosensitive region and convening the charge to a voltage; an amplifier transistor having a source connected to an output node, having a gate connected to the charge-to-voltage conversion node and having a drain connected to at least a portion of a power supply node; and a reset transistor connecting the output node and the charge-to-voltage conversion node. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122308 | CAPTURING AND PROCESSING OF IMAGES USING MONOLITHIC CAMERA ARRAY WITH HETEROGENEOUS IMAGERS - Systems and methods for implementing array cameras configured to perform super-resolution processing to generate higher resolution super-resolved images using a plurality of captured images and lens stack arrays that can be utilized in array cameras are disclosed. Lens stack arrays in accordance with many embodiments of the invention include lens elements formed on substrates separated by spacers, where the lens elements, substrates and spacers are configured to form a plurality of optical channels, at least one aperture located within each optical channel, at least one spectral filter located within each optical channel, where each spectral filter is configured to pass a specific spectral band of light, and light blocking materials located within the lens stack array to optically isolate the optical channels. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122309 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING IN-FOCUS STATE - An apparatus that detects an in-focus state has a plurality of line sensors arranged on a projection area of an optical image-forming system, each line sensor comprising photoelectric converters an storages; a plurality of monitor sensors arranged on the projection area, each monitor sensor being adjacent to a corresponding line sensor and monitoring a quantity of light incident on a corresponding line sensor; an accumulation termination detector that detects a termination timing of an accumulation of electric charge in the plurality of line sensors on the basis of monitor signals output from the plurality of monitor sensors; an electric charge transfer processor that transfers electric charges accumulated in the photoelectric converters to the storages; a signal output processor that reads electric charges temporarily stored in the storages to output image signals corresponding to an object image; and an electric charge transfer controller that adjusts an electric charge transfer time of a target line sensor in response to intensity of light incident on a corresponding monitor sensor. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122310 | CAMERA AND METERING METHOD FOR CAMERA - A camera includes: a taking lens forming an image of a subject; an image pickup unit; a subject brightness acquisition unit acquiring the brightness information of the subject on the basis of the output of the image pickup unit; a control unit controlling the exposure according to the brightness information acquired by the subject brightness acquisition unit; and a storage unit storing the information indicating the optical state of the taking lens before the subject brightness acquisition unit acquires the brightness information. The control unit determines whether or not the brightness information is acquired again by the subject brightness acquisition unit according to the information about the optical state of the taking lens stored in the storage unit when the subject brightness acquisition unit previously acquired the brightness information, and the information about the optical state of the taking lens when the latest brightness information is acquired. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122311 | SHUTTER DEVICE - A shutter device is disclosed, the device including a base formed with a lens hole through which reflective light from an object passes, a first blade and a second blade rotating about a hinge provided at the base to open or close the lens hole, and an actuator provided with a linearly-shifting slider at an area eccentrically positioned from the hinge to allow the first and second blades to be activated with rotation moment. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122312 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An image memory | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122313 | CLOCK RANGE SETTING DEVICE - A clock range setting device including a horizontal counter, a filter unit, a clock detecting unit, a first infinite impulse filter (IIR filter), and a clock range modulator is provided. The horizontal counter counts a horizontal counter value. The filter unit obtains a lead clock of each teletext video signal according to a lead clock range, and generates a corresponding clock intermediate value. The clock detecting unit detects level changes of the lead clock of each teletext video signal according to the clock intermediate value, so as to generate a corresponding current clock cycle number. The first IIR filter generates corresponding number mean value according to the current clock cycle numbers sequentially received by the first IIR filter. The clock range modulator sets the lead clock range corresponding to each teletext video signal according to the current clock cycle number, the number mean value, and the horizontal counter value. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122314 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CLOSED CAPTIONING COMPATIBLE WITH LEGACY AND NEWER SET-TOP BOXES - A caption formatting method and computing system that receives an input video stream that includes a sequence of input transport stream packets. The method locates user data in the sequence of input transport stream packets, where the user data includes input caption data compliant with an input caption data format. The method extracts EIA-608 captions and EIA-708 captions from the input caption data, and formats the EIA-608 captions as caption data compliant with SCTE-20 format. The method creates a sequence of output transport stream packets based on the sequence of input transport stream packets, where the sequence of output transport stream packets include the caption data compliant with SCTE-20 format and the input caption data. The method sends an output video stream from the computing device, where the output video stream includes the sequence of output transport stream packets. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122315 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing video data - A method determining the temporal relationship between a first video sequence and a second video sequence, said method comprising:
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| 20110122316 | System and Method for Detecting Closed Captioning Data in an Internet Protocol Television System - A closed caption detection system includes a video line selector that outputs a selected line of a video signal, a luminance detector that outputs a luminance level of the selected line, and an alarm that compares the luminance level with a threshold level and provides an alarm based on the result. A method of detecting closed captioning data includes selecting a television channel, decoding closed captioning in the channel, detecting a luminance level of a closed captioning line of the television signal, comparing the luminance level with a threshold level, waiting for a time if luminance level of the selected line is less than the threshold luminance level, and then re-detecting luminance level and re-comparing the luminance levels, then, if the luminance level is less than the threshold level, indicating the absence of closed captioning data. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122317 | CONTROL METHOD OF PROMPT FACILITY IN HDMI-CEC DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH SUCH CONTROL METHOD - A displaying apparatus with prompt facility in HDMI-CEC device includes a control unit, a display panel and a HDMI signal processing unit. The control unit can receive a control signal generated from a remote controller. The display panel is controlled by the control unit to display an image. The HDMI signal processing unit is coupled with the control unit and coupled with at least one peripheral apparatus, which also has the HDMI-CEC facility. When the remote controller controls the peripheral apparatus via the control unit and the HDMI signal processing unit, the image of the display panel can show a set of functional-key prompting pattern in the remote controller, corresponding to the peripheral apparatus. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122318 | TV AND AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A television (TV) includes an audio signal processing unit which processes a audio signal, a display unit which displays an audio quality setting state, a determination unit which determines if an event for checking audio quality has occurred, and a control unit which controls the display unit to display an audio quality setting state showing improved audio quality if the event has occurred. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A TELEVISION CHANNEL SCAN LIST - There is provided a system and method for configuring a television scan list. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising determining whether a channel is potentially objectionable when the channel is selected for display, providing a prompt with an option to remove the channel if the channel is determined to be potentially objectionable, and marking the channel as deleted if the option to remove the channel is selected. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122320 | BROADCAST CONTENTS DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND CONTENTS DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a broadcast contents data transmitting apparatus includes a switcher, transmission-side processors and reception-side processors. The transmission-side processor includes a transmitter is configured to transmit the contents data stored in the recording medium to the switcher, as data units smaller than one data block that is a management unit of contents data. The switcher includes a transmission buffer configured to store the contents data transmitted from the transmission-side processor and to transmit the contents data to the reception-side processor. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122321 | AUTO CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT FOR LIVE PRODUCTIONS - A method for auto channel assignment in a live television production system allows the user to assign physical play out channels to an auto pool of channels. The user need only create a single transition macro event (TME) template, which at the time of playout, causes the production system to assign an available channel from the auto pool of channels, without requiring any further user intervention. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122322 | Method and apparatus for transmission and reception using power line - An apparatus for transmission and reception of video signal using power line is provided. The device include a coupler for receiving a high-frequency composite video signal from an external video signal transmitter, a first amplifier, a first low-pass filter, a second amplifier, a second low-pass filter, an FM demodulator, a video amplifier, an analog-digital converter, an image processor, and a universal serial bus (USB) host for processing a video file from the image processor so as to be adapted to be displayed on the personal computer and outputting to a USB port or storing in a memory. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122323 | FLAT CABLE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A flat cable for connecting a plurality of devices includes a plurality of signal lines which are divided into a plurality of signal groups, wherein at least a part of the signal groups are separated by a separating section; and a plurality of connectors which are respectively provided at opposite ends of the plurality of signal lines and respectively connectable to the plurality of devices. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122324 | Display apparatus, method of driving the display device, and electronic device - A display device, which may control start or stop of light emission of an organic EL element without increasing the number of elements, a method of driving the display device, and an electronic device having the display device are provided. The display device includes: a display section having sets of light emitting elements and pixel circuits arranged two-dimensionally; and a drive section driving each of the pixel circuits based on a video signal. The pixel circuit has a dual-gate first transistor having a first gate and a second gate and controlling electric current flowing into each of the light emitting elements, and a second transistor writing a signal voltage into the first gate in accordance with the video signal. The drive section applies voltage different between for starting light emission of the light emitting element and for stopping light emission of the light emitting element to the second gate. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122325 | Display device, method of driving the display device, and electronic device - A display device, which may achieve low power consumption without disturbing high resolution, a method of driving the display device, and an electronic device having the display device are provided. The display device includes: a display section having sets of light emitting elements and pixel circuits arranged two-dimensionally; and a drive section driving each of the pixel circuits based on a video signal. The pixel circuit has a dual-gate first transistor having a first gate and a second gate and controlling electric current flowing into each of the light emitting elements, and a second transistor writing a signal voltage into the first gate in accordance with the video signal. The drive section applies the signal voltage to the pixel circuit such that at least part of values of gate-to-source voltage of the first transistor in a usable range is 5 V or lower. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122326 | PRESENTATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are an apparatus and method thereof for recording a presentation. The presentation recording apparatus includes: a projector operable to project an original image of a presentation onto a screen; a camera operable to capture the image of the presentation projected onto the screen and a light of a pointing device which is irradiated onto the screen; a memory; and a controller, wherein if the projector projects the image of the presentation onto the screen, the controller controls the camera to capture the image of the presentation projected onto the screen, determines coordinate information corresponding to a position of the light of the pointing device irradiated onto the screen, and controls the memory to store the original image of the presentation together with the determined coordinate information. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122327 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE STAND AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An electronic device stand includes a fastening member fastenable to an installation plane. An elongated member is connected to the fastening member. A mount member is connected by the elongated member to the fastening member. The mount member includes mechanical mounting structures configured to mount plural types of electronic devices. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122328 | Projection-Type Image Display Apparatus - A projection-type image display apparatus includes an enlarging projection optical unit which is configured to project an image displayed on an image display element enlargedly upon a display portion, a display controller portion which is configured to move a position of the image within a display surface of the image display element. The enlarging projection optical unit has a lens group for projecting the image enlargedly, wherein the display controller portion moves the image so as to display the image within the display surface of the image display element by projecting a portion selectively fitted to the display portion when displaying on the display portion through the enlarging projection optical unit. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122329 | DISPLAY - A display for providing several viewing modes of different angular viewing characteristics comprises a display device and a passive optical device ( | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122330 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION FOR THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The device includes: a first substrate, a thin film transistor formed in a first, non-transmissive region on the first substrate, including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, and a storage capacitor formed in a second, transmissive region on the first substrate, where a first electrode and a second electrode of the storage capacitor are made of a transparent conductive material | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122331 | LCD DEVICE AND DISPLAY PANEL OF THE DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate and a controller disposed on the first substrate. The controller is accommodated in a space between the first substrate and the flexible printed circuit board, and is covered by the flexible printed circuit board. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122332 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object is to provide a liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase and enables higher contrast. In the liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer exhibiting a blue phase, the liquid crystal layer exhibiting a blue phase is interposed between a pixel electrode layer having an opening pattern (slit) and first and second common electrode layers which face each other and have opening patterns. The pixel electrode layer is formed over a structure body which projects into the liquid crystal layer from a surface of a first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side, and the pixel electrode layer is positioned between the first common electrode layer and the second common electrode layer in the liquid crystal layer. The cell gap of the liquid crystal display device is less than 5 μm (preferably 1 μm or more). | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122333 | SLIM LCD MODULE AND A SOCKET THEREFOR - An LCD module including an LCD panel and a backlight unit disposed under the LCD panel is provided. The backlight unit has a bottom chassis, a lamp, a socket, and a balance board. The bottom chassis receives the lamp, the socket, and the balance board therein. The balance board is fixed to the bottom chassis. The socket is coupled with the balance board and the lamp. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122334 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An exemplary liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight module for illuminating the liquid crystal panel, and a flexible printed circuit board attached to the liquid crystal panel. The backlight module includes a frame for receiving the liquid crystal panel, and the flexible printed circuit board includes electronic components. The frame includes a groove defined at a sidewall thereof. The flexible printed circuit board covers the sidewall of the frame whereby the electronic components are received in the at least one groove. Glue material is contained in the groove and surrounds the electronic components, such that the flexible printed circuit board is attached onto the frame. A method for assembling a liquid crystal display and a display apparatus are also provided. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122335 | Display Device - A display device includes a display panel having a front surface and a back surface, a first and second frame, a first elastic member arranged between the first frame and the front surface of the display panel, and a second elastic member arranged between the second frame and the back surface of the display panel, the second elastic member extending in parallel to the first elastic member. A hardness of the first elastic member varies along an elongated direction of the first elastic member so as to have a high-hardness portion, and wherein a hardness of a first portion of the second elastic member which corresponds in location to the high-hardness portion of the first elastic member has a low hardness, a hardness of a second portion of the second elastic member which corresponds in location to the low-harness portion of the first elastic member has a high hardness. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122336 | MULTI-LAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A PCB and an LCD device with the same are disclosed. The PCB and the LCD device force an LED to directly contact either a heat radiation member or a metal plate. As such, heat generated in the LED is directly transferred to the heat radiation member or the metal plate without passing through wiring and prepreg layers. Therefore, the heat is effectively discharged to the exterior through a bottom cover. In other words, heat generated in the LED can be effectively discharged because of passing through the shortened heat radiation path. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122337 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A drive IC chip ( | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122338 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed are a backlight unit capable of reducing heat and noise and a liquid crystal display using the same. The backlight unit comprises a light source unit comprising light sources for irradiating light; a cover bottom disposed under the light source unit; a vibration-absorbing member attached on the other surface of the cover bottom; and an inverter coupled to the cover bottom via the vibration absorbing member interposed therebetween. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122339 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An illumination device that can reduce variations in brightness is provided. This illumination device ( | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122340 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF - The present invention is broadly directed towards a receiving container for an LCD apparatus for securing a lamp and lamp wiring connected to a lamp. The receiving container has features for substantially preventing the lamp wiring from being disconnected from the lamp. For example, a first through-hole for receiving the lamp wiring, a first trench, securing members, and securing projections are utilized to substantially prevent lamp wiring from being disconnected from a lamp. Additionally, the LCD apparatus is easily handled, dissipates heat effectively, and has a light weight. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122341 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122342 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display panel including: first substrate and second substrate configured to sandwich a liquid crystal layer and be disposed opposed to each other, a display sub-pixel and a viewing angle control sub-pixel being formed in the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizer configured to be provided on an outer surface side of the first substrate; and a second polarizer configured to be provided on an outer surface side of the second substrate and have an optical axis perpendicular to an optical axis of the first polarizer. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122343 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, POLARIZATION PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) composition including an interpenetrating polymer network structure in a cured state, and including an acrylic resin and a crosslinking agent component that consists of a bifunctional crosslinking agent, a polarizer and a liquid crystal display. Provided are the PSA composition, the polarizer including a cured product of the PSA composition, and the liquid crystal display, which have excellent workability and optical properties, durability and reliability, at high temperature or humidity condition, and significantly increase productivity of optical members such as a polarizer, since the time-dependent change of the pressure-sensitive adhesive strength is rapidly ended after fabrication. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122344 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - An active matrix substrate ( | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122345 | ACTIVE DEVICE ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An active device array substrate includes a substrate, scan and data lines defining pixel regions, active devices, pads, color filter layers, and pixel electrodes. The active devices respectively correspond to the pixel regions and electrically connect the corresponding scan lines and data lines. The pads disposed within the corresponding pixel regions connect the active devices. The color filter layers covering the pixel regions are disposed on the active devices and the pads. Each color filter layer has an opening exposing the corresponding pad and having a polygonal shape. The pixel electrodes are located on the color filter layers in the pixel regions. Each pixel electrode connects the pad downward via the corresponding opening and has parallel fine slits having a first extension direction. An included angle between the first extension direction and an extension direction of a first side of the opening is θ1, and 60°≦θ1≦90°. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122346 | LAMINATED-TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a laminated type display device that includes a plurality of display elements. Each of the plurality of the display elements is configured to reflect respective colors and each of the respective colors is different from each other. Each of the plurality of the display elements includes respective transparent electrodes of which spectral characteristics are different each other. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122347 | FILTERS - A method for producing a colour filter, comprising: applying to a substrate at least one diacetylene capable of undergoing a light-activated colour change reaction, and exposing the substrate to light thereby causing the exposed regions of the substrate to change colour. The invention also provides devices comprising coloured filters such as liquid crystal displays. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122348 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A device includes: an active matrix substrate ( | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122349 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device capable of efficiently obtaining a high brightness with reduced unevenness in brightness using a single light-emitting section is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel for controlling display by changing orientation of a liquid crystal composition; a single cylindrical light-source section ( | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122350 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A PSA-type liquid crystal display device is provided in which occurrence of display unevenness due to the nonuniformity of the spreading speed of the liquid crystal material during its injection is prevented. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122351 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To prevent occurrence of display roughness in a PSA-type liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a first substrate | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122352 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the display includes i) a first substrate, ii) a first insulating layer comprising a light shielding layer, formed on the first substrate, wherein the light shielding layer comprises a metal, iii) a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer, iv) an electrode pattern formed on the second insulating layer, and v) a light sensing device, comprising a semiconductor layer, wherein the light sensing device is formed on the first insulating layer. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122353 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF AN ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix substrate includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix pattern and each forming a pixel; a plurality of gate lines each provided between the corresponding pixel electrodes and extending in parallel with each other; a plurality of first source lines each provided between the corresponding pixel electrodes and extending in a direction crossing an extending direction of the gate lines; a plurality of TFTs provided corresponding to the respective pixel electrodes and connected to the respective pixel electrodes, the respective gate lines, and the respective first source lines; a plurality of capacitor lines each provided between the corresponding gate lines and extending in parallel with each other; and a plurality of second source lines each provided between the corresponding pixel electrodes and extending in parallel with the first source lines. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122354 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND A DEFECT CORRECTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A liquid crystal display uses a pixel division method by which the size of a defect can be reduced much more than conventionally possible, and a defect correcting method for the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display is provided with an active matrix array substrate including a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of source lines arranged on a transparent substrate so as to intersect with each other, and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, each pixel electrode including an assembly of a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes, separate TFTs respectively connected to the sub-pixel electrodes in the vicinity of an intersection portion of the gate line and the source line, the TFTs being driven by the common gate line and the common source line, and at least one opening portion being formed in a lower-layer side line placed in a lower layer at the intersection portion. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122355 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - An active matrix substrate ( | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122356 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel including a pair of first panel alignment marks having a first shape and a pair of second panel alignment marks having a second shape; a first circuit substrate provided with a first circuit substrate alignment mark which is represented by the first shape in plan view; and a second circuit substrate provided with a second circuit substrate alignment mark which is represented by the second shape in plan view. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122357 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a liquid crystal display having a display area and a non-display area which includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate, a layer having a first opening, a spacer disposed in the first opening, and a first light blocking member disposed in the non-display area. The spacer is disposed in the first opening to maintain an interval between the first substrate and the second substrate. The spacer and the first light blocking member include the same material. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122358 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display including a cholesteric liquid crystal and having a first insulation substrate and a second insulation substrate that face each other, the method comprising: forming an organic layer on the first insulation substrate or the second insulation substrate; pressing a mold onto the organic layer; hardening the organic layer; and removing the mold so as to form a cell gap formation pattern in the organic layer, the cell gap formation pattern including first, second, and third portions each having different thicknesses. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122359 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel transferring apparatus capable of transferring a liquid crystal display (LCD) panels with various models, the apparatus including a first main body to affix a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel formed on a substrate; and at least one second main body extendable from the first main body to adjust an area to affix the LCD panel; a third main body extendable from the second main body. The transferring apparatus may include an impact applying unit formed at the third main body to apply an impact to the substrate at an outer periphery of the LCD panel. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122360 | SUBSTRATE FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device which are used as, for example, a display unit of an electronic apparatus, and an object of the present invention is therefore to provide a substrate for a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device capable of providing high transmittance, high luminance, and good display characteristics as well as a high production yield. A substrate for a liquid crystal display device is provided with a storage capacitor bus line formed approximately parallel with a gate bus line, a first pixel electrode connected electrically to the source electrode of a transistor, a second pixel electrode formed so as to be opposed to part of the source electrode of the transistor via an insulating film and to be separate from the first pixel electrode, and a slit formed between the adjoining end portions of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode and having a slit width which is greater than a shortest width in a region over the storage capacitor bus line. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122361 | SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a substrate for a display device and a liquid crystal display device, which are capable of preventing a reflective layer from being damaged in a resist separation step for patterning the reflective layer. The present invention is a substrate for a display device provided with a reflective layer in a display region, comprising: a pattern film that is disposed outside the display region except a terminal region and on the same side as a side of the reflective layer, the pattern film including either one of a material that has the same ionizability as a material of the reflective layer and a material that has higher ionizability than the material of the reflective layer. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122362 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS USING SURFACE PROGRAMMING - A liquid crystal lens or beam steering device is made by programming alignment surfaces of the LC cell walls using a programming field to align the alignment surface molecules before fixing them. By setting the desired pre-tilt, the lens can operate in the absence of the control field, and power consumption by the control field can be reduced. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122363 | ANTI-GLARE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical element includes a base and an anti-glare layer. The base has a surface. The anti-glare layer is positioned on the surface and includes carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes are arranged substantially parallel to each other and configured to absorb an S-polarized light that irradiates the surface. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122364 | EYE COVERING - An eye covering includes an outer frame for surrounding a facial area around a wearer's eyes. The outer frame includes a lens frame that has a first upright wall. The first upright wall is formed with at least one first slot. The eye covering further includes a lens engaged in the lens frame. The lens includes at least one engaging piece that extends rearward to engage the first slot. The eye covering also includes an inner frame having a lining portion that is disposed to line a peripheral portion of the lens and that is disposed between the peripheral portion of the lens and the outer frame. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122365 | Eye Surgery System and Methods of Preparing and Performing an Eye Surgery - A method for carrying out eye surgery comprises a comparison of images recorded before surgery with images recorded during surgery in order to generate a marker which represents a target orientation of an intraocular lens or a difference between a current orientation and the target orientation of the intraocular lens. An eye surgery system respectively comprises an imaging system which is used during a surgery and has a camera, and a diagnostic system which is used before surgery and which also has a camera. The imaging system used during surgery comprises an image processing device in order to perform a computation based on the recorded images, and in order to determine a respective orientation value, from which a representation of a marker representing the target orientation of the intraocular lens is obtained. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122366 | Single-fiber multi-spot laser probe for ophthalmic endoillumination - An ophthalmic endoilluminator is provided. The ophthalmic endoilluminator includes a light source, a first optical assembly, an optical coupling element, and an optical fiber having an optical grating located distally on the optical fiber, the optical fiber optically coupled to the optical coupling element. The first optical assembly receives and substantially collimates the white light. The optical coupling element receives the substantially collimated white light from the first optical assembly and directs the light to an optical fiber. The optical grating couples to the distal end of the optical fiber, the optical grating having a surface relief grating, and an overlayer optically coupled to the surface relief grating. The optical grating is operable to substantially diffract incident light into N diffraction orders, the N diffraction orders having a substantially uniform intensity. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122367 | PERIMETER - A perimeter of the present invention including: visual field scanning screen generating means; fixation image displaying and controlling means; visual target scan line parallel setting means; visual target displaying and controlling means; statically displaying and controlling means for a specific time; static display position storing means for a specific time; kinetic display and control starting means for giving rise to another of the visual target kinetically based on the start point of a specific time from the position which the static display position storing means stores; detecting means; detection position storing means; distance storing means; and scanning continuation means. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122368 | Projector System For Animation Of Image Cells - An image animation system having a plurality of individual image projectors focused onto a single focal area on a projection surface or medium. Angled optics, or a prism, may be used to direct the projections onto the single focal area. Individual still images are projected in a sequence to create a projected motion animation. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122369 | Movie copy protection - A method for frustrating piracy of a movie, the movie including a plurality of filmed frames, each of the filmed frames including an image, the method including editing the movie prior to projection such that different regions of the image of one of the filmed frames are in different frames so that the different regions will be projected at different times, and repeating the editing for other ones of the filmed frames. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122370 | 3 DIMENSIONAL PROJECT LIGHT HAS 3D IMAGE - The LED project light device with 3 Dimensional image same as current inventor's U.S. Pat. No. 7,832,917 and U.S. Pat. No. 7,871,192 and U.S. Pat. No. 87,832,918 which has laser means, hologram means, grating means, The current invention specified for all display-unit(s) which may selected from group combination from film, slide, display-unit(s), digital data display, digital data screen incorporated with laser created related parts & accessories so can make all the screen, display, display-unit(s) can be project to the desired surface by incorporate with lenticular lens, slanted lenticular lens, switchable lenticular film, drawbacks of lenticular screen, drawbacks of parallax barrier, volumetric technical, multiplexed-2D to 3D technical, parallax barrier technical, single image splitter, double image splitter, spartial-multiplexed technical, time-multiplexed technical, tracking-based technical, 2D/3D switchable display technical, multiplanar display technical, Ferrolectric LC display technical, cholestreric LC display technical, Bi-stable nematic LC display-Bi-Nem technical, Bi-stable nematic LC display technical, Electrochromic Films, OLED screen technical, OEL Screen technical, Reflective MEMS display technical, Microcup Electrophoretic display technical, E-Ink Display technical, or any other technical, skill, method to make the said project image become 3 dimensional to any desired surface and the technical, skill, method of conventional market available technical, skill, methods in group combination | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122371 | OPTICAL PROJECTION SUBSYSTEM - A projection subsystem includes a light engine that provides a collection lens, a collimator and at least one solid state light emitter. A projection lens assembly receives the image and provides a projection beam having a luminous flux level. The projection subsystem has a portability efficacy. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122372 | LASER BEAM SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND MONITORING DEVICE - A laser beam source device includes: a first light emission element and a second light emission element each of which has a light emission portion for emitting a laser beam having a fundamental wavelength, wherein the first light emission element and the second light emission element are disposed such that light emitted from the light emission portion of each of the first light emission element and the second light emission element can enter the light emission portion of the other light emission element, at least either the first light emission element or the second light emission element has the plural light emission portions, and the areas of the plural light emission portions are not uniform. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122373 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR - A light emitting apparatus includes: a light emitting device, the light emitting device emitting first and second emitted light; a first optical element; and a second optical element, wherein the first optical element includes a first lens surface on which the first emitted light is incident, a first reflection surface that reflects the light having passed through the first lens surface, and a second lens surface that refracts the light reflected off the first reflection surface, the second optical element includes a third lens surface on which the second emitted light is incident, a second reflection surface that reflects the light having passed through the third lens surface, and a fourth lens surface that refracts the light reflected off the second reflection surface, and the light having exited through the second lens surface and the light having exited through the fourth lens surface travel in the same direction. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122374 | IMAGE PROJECTING DEVICE AND PRISM - An image projecting device, including an image forming element for forming an image, a light source for generating light, and an imaging optical system for imaging an image formed by the image forming element on a screen, a first prism having a first transmission surface for transmitting light generated from the light source therethrough, a reflection curved surface being a curved surface for directly reflecting light having transmitted through the first transmission surface, a reflection-transmission surface for directly reflecting light reflected from the reflection curved surface to the image forming element and transmitting light reflected from the image forming element therethrough, and a second transmission surface for transmitting light reflected from the reflection-transmission surface and light reflected from the image forming element therethrough, and a second prism for directing light having transmitted through the reflection-transmission surface of the first prism to the imaging optical system. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122375 | MULTICOLOR HOLGRAPHIC REPLICATION BY MASKING - A multicolor hologram (e.g., a two-color hologram) is replicated (copied) into a photosensitive layer by masking to produce a copy (replicate) of the hologram in a manner such that the copy is an accurate and true replication of the hologram (e.g., master hologram) and the copy is characterized to possess a high brightness level and color fidelity comparable to that of the multicolor hologram that was replicated. Both flood and scan modes can be employed in the replication. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122376 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic projection apparatus includes a support structure configured to hold a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern a beam of radiation according to a desired pattern; a substrate table configured to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a liquid supply system configured to provide liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate; and a shutter configured to isolate the space from the substrate or a space to be occupied by a substrate. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122377 | Projection exposure apparatus, projection exposure method, and method for producing device - A projection exposure apparatus transfers a pattern formed on a mask onto a substrate through a liquid. The projection exposure apparatus includes an optical member which projects an image of the pattern onto the substrate and an electricity removal device which removes electricity from the liquid to be supplied to a space between the optical member and a surface of the substrate by adding an additive to the liquid to suppress the liquid from being charged. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122378 | FILTER APPARATUS, FILTER ACCOMMODATING METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVICE - A filter apparatus which holds a chemical filter includes a frame which holds the chemical filter and which has a guide groove provided on a side surface of the frame; and a casing which accommodates the frame. The guide groove has a first groove which is communicated with a back surface of the frame, and a second groove which is communicated with the first groove and which extends from a front surface of the frame toward an upper end thereof. The casing has a shaft member which is engageable with the first groove to support the frame and which is engageable with the second groove to release the frame from being supported. It is possible to install the filter efficiently so that the filter can be positioned with ease, and to unload the filter efficiently. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122379 | FILTER HOLDING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVICE - A filter holding apparatus holding a first chemical filter and a second chemical filter, includes a first frame which holds the first chemical filter and which has a first guide groove provided on a side surface of the first frame; a second frame which holds the second chemical filter and which has a second guide groove provided on a side surface of the second frame and which is arranged while being overlapped with the first frame; and each of the first and second guide grooves has a first groove which is communicated with a back surface of one of the first and second frames, and a second groove which is communicated with the first groove and which extends toward an upper end of one of the first and second frames; wherein a distance between the second groove and the back surface in the first frame is different from a distance between the second groove and the back surface in the second frame. A plurality of filters can be installed or exchanged efficiently and in such a manner that the filters are positioned easily. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122380 | IMMERSION PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING INVERTED WAFER-PROJECTION OPTICS INTERFACE - A liquid immersion photolithography system includes an exposure system that exposes a substrate with electromagnetic radiation, and also includes an optical system that images the electromagnetic radiation on the substrate. A liquid is between the optical system and the substrate. The projection optical system is positioned below the substrate. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122381 | Imaging Assembly - A imaging assembly for generating a light beam suitable for sintering comprises a lamp housing and a lamp mounted in the lamp housing comprising a filament and a lamp base, wherein the lamp is oriented with the lamp base to the side of the filament. The imaging assembly further comprises a reflector, an aperture, and at least one condenser lens configured to focus light emitted by the filament through the aperture. The imaging assembly further comprises a set of achromatic doublet lenses, each achromatic doublet lens comprising three surfaces optimized to focus light at three wavelengths, wherein the set of achromatic doublet lenses focuses light over a range including the three wavelengths. The imaging assembly further comprises an outer lens, wherein the focused light beam exits the imaging assembly through the outer lens. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122382 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING A POLARIZATION DISTRIBUTION IN A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - The disclosure relates to a method for modifying a polarization distribution in a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, and to a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus. The projection exposure apparatus has an illumination device and a projection objective. The illumination device has an optical axis and a correction arrangement having a lambda/4 plate arranged rotatably about the optical axis and/or a lambda/2 plate arranged rotatably about the optical axis. The method includes determining a polarization distribution in a predetermined plane of the projection exposure apparatus, and rotating the lambda/4 plate and/or the lambda/2 plate about the optical axis so that a local variation of the polarization distribution is reduced after rotation in comparison with the state before the rotating. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122383 | MAGNIFICATION CONTROL FOR LITHOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM - In a lithographic projection system, a corrective optic in the form of one or more deformable plates is mounted within telecentric image or object space for making one-dimensional or two-dimensional adjustments to magnification. The deformable plate, which can be initially bent under the influence of a preload, contributes weak magnification power that influences the magnification of the projection system by changing the effective focal length in object or image space. An actuator adjusts the amount of curvature through which the deformable plate is bent for regulating the amount of magnification imparted by the deformable plate. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122384 | IMAGING OPTICS - An imaging optics has a plurality of mirrors to image an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. At least one of the mirrors has a through opening for the passage of imaging light. An arrangement of the mirrors is such that principal rays run parallel or divergently in the beam path of the imaging light between the object plane and the first downstream mirror. The imaging optics can have an entrance pupil plane that lies in the beam path of the imaging light in the range of between 5 m and 2000 m in front of the object plane. The imaging optics can have an entrance pupil plane that lies in the beam path of the imaging light in the range of between 100 mm and 5000 mm in front of the object plane. Imaging optics with improved imaging quality are provided. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122385 | Homogenizer - A two-stage homogenizer comprising a first homogenizer stage and a second homogenizer stage. The first homogenizer stage includes a pair of microlens arrays and associated focusing optics. The second homogenizer stage includes a second pair of microlens arrays and associated focusing optics. The second homogenizer stage is positioned to receive radiation which is output from the first homogenizer stage. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122386 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FLASH PRINTING - An apparatus, system, and method to flash print an image. The apparatus includes an energy source that delivers energy. The apparatus includes an energy pulse width modulator coupled to the energy source. The energy pulse width modulator may receive energy from the energy source and modulate the energy received from the energy source. The energy pulse width modulator may be driven by a logic module. The apparatus also includes a plurality of imaging pixels modulated by the energy pulse width modulator and conveying modulated energy to a host material. The host material may be in close proximity to a receiving medium and the modulated energy may release the dye from the host material into the receiving medium. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122387 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIGHT SOURCE EMPLOYING LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA - A system and method of generating radiation are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the system is suitable for use as (or as part of) an extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) light source. Also, in at least some embodiments, the system includes a laser source for generating a laser pulse, a target including a solid material, and a lens device that assists in directing the laser pulse toward the target. At least a portion of the target becomes a plasma that emits radiation upon being exposed to the laser pulse. The laser pulse has a pulse duration of at least 50 nanoseconds and, in at least some such embodiments, has a pulse duration of at least 100 nanoseconds. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122388 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes an optical raster element configured to produce a plurality of secondary light sources located in a system pupil surface. The optical raster element has a plurality of light entrance facets, each being associated with one of the secondary light sources. A beam deflecting device includes a beam deflection array of reflective or transparent beam deflecting elements, each being configured to illuminate a spot on one of the light entrance facets at a position that is variable by changing a deflection angle produced by the beam deflecting element. A control unit is configured to control the beam deflection elements such that variable light patterns assembled from the spots can be formed on at least one of the plurality of light entrance facets. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122389 | RADIATION SOURCE, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a source module that include a collector and a radiation source. The collector is configured to collect radiation from the radiation source. An illuminator is configured to condition the radiation, collected by the collector and to provide a radiation beam. A detector is disposed in a fixed positional relationship with respect to the illuminator. The detector is configured to determine a position of the radiation source relative to the collector and a position of the source module relative to the illuminator. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122390 | EXPOSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, on a substrate, a resist layer is laminated on an upper side of a pattern formation layer on which a desired pattern is formed. A diffraction pattern that diffracts exposure light irradiated on the substrate is formed further on the upper side than the resist layer. Overall exposure is performed from above the diffraction pattern using a deformed light having illumination light source shape determined according to the desired pattern. Diffracted light diffracted on the resist layer. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122391 | OPTICAL SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND MICROLITHOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE METHOD - The disclosure relates to an optical system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus and to a microlithographic exposure method. An optical system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes an image rotator, which is arranged in the optical system such that light impinging on the image rotator is at least partially polarized. The image rotator rotates, for light impinging on the image rotator, both the intensity distribution and the polarization distribution of through a given angle of rotation. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122392 | MICROLITHOGRAPHY ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND MICROLITHOGRAPHY ILLUMINATION OPTICAL UNIT - An illumination optical unit for microlithography illuminates an object field with illumination light. The unit includes a first facet mirror that has a plurality of first facets, and a second facet mirror that has a plurality of second facets. The unit has facet pairs which include respectively a facet of the first facet mirror and a facet of the second facet mirror which predefine a plurality of illumination channels for illuminating the object field. At least some of the illumination channels have in each case an assigned polarization element for predefining an individual polarization state of the illumination light guided in the respective illumination channel. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122393 | Substrate transport apparatus and method, exposure apparatus and exposure method, and device fabricating method - A method for exposing a substrate includes holding the substrate on a substrate holding member, irradiating, via a liquid, a light beam to the substrate on the substrate holding member, and removing, after the exposure of the substrate via the liquid, a liquid remained on the substrate before supporting the substrate by a transferring member. The transferring member transfers the exposed substrate from the substrate holding member to outside of the substrate holding member. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122394 | COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM INCLUDING EFFECTIVE LIGHT SOURCE CALCULATION PROGRAM, AND EXPOSURE METHOD - A storage medium includes a program which causes a computer to execute a method of calculating a light intensity distribution on a pupil plane of an illumination optical system. The method includes: determining an impulse response function of a projection optical system by performing Fourier transform on a pupil function of the projection optical system; setting a length to a second zero point of the impulse response function as a response length, extracting, from elements forming a target pattern, only elements inside am area within radius which is response length, and determining a function indicating the extracted pattern as an image function; and obtaining the light intensity distribution based on the pupil function, the determined impulse response function, and the determined image function. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING OF LINE-WIDTH SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS ON PHOTOMASKS - In general, in one aspect, a method includes determining a critical dimension (CD) distribution on a photomask by measuring deep Ultra-Violet (DUV) transmission across the photomask. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122396 | PHOTONIC MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT USING FIBER OPTICS - A photonic measurement system, such as an atomic absorption spectrometer, includes source, sample and detection modules that are interconnected by fiber optic cables. A first set of fiber optic cables guides light from one or more light sources in the source module to each of at least two analysis chambers in the sample module. A second set of fiber optic cables guides light from the analysis chambers to a detector in the detection module. The detector provides to a processing sub-system signals that correspond to intensities of the guided light. One analysis chamber is selected to perform a sample analysis at a given time, and the processing sub-system processes the signals associated with the selected analysis chamber as measurement signals. The processing sub-system may further process the signals associated with a given non-selected analysis chamber as reference signals. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122397 | FUGITIVE EMISSION FLUX MEASUREMENT - A method of obtaining a fugitive emission flux measurement of airborne matter is provided. The method involves measuring the airborne matter along one or more than one measurement surface that spans the fugitive emission using two or more than two measurement beam paths where each of the two or more than two measurement beam paths are parallel to each other, or substantially parallel to each other, and determining a mass per unit length measurement for the measurement surface, determining a representative wind velocity at or near the one or more than one measurement surface, and calculating the fugitive emission flux of the airborne matter in mass per unit time using the mass per unit length determination and representative wind velocity. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122398 | Integrated Visible Pilot Beam for Non-Visible Optical Waveguide Devices - In one embodiment, a radiation based analysis system comprises a first radiation source to generate first radiation having a wavelength outside the visible spectrum, a second radiation source to generate second radiation having a wavelength within the visible spectrum, and a waveguide coupler to couple a portion of the first radiation and a portion of the second radiation into a combined radiation beam such that the first radiation and the second radiation follow a path that is substantially coaxial. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122399 | WHEEL SENSING ARRANGEMENT, WHEEL SENSOR AND METHOD - A wheel sensor ( | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122400 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT RECEIVING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING DOSE OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION - [Problems to be Solved] To provide a novel ultraviolet light receiving element which is selectively sensitive to ultraviolet radiation, and a method for measuring the dose of ultraviolet radiation using the ultraviolet light receiving element. | 2011-05-26 |
| 20110122401 | Method and Apparatus For Verifying the Termination Quality of an Optical Fiber Interface in a Fiber Optic Cable Connector - A method and apparatus for verifying the termination quality of an optical fiber interface in a fiber optic connector is provided. The test apparatus generally comprises a light source providing light to a test connector which contains an interface of a stub fiber of a fiber optic connector and a field fiber of a fiber optic cable. The portions of the test connector that are located between the optical fiber optic interface and the light detector are transmissive while other portions of the test connector located near the interface are highly reflective. | 2011-05-26 |
