22nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100134685 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A digital image processing device in which the transfer data amount is reduced and a plurality of OSD images are superimposed on video includes: a sequencer configured to overlay a plurality of OSD images on each other considering their priorities and store a resultant synthesized image in a work memory; a switch signal generation section configured to generate a switch signal indicating which pixel among pixels of the plurality of OSD images should be displayed as a pixel of the synthesized image based on coordinate data indicating regions in which the plurality of OSD images are displayed and the priorities of the plurality of OSD images; and a conversion section configured to store lookup tables each indicating the relationship between index data and data representing a color corresponding to the index data, convert index data of the synthesized image read from the work memory to data representing a corresponding color using the lookup table corresponding to the switch signal, and output the resultant data. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134686 | Automatic OSD Adjusting Device and Method - An automatic OSD adjusting device and the associated method are provided. The device includes a receiving unit, a processing unit, an OSD unit and an OSD adjusting module. The receiving unit receives a video signal. The processing unit is coupled to the receiving unit and processes the video signal to generate a pixel signal. The OSD unit generates an OSD signal. The OSD adjusting module, coupled to the processing unit and the OSD unit, compares the OSD signal with the pixel signal to generate a comparison result, and selectively adjusts the OSD signal according to the comparison result. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134687 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SIGNALS AT A BOWLING ALLEY OR THE LIKE - In a process and apparatus for managing signals to be broadcast at a bowling alley or the like a video signal comprising an image captured at the bowling alley is displayed at the bowling lane. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134688 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A computer graphics generation system combines video images of a scene captured by a camera with one or more rendered computer generated objects. The system comprises a camera which is arranged to generate an image signal representative of a scene including a reference object of a predetermined shape, and an image processor. The image processor is arranged in operation to identify the reference object from the image signal, to detect a luminance distribution across a surface of the reference object by estimating a luminance magnitude at a plurality of surface points on the surface of the reference object, and to estimate a direction of light incident on the reference object derived from the detected luminance distribution across the surface of the reference object by calculating the average of a plurality of luminance vectors, each luminance vector corresponding to one of the surface points and comprising a luminance magnitude of the corresponding surface point and a luminance direction corresponding to a direction perpendicular to the surface at the corresponding surface point, wherein the luminance distribution across the surface of the reference object is detected for luminance above a threshold clipping level. Accordingly a reduction in the “wobble” of the computer generated objects in the scene can be achieved and a more stable image provided from the image light direction estimation. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134689 | DYNAMIC CONTRAST ON DISPLAYS USING AVERAGE PICTURE LEVEL AND HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS - Average picture level (APL) of a display and, in examples, histogram information is used to dynamically adjust the display contrast, or “gamma”, using an exponential function. APL can also be used for DC transmission adjustment and black/white stretch. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134690 | Television receiver - The present invention is a television receiver, including a counter which measures a time period for which the television receiver continuously operates, an evaluator which determines whether the time period is more than a predetermined time period and a controller which adjusts a brightness value of a picture to more than a predetermined value when the time period is more than the predetermined time period. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134691 | VIDEO ANALYZER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a video analyzer includes a still image detector, a characteristic detector, and a boundary position detector. The still image detector detects a still image in video frames of content including video and audio data, and create a still image group of substantially the same still images. The characteristic detector includes at least one of a monochrome detector that detects a monochrome video frame in the video frames of the content and a silence detector that detects a silent portion in which the sound volume of the audio data is lower than a predetermined threshold. The boundary position detector detects a position where the type of the content changes based on information on at least one of the monochrome video frame and the silent portion contained in a segment where the still image group is present and a segment where no still image group is present. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134692 | Displaying Video - A method of displaying video is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving a main video sequence; receiving an overlay video sequence, the overlay video sequence comprising first and second sections; displaying the video on a display by: rendering the main video sequence; rendering the first section of the overlay video sequence over the main video sequence such that the video has the appearance of being rendered from a single video sequence; switching between the first section of the overlay video sequence and the second section of the overlay video sequence; and rendering the second section of the overlay video sequence over the main video sequence such that the video has the appearance of being rendered from a single video sequence. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134693 | Method of Processing Moving Picture and Apparatus Thereof - A method of processing moving picture and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. A method of processing a moving picture comprising: calculating a color distribution vector for each of plural sub-frames which are generated by dividing a frame of the moving picture; generating a first order differential of the color distribution vector based on the color distribution vector; generating a second order differential of the color distribution vector based on the first order differential of the color distribution vector; and generating a feature vector of the frame based on the color distribution vector, the first order differential of the color distribution vector and the second order differential of the color distribution vector, is provided. The moving picture processing method can provide an efficient mean to determine commonality between moving pictures by extracting a feature from a frame of the moving pictures. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134694 | COLOR GAMUT EXPANSION METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A color gamut expansion method and a display device where the color gamut expansion method is applied are provided, realizing appropriate color reproduction compared with the prior. The color gamut expansion method includes the steps of: acquiring a subjective evaluation result signal inputted through user operation; and adjusting magnitude of chroma enhancement and magnitude of brightness contrast enhancement, of an input video signal, independently from each other, based on the subjective evaluation result signal, thereby performing a signal processing to expand a color gamut of the input video signal. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134695 | Mobile Studio - A mobile studio for producing video and audio content includes a vehicle having a body mounted on a chassis. The body includes a studio chamber enclosure formed by a floor, a ceiling, spaced opposite outer side walls and spaced outer front and rear walls, and the floor includes a stage area. The mobile studio further includes at least one LED lighting assembly located in the studio chamber enclosure that is suitable for providing sufficient illumination for image capture such that a captured image is suitable for projection as a Pepper's Ghost image, at least one camera to capture an image of a subject on the stage area and generate the captured image, and a communications device to transmit the captured image. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134696 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING WIRELESS DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA - A transmit digital processing system for wireless transmission of HDMI and/or DVI data using an FPGA. The FPGA converts the data into two data streams and includes a front end component multiplexing video data with control data. A complementary receive FPGA is also disclosed. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134697 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING FIXED RATE TRANSMISSION FOR DIGITAL VISUAL INTERFACE AND HIGH-DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE APPLICATIONS - A system and method transmits graphic data received at varying frequencies at a fixed data rate. The frequency dependent data and associated data clock signal are received and the frequency dependent data is converted to frequency independent data. A ratio of a number of data clock cycles to a number of reference clock cycles is determined and transmitted. The frequency independent data and header data are transmitted, at a fixed rate, to a receiver, the fixed rate being a frequency greater than the frequency of the associated data clock signal. The received the frequency independent data is converted to frequency dependent data based upon the received determined ratio. The communication channel may include an optical fiber and a tension member wherein control data is transmitted along the tension member and graphic data is transmitted along the optical fiber. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134698 | GROUND DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR VIDEO SIGNAL DRIVER TO PREVENT LARGE CLAMP TRANSISTOR CURRENT - A large current flowing out from video signal line driver is prevented whenever the video signal line is being grounded. The system includes a video signal line driver circuit transmitting video signal at pre-determined DC level, a large current prevention circuit detecting video signal line being shorted to ground and cut-off excessive current source out from video signal line driver circuit into video signal line, a start-up time enhancement circuit improving start-up time of ground detection circuit so that system start-up time is not limited by large current prevention circuit, and a switching threshold control circuit setting the switching threshold of large current prevention circuit and start-up time enhancement circuit. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134699 | DETECTION OF SIGNALS CONTIANING SINE-WAVE COMPONENTS THROUGH MEASURMENT OF THE POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY (PSD) AND CYCLIC SPECTRUM - A Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) receiver comprises a transceiver for communicating with a wireless network over one of a number of channels, and a signal detector for use in forming a supported channel list comprising those ones of the number of channels upon which an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) DTV (digital television) broadcast signal was not detected. The signal detector performs spectrum sensing as a function of power spectral density (PSD) and cyclic spectrum. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134700 | CHANNEL FILTER, IN PARTICULAR FOR A DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVER - The channel filter includes at a least one basic bandpass filter centred on the frequency of the channel, in series with two cascade-connected reflective filters whose bandwidths are located either side of the basic bandpass filter encompassing the channels adjacent to the channel. A reflective filter can include a 90° directional coupler combined with a bandpass filter designed to ensure transfer matched to the load impedance of the coupler with the input of the bandpass filter connected to a directional coupler output port, the input of the directive filter being formed by input port of the coupler and the output of the directive filter being formed by a port recovering the bandpass filter reflection coefficient. The invention applies in particular to the implementation of the DVB-T and DVB-H standards aimed at receiving digital television programmes from fixed or mobile multistandard terminals such as mobile telephones, PDAs or other multimedia receivers. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134701 | Non-real time services - In certain embodiments, a digital television receiver that receives non-real time (NRT) content has an IP demultiplex or a radio frequency tuner that receives a transport stream. The output transport stream contains an IP packet stream containing NRT content, a FLUTE file description table (FDT) and NRT metadata. An electronic storage medium is provided and a demultiplexer demultiplexes the IP stream of packets to produce: NRT content that is stored in the electronic storage medium, the FLUTE FDT, and NRT metadata. An FDT parser parses the FDT to produce NRT file metadata from the FLUTE FDT. An NRT metadata parser produces NRT service metadata, NRT content description text and NRT content metadata. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134702 | PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A projector system projects derivation markers ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134703 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND VIDEO PROJECTOR - A mounting structure for a temperature sensor, which detects the temperature of a wall surface. The mounting structure includes a groove formed in the wall surface and having an inlet from which the temperature sensor is inserted. The temperature sensor includes a main body, which has a temperature detection surface that detects the temperature of the wall surface, and a lead wire connected to the main body. A support supports the main body. A wire bender bends the lead wire of the temperature sensor extending out of the inlet to press the temperature detection surface of the temperature sensor against the wall surface with an elastic force of the lead wire that is produced when the lead wire is bent. A stopper restricts movement of the main body of the temperature sensor. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134704 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a control module, a plastic rear cover, a display panel, a buffer element and a plastic front cover is provided. The plastic rear cover includes a plurality of supporting ribs protruded from an inner surface of the plastic rear cover. An outer surface of the plastic rear cover has a receiving portion, in which the control module is received. The display panel includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the first surface is disposed in accordance with the inner surface of the plastic rear cover. The buffer element is leant against the second surface. The plastic front cover has a display opening used for exposing a part of the second surface, and is leant against the buffer element. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134705 | Glass Polarizer and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A glass polarizer having an excellent transmittance and extinction ratio with respect to light in the visible light range including blue using silver halide containing glass as a starting material is provided. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134706 | CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICES WITH ACTUATING THIN-FILM DRIVING ELEMENTS - Cholesteric liquid crystal display (Ch-LCD) devices with actuating thin-film driving elements are presented. The Ch-LCD device includes a first substrate and an opposing second substrate. An actuating thin-film structure is disposed on the first substrate. A cholesteric liquid crystal layer is filled between the first substrate and the second substrate. A common electrode is disposed on the second substrate. In operation, the actuating thin-film structure is deformed to drive phase transition of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134707 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes; first and second substrates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates and including liquid crystal molecules, a first subpixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, the first subpixel electrode receiving a first data voltage, a second subpixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, the second subpixel electrode receiving a second data voltage; and a short protrusion disposed on the second substrate and simultaneously facing the first and second subpixel electrodes, wherein the liquid crystal layer is vertically aligned and has positive dielectric anisotropy. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134708 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - With an offset circuit including transistors of the same conductivity type, offset of an input signal is performed. Then, the input signal after the offset is supplied to a logic circuit including transistors of the same conductivity type as that of the offset circuit, thereby H and L levels of the input signal can be shifted at the same time. Further, since the offset circuit and the logic circuit are formed using the transistors of the same conductivity type, a display device can be manufactured at a low cost. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134709 | REFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND DEVICE USING SAME - There is disclosed an active matrix reflective liquid crystal display panel on which an active matrix circuit is integrated with peripheral driver circuits. Metal lines in the peripheral driver circuits are formed simultaneously with pixel electrodes. Thus, neither the process sequence nor the structure is complicated. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134710 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided, which includes a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer having an opening, a light-transmitting chromatic-color resin layer between the thin film transistor and the second electrode layer, and a liquid crystal layer. One of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer is a pixel electrode layer which is electrically connected to the thin film transistor, and the other of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer is a common electrode layer. The light-transmitting chromatic-color resin layer is overlapped with the pixel electrode layer and the oxide semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134711 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a light source apparatus and a liquid crystal display having the same. The light source apparatus comprises a housing comprising a receiving groove, at least one module substrate which is received in the housing and has connecting terminals mounted at both side ends of the module substrate, a light emitting diode mounted on the module substrate, and a connecting substrate connected to the connecting terminal of the module substrate. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134712 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL HAVING A TOUCH FUNCTION - A liquid crystal display panel includes a lower substrate, a printed circuit board, at least one connection unit and a plurality of readout lines. The connection unit is adapted to connect the printed circuit board to a periphery region of the lower substrate, and has a driver. The readout lines are extended from the lower substrate to the printed circuit board through the connection unit having the driver. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134713 | Image Display Device and Production Method Thereof - An image display device, and a production method thereof are provided, which are capable of suppressing warping of a protective panel formed from a plastic as much as possible. In an image display device having a liquid crystal display panel | 2010-06-03 |
20100134714 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR USE WITH DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A lighting device | 2010-06-03 |
20100134715 | Liquid crystal display device comprising a frame having through holes at a bottom portion and a frame-like mold having protrusions which insert into the through holes - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having liquid crystal material sandwiched between a pair of substrates, optical components disposed behind the liquid crystal display panel, a frame-like mold which houses the liquid crystal display panel and the optical components, and a frame which houses the frame-like mold. The frame includes a bottom portion and a sidewall, and the bottom portion is provided with plural engaging through holes which are formed along the sidewall not to extend into the sidewall. The frame-like mold is provided with plural engaging protrusions which are disposed correspondingly to the engaging holes and protrude downward beyond a lower surface of the frame-like mold. The frame-like mold and the frame are fixed together by inserting each of the engaging protrusions into a corresponding one of the engaging through holes. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134716 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An LED package housing member that includes a light emitting chip has a missing portion in its side walls. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134717 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An LCD device includes an LCD panel which includes a first substrate provided on a display-light incident side, a second substrate provided on a display-light emitting side so as to face the first substrate through a liquid crystal material, and a color filter having strip-shaped color layers of a plurality of colors arranged in parallel. The LCD panel has a bright-spot-defect portion inside. The first substrate has a light-shielding portion formed in a region corresponding to the bright-spot-defect portion. The second substrate has a light-collecting portion formed in a region corresponding to the bright-spot-defect portion, for collecting incident light only in an extending direction of a corresponding color layer of the color filter. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134718 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight (illuminating device) of the present invention is a tandem type backlight including a plurality of light-emitting units ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134719 | NanoEmbossed shapes and fabrication methods of wire grid polarizers - A wire grid polarizer may be formed by embossing a substrate surface with a mold having a plurality of grooves to form raised ridges; and depositing a metal line profile onto the ridges through one or more baffles oriented at an oblique angle to the normal of the substrate. The metal line profile is characterized by a cross-sectional width that tapers such that the metal line profile is wider proximate a vertex of the ridges than proximate a base of the ridges. A wire grid polarizer may comprise a substrate with a plurality of raised ridges and a plurality of metal lines on the raised ridges. The metal lines are characterized by cross-sectional metal line profiles having triangular shapes with a tip down configuration. Such a wire grid polarizer may be used in a liquid crystal display. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134720 | Optical prism sheet, backlight unit, and liquid crystal display - An optical prism sheet includes an optical refracting part including a plurality of unit prisms, the unit prisms each having a predetermined cross-section and being disposed on one side of the optical prism sheet, and fine irregularities having a predetermined roughness and configured to diffuse light, the fine irregularities being on surfaces of the unit prisms and increasing a unit surface area of the optical refracting part by about 1.1 to about 100 times. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134721 | OPTICAL MEMBER UNIT, LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY, DISPLAY, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An optical member | 2010-06-03 |
20100134722 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A backlight module includes: a light guide plate including a light-entering surface; a light source module disposed beside the light-entering surface; and a reflector including an opening adjacent to the light-entering surface. The light source module is disposed in the reflector and emits light toward the light-entering surface through the opening. A height of the opening is less than a thickness of the light guide plate. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134723 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAYS - An electroluminescent display comprising a mask ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134724 | Optical Element, Polarizing Plate, Retardation Plate, Illuminating Device and Liquid Crystal Display - A polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a polymerization initiator, and a chiral agent, and a surfactant, orientation adjuster or the like as necessary are dissolved in a solvent to obtain a embrocation, the embrocation is laminated on an isotropic transparent film in a film state and dried, and the dried film is polymerized to give an optical element in which a lower limit λ | 2010-06-03 |
20100134725 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An LCD (liquid crystal display device) and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The LCD includes a top substrate, a bottom substrate, and an alignment mark for aligning a polarizing plate on the top substrate or the bottom substrate. Also, the method includes: forming a metal layer on a substrate and forming a gate electrode, a gate line, and an alignment mark; forming a thin film transistor and a data line on the substrate with the gate electrode, the gate line, and the alignment mark; and forming a passivation layer and a pixel electrode on the substrate with a source/drain electrode. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134726 | POLARIZING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A polarizing element, containing: a transparent support; a light absorption anisotropic layer formed of a dichroic dye composition; and a transparent resin cured layer, with the layers being laminated in this order on the support, and with the composition containing at least one dichroic dye of formula (I) which has nematic mesomorphism but containing no liquid crystalline achromatic compound: | 2010-06-03 |
20100134727 | DISTORTION TOLERANT PIXEL DESIGN - A pixel architecture for compensating for distortions in a flexible substrate of a flexible display, including: a first layer including a thin film transistor (TFT) on a flexible substrate; a second layer disposed above said first layer including a pixel electrode coupled to said TFT for receiving a signal from said TFT; and a third layer including a colour filter for filtering light displayed by said pixel, wherein said third layer is aligned to said second layer such that said colour filter is substantially aligned to said pixel electrode, said alignment compensating for distortions in said first layer caused by distortions in said flexible substrate. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134728 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; first to fourth pixels arranged in a matrix pattern on the first substrate, the fourth pixel having an area smaller than each of the first and second pixels and larger than the third pixel; a second substrate facing the first substrate; first to fourth color filter patterns formed on the second substrate and respectively corresponding to the first to fourth pixels, wherein the first to fourth color filter patterns have green, blue, white and red colors, respectively; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134729 | COLOR FILTER INK, COLOR FILTER INK MANUFACTURING METHOD, COLOR FILTER INK SET, COLOR FILTER, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A color filter ink is adapted to be used to manufacture a color filter by an inkjet method. The color filter ink includes a colorant, a resin material, and a liquid medium that dissolves and/or disperses the colorant. The resin material includes a polymer containing a first monomer component represented by a prescribed chemical formula, a second monomer component having a carboxyl group or acid anhydride group, and a third monomer component represented by a prescribed chemical formula. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134730 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR FORMING ALIGNMENT FILM - A liquid crystal display substrate includes a first active area and a second active area on the liquid crystal display substrate, a first black matrix and a second black matrix respectively surrounding the first active area and the second active area, a cutting region encircling the first black matrix and the second black matrix, and at least a guarding wall disposed on the black matrix or on the cutting region. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134731 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present application relates to a liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, thin film transistors connected to the gate and data lines, a barrier rib formed on the data lines, and pixel electrodes connected to the thin film transistors. The thin film transistors can be formed using a colored organic film that has an optical density in a range of 1 to 3. Color filters fill the regions surrounded by the barrier rib. Pixel electrodes can be formed on the color filters. A common electrode can be formed on the second substrate facing the first substrate. A liquid crystal layer can be situated between the first and second substrates, which are spaced apart at a predetermined distance by spacers. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134732 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - A display substrate includes a base substrate, a gate line, a first insulation layer, a semiconductor layer, a data line, a switching element, a light-blocking member, a reflective electrode, a second insulation layer and a transmissive electrode. The switching element is defined by a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced apart from a source electrode. The light-blocking member includes a first light-blocking part disposed in correspondence with an area where the gate line and the data line are disposed, and a second light-blocking part is disposed in a reflective area to include an embossing pattern. The reflective electrode is disposed on the second light-blocking part. The second insulation layer is disposed in a pixel area of the reflective electrode. The transmissive electrode is disposed on the second insulation layer in correspondence with a transmissive area of the pixel area. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134733 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT - A liquid crystal display device of an embodiment of the present invention includes a liquid crystal layer, a specular reflection layer, the polarization layer disposed on the viewer's side, a retardation layer interposed between the liquid crystal layer and the polarization layer, and a light scattering layer disposed on the viewer's side of the polarization layer. The light scattering layer has a scattering surface. The scattering surface includes a macro uneven structure which has light scatterability and a micro uneven structure which is superimposedly formed over the macro uneven structure and which is smaller than visible light wavelengths. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134734 | SUBSTRATE FOR A DISPLAY APPARATUS - A substrate for a display apparatus includes a plate, a switching element, an insulating layer, and a partition wall. The plate has a reflection region on which a light that is provided from an exterior to the substrate is reflected and a transmission region through which a light generated from a backlight assembly passes. The switching element is on the plate. The insulating layer is on the plate having the switching element. The transmission region of the insulating layer is recessed when compared to the reflection region of the insulating layer. The insulating layer has a contact hole through which a first electrode of the switching element is partially exposed. The partition wall divides the transmission region into a plurality of transmission portions. Advantageously, an image display quality of the display apparatus is improved, and manufacturing cost is decreased. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134735 | PHOTOSENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Thin film transistors including an oxide semiconductor containing indium, gallium, and zinc are easily arranged in a matrix over a large substrate and have small characteristic variations. With amplifier circuits and driver circuits of display elements which include the thin film transistors including an oxide semiconductor containing indium, gallium, and zinc with small characteristic variations, intensity distribution of light received by the photodiodes arranged in a matrix is converted into electrical signals with high reproducibility and output, and the display elements arranged in a matrix can be uniformly driven. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134736 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL AND OPTICAL COMPENSATED BEND MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal material including an optical compensated bend mode liquid crystal molecule and a bend molecule is provided. The bend molecule has a structure presented as formula (1): | 2010-06-03 |
20100134737 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE PANEL, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - Provided are a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus each of which: contributes to a reduction in thickness; and is excellent in optical characteristics, and a method of producing the liquid crystal panel with extremely high production efficiency. A liquid crystal panel of the present invention has a first polarizer, a first protective layer, a first optical compensation layer, a first negative C plate, a liquid crystal cell, a second negative C plate, a second optical compensation layer, a second protective layer, and a second polarizer in the stated order. The first optical compensation layer is arranged between the first protective layer and the first negative C plate to be in close contact with the first protective layer without using any adhesive. The second optical compensation layer is arranged between the second negative C plate and the second protective layer to be in close contact with the second protective layer without using any adhesive. The first and second optical compensation layers are each a coating layer functioning as a λ/4 plate, and each have a thickness of 0.3 to 3 μm. The first and second negative C plates are each a coating layer, and each have a thickness of 0.5 to 10 μm. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134738 | Liquid crystal display unit - A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes: a vertical alignment liquid crystal layer; first and second electrodes arranged on one surface of first and second substrates to face the liquid crystal layer; and first and second alignment films arranged on the first and second electrodes, respectively, in contact with the liquid crystal layer. The first alignment film has been subjected to an optical alignment treatment by obliquely irradiating a first alignment film material, having a photosensitive wavelength within the wavelength range of 250 nm to 380 nm, with light including the photosensitive wavelength. The device further includes: a metal layer arranged between the first alignment film and the first substrate; and a first resin layer arranged between the metal layer and the first alignment film. The first resin layer has an optical property that attenuates the intensity of light, which has been incident on the first resin layer and then reflected from the metal layer, to 60% or less at the photosensitive wavelength. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134739 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object of the present invention to suppress light leakage in a dark state which is generated by rubbing treatment. A liquid crystal material containing an ultraviolet curable liquid crystalline monomer at a concentration of more than 0 wt % and not more than 1.0 wt % is used for a liquid crystal layer, and the liquid crystal layer is irradiated with ultraviolet rays. By applying such a liquid crystal layer to a liquid crystal display device, light leakage in a dark state can be suppressed, and the black display can be improved. Therefore, a liquid crystal display device with an excellent contrast and high display quality can be obtained. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134740 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes an interlayer resin film covering a surface of the display area including thin film transistors, first electrodes formed of transparent conductive material on the surface of the interlayer resin film in regions defined by scan and signal lines and electrically connected to the thin film transistors. A second insulating film formed on the surface of the interlayer resin film includes the first electrodes and second electrodes formed of transparent conductive material on the second insulating film, the second electrodes having slits defined at the scan lines and signal lines. A circuit including thin film transistors with exposed channel regions is on the display area's periphery. The interlayer resin film directly covers the thin film transistors' channel regions in the display area and the peripheral area; and the surface of the display area's and peripheral circuit's interlayer resin films are covered with the second insulating film. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134741 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A gate line and a data line are formed on a base substrate. A first sensor line is parallel with the gate line. A sensor gate electrode is extended from the first sensor line. A sensor active pattern having a plurality of island-type sub-active members is formed on the first sensor gate electrode. A second sensor line is parallel with the data line. A first sensor drain electrode is extended from the second sensor line at the sensor active pattern. A second sensor drain electrode corresponding to the first sensor gate electrode is formed on the sensor active pattern. A pixel electrode is electrically connected to the gate line and the data line. A sensor electrode part electrically connects the first and second sensor drain electrodes spaced apart from the pixel electrode. Light is reflected by the first and second sensor drain electrodes, which have an embossed shape. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134742 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display that includes: gate lines and data lines arranged on a first substrate; pixel electrodes connected to the gate lines and the data lines, and including a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode separated from each other by a gap; a common electrode arranged on a second substrate, and facing the pixel electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, wherein each of the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode includes a plurality of fine branch portions, the second sub-pixel electrodes include a connection portion surrounding the fine branch portions of the first sub-pixel electrodes, and a plurality of notches are formed in the connection portion of the second sub-pixel electrode. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134743 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE DISPLAY PANEL - A display substrate includes a base substrate, a gate line portion, a data line portion, and a pixel portion. The base substrate includes a display area divided into first to fourth divided display areas, and first to fourth peripheral areas. The gate line portion includes a plurality of first gate lines, and a plurality of second gate lines. The data line portion includes a plurality of first data lines, and a plurality of second data lines. The pixel portion is disposed in the display area to be electrically connected to the first and second gate lines and the first and second data lines, respectively. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134744 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An LCD device and a manufacturing method thereof having improved transmittance and contrast ratio are disclosed. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134745 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a first substrate including a display area displaying images and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, a common pad formed in the peripheral area of the first substrate, an insulating layer formed on the common pad and having a common contact hole exposing the common pad, an assistance common pad formed on the insulating layer of the peripheral area and contacting the common pad through the common contact hole, a second substrate corresponding to the first substrate, and a common electrode formed on the second substrate, and a conductive sealant disposed between the assistance common pad and the common electrode of the peripheral area, the conductive sealant electrically connecting the assistance common pad and the common electrode, wherein the common contact hole is disposed between the conductive sealant and the display area. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134746 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display, which can surely perform an instillation process used when liquid crystal is sealed between substrates in a cell process, and a fabrication method thereof. A liquid crystal display comprises a sealing material made of a photo-curing type material which seals liquid crystal sandwiched between substrates, and a shading film having a shading area which overlays a red-colored layer transmitting red light, a green-colored layer transmitting green light and a blue-colored layer transmitting blue light, wherein only the blue-colored layer is formed in an area of the shading film contacting with the sealing material and the photo-curing type material of the sealing material is structured to have a light reactive area for a wavelength of blue color band. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134747 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display, which can surely perform an instillation process used when liquid crystal is sealed between substrates in a cell process, and a fabrication method thereof. A liquid crystal display comprises a sealing material made of a photo-curing type material which seals liquid crystal sandwiched between substrates, and a shading film having a shading area which overlays a red-colored layer transmitting red light, a green-colored layer transmitting green light and a blue-colored layer transmitting blue light, wherein only the blue-colored layer is formed in an area of the shading film contacting with the sealing material and the photo-curing type material of the sealing material is structured to have a light reactive area for a wavelength of blue color band. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134748 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention easily provides a liquid crystal display in which conductivity between a first substrate over which a pixel electrode is formed and a second substrate over which a counter electrode is formed, can be certainly obtained even when it has a narrow frame, without adding new steps. As for a liquid crystal display device in which a liquid crystal is interposed between the first substrate over which the pixel electrode is formed and the second substrate over which the counter electrode is formed, when the first and second substrates are positioned so that the pixel electrode and the counter electrode are on the inside, and are attached to each other with a sealant, by providing a partition wall between the sealant and a conductive portion formed with a conductor to electrically connect the pixel electrode to the counter electrode, conductivity in a conductive portion can be certainly obtained. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134749 | CHARACTER TYPE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH WALL LAYERS - In a character type vertical alignment type liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates opposing each other, a first electrode layer including a plurality of first electrodes provided at an inner side of the first substrate, a second electrode layer including a plurality of second electrodes provided at an inner side of the second substrate, and a vertical alignment mode liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second substrates, a wall structure is provided between the first and second substrates. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134750 | Liquid Crystal Display Panels - A liquid crystal display panel comprises a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the two substrates. The color filter substrate has a plurality of first spacers and a plurality of second spacers thereon. The thin film transistor array substrate has a plurality of recesses for containing the second spacers. The ratio of the number of the second spacers to the number of the first spacers is between about 10 and about 90. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134751 | LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM - The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having negative dielectric anisotropy based on a mixture of polar compounds, which comprises at least one compound of the formula I | 2010-06-03 |
20100134752 | Optical Article and Method for Producing the Same - An optical article includes: an optical substrate, and a functional layer laminated on the surface of the optical substrate, the functional layer having a thickness T μm that satisfies the following condition: | 2010-06-03 |
20100134753 | Optical Article and Method for Producing the Same - An optical article includes: an optical substrate, and a functional layer that is light-transmissive and is laminated to the surface of the optical substrate, the period Pk (nm | 2010-06-03 |
20100134754 | ALTERNATING OPTICAL SYSTEM: MIXING AND MATCHING OPTICS TO MAXIMIZE BINOCULAR VISUAL BENEFITS - In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for correcting vision that employs two lenses, at least one of which is a multifocal lens, with different focusing characteristics for use in the two eyes of the patient. The visual performance of each lens (e.g., visual contrast or acuity) is selected in accordance with a predefined relation so as to optimize the binocular visual performance provided by the combination of the lenses. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134755 | PROGRESSIVE-POWER LENS - An eye-side refractive surface | 2010-06-03 |
20100134756 | METHOD OF PREPARING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS TO BE FLUSH WITH A SURROUND OF AN EYEGLASS FRAME - A method of preparing an ophthalmic lens for mounting in a surround of an eyeglass frame, the surround presenting a generally profiled shape with an inside face provided with a first engagement ridge or groove and lying between a rear margin for being turned towards the face of the wearer of the eyeglass frame and an opposite front margin, the method including: acquiring the three-dimensional shape of an acquired longitudinal profile running along the inside face; and shaping the ophthalmic lens so as to form on its edge face a second engagement ridge or groove extending along a deduced longitudinal profile of three-dimensional shape calculated as a function of the shape of the acquired longitudinal profile. The method further includes acquiring a geometrical characteristic that relates to the position of the engagement ridge or groove relative to the front and/or rear margin of the frame, the shape of the deduced longitudinal profile then also being calculated as a function of the geometrical characteristic. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134757 | OPTICAL REHABILITATION TREATMENT - An optical rehabilitation treatment comprising the steps of:
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20100134758 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE RECEPTIVENESS OF A PERSON TO A TRAINING SESSION FOR IMPROVING VISUAL PERCEPTION - A method to improve the receptiveness of a person to a training session of the human visual system where at least one visual stimuli arrangement is provided to the person and where means are provided so that the high order aberrations of the system consisting of the combination of said means and the eye of the person is lower than the high order aberrations of the eye of the person. The method to improve deficiencies, inefficiencies or both in neuronal interaction comprising preceding improvement method. A system such as a lens system, an artificial pupil or a clipable lens adapted for said methods. Related computer program product and computer-readable medium. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134759 | DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR EYE PROCEDURES - Described herein is a hand-held gonioscopic imaging system that can be used to continuously display, capture and record images of the iridocorneal angle within the eye during implantation procedures. The system can be used, for example, during device implantation procedures for the treatment of glaucoma such that landmark identification continues during implantation. Intuitive real-time images viewed through the imaging systems described herein appear to the user to move in the same horizontal orientation as the instrument is actually being moved. The systems described herein also provide independent illumination sources for the camera and the surgical microscope that also have independent illumination controls. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134760 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING AND EXAMINING INTRAOCULAR LENS - Systems and methods for designing and implanting a customized intra-ocular lens (IOL) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes an eye analysis module that analyzes a patient's eye and generates biometric information relating to the eye. The system also includes eye modeling and optimization modules to generate an optimized IOL model based upon the biometric information and other inputted parameters representative of patient preferences. The system further includes a manufacturing module configured manufacture the customized IOL based on the optimized IOL model. In addition, the system can include an intra-operative real time analyzer configured to measure and display topography and aberrometry information related to a patient's eye for assisting in proper implantation of the IOL. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134761 | ALERTNESS SENSING SPECTACLES - Spectacles for use in an eye monitoring system include a pair of ocular frames and a sensor unit adapted to be positioned adjacent an eye of the wearer. A nose bridge connects the ocular frames and incorporates an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the vertical position of the sensor unit relative to the eye. A frame arm extends from the outer edge of each ocular frame and is adapted to fit over the ear of a wearer. The sensor unit incorporates two infra red emitters at different angles and an infra red detector recessed into the surface of the unit to reduce the proportion of signal received by said detector which is not from the signal emitter reflected by the eye or eyelids. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134762 | ADJUSTABLE EYEGLASS FRAME - An eyeglass frame includes left and right length adjustable temples; left and right viewing assemblies adjustably mounted in left and right frames respectively; and a length adjustable bridge. Either viewing assembly includes a transversely moveable frame element slidably secured to the left or right frame; a longitudinally moveable frame element slidably secured to the transversely moveable frame element; a front aperture member slidable about the longitudinally moveable frame element and including an upper longitudinal slot and a cut on an inner side; a corresponding rear aperture member slidable about the longitudinally moveable frame element and including a lower longitudinal slot and a cut on an inner side; and a circular member rotatably secured to the longitudinally moveable frame element and including two projections moveably disposed in the slots respectively. An aperture is formed by at least the cuts, whereby rotating the circular member will change size of the aperture. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134763 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POWER OF AN INTRAOCULAR LENS - For the pre-operative calculation of the power of an intraocular lens, three input parameters are needed: the axial length of the eye (AL), the refractive power of the cornea, and the distance between the front of the cornea and the back focal plane of the intraocular lens, the so-called effective lens position (ELP). The invention shows a novel approach to the determination of the ELP. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134764 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a light source; a light modulation device which forms an image by modulating light emitted from the light source according to inputted image information; a projection optical system which projects the image formed by the light modulation device; a projection position controlling unit which controls the projection position of the image by shifting the projection optical system in the left-right direction with respect to the projection direction; a pair of left and right speakers which output sounds corresponding to audio information inputted with the image information; and a sound volume adjusting unit which separately adjusts sound volume levels of the sounds outputted from the pair of the speakers based on the control condition of the projection position provided by the projection position controlling unit. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134765 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISCHARGE LAMP IN A PROJECTION SYSTEM, AND DRIVING UNIT - The invention describes a method of driving a discharge lamp ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134766 | LIGHTING DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING METHOD - A lighting device that lights a discharge lamp which contains a pair of electrodes and light emission substance including mercury, includes: a first terminal connected with the electrode to which mercury easily adheres, and a second terminal connected with the electrode to which mercury is difficult to adhere; a setting unit which sets AC current supplied to the first and second terminals in a starting period from insulation break down of the discharge lamp until start of discharge between the tips of the pair of the electrodes; and a supplying unit which supplies AC current set by the setting unit to the first and second terminals, wherein the setting unit sets AC current such that the half-cycle electric quantity supplied to the first terminal becomes larger than the half-cycle electric quantity supplied to the second terminal in the initial term of the starting period under the condition in which the first terminal initially operates as cathode, and that the half-cycle electricity quantities supplied to the first and second terminals become substantially equal in the final term of the starting period. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134767 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING DIGITAL LIGHT PROCESSING PROJECTOR AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Provided is a light emitting device of an electronic device, provided with a DLP (Digital Light Processing) projector and a display unit, which is configured in such a manner that the light generated by the operation of the DLP projector can be re-used as a backlight light of the display unit. The disclosed light emitting device includes a first mirror for projecting a light of the DLP projector on a flat area provided ahead of the first mirror in an intermediate operation state of the first mirror; a light concentration mirror for converging the light projected on the flat area, the light concentration mirror being provided at a position adjacent to the flat area; and an optical fiber for transferring the light converged by the light concentration mirror to the display unit and enabling re-use of the transferred light as a light for a backlight of the display unit. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134768 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE SYSTEM FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY - The disclosure relates to a projection exposure system for microlithography, which includes at least one optical system that has at least one optical element with at least two aspherical surfaces essentially arranged rigidly relative to each other. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134769 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A difficulty of contamination interfering with a grid plate positional measurement system is addressed. In one embodiment contamination is prevented from coming into contact with the grating or the sensor. In an embodiment, surface acoustic waves are used to detach contamination from a surface of the grating or sensor. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134770 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus projects a pattern of an original plate onto a substrate through a projection optical system to expose the substrate to the pattern. The exposure apparatus includes a supporting member configured to support an optical element of the projection optical system along the direction of gravitational force, and position adjustment mechanisms disposed at least two different positions on the supporting member and configured to press the optical element to displace the optical element relative to the supporting member. The pressing force of the position adjustment mechanisms against the optical element is changed to move contact positions between the position adjustment mechanisms and the optical element to displace the optical element relative to the supporting member. Thus, optical performance adjustment of the optical element is performed, and then all the position adjustment mechanisms are made in non-contact state with the optical element. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134771 | Coupling apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device fabricating method - A lithographic projection apparatus includes an illumination system arranged to condition a radiation beam, a support structure configured to hold a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern, a substrate table configured to hold a substrate, a projection system arranged to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, and a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between the projection system and the substrate, with a liquid. The projection system includes a first part and a second part that are two separate physical parts that are substantially isolated from each other such that vibrations in the second part are substantially prevented from being transferred to the first part. Each part includes an optical element of the projection system and the first and second parts are not attached to and movable with the substrate. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134772 | Exposure apparatus, method for cleaning member thereof, maintenance method for exposure apparatus, maintenance device, and method for producing device - An exposure apparatus forms an immersion area of a liquid on the side of the image plane of a projection optical system and performs exposure of a substrate via the projection optical system and the liquid of the immersion region. The exposure apparatus has an optical cleaning unit which irradiates a predetermined irradiation light, having an optical cleaning effect, onto, for example, the upper surface of the substrate stage which makes contact with the liquid for forming the immersion area. Thus, it is possible to prevent deterioration of the exposure accuracy and measurement accuracy due to pollution of the member in contact with the liquid in the immersion region. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134773 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO CONTROL VACUUM AT POROUS MATERIAL USING MULTIPLE POROUS MATERIALS - An immersion liquid confinement apparatus recovers an immersion liquid from an immersion area that includes a gap between a projection system and an object of exposure in an immersion lithography system. The apparatus includes a confinement member that includes an outlet and an aperture through which a patterned image is projected onto the object. A first liquid-permeable member covers the outlet and has a first surface that faces the object and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface contacting a first chamber. A second liquid-permeable member has first and second oppositely-facing surfaces, the first surface of the second liquid-permeable member contacts the first chamber, the second surface of the second liquid-permeable member contacts a second chamber that is different from the first chamber. A hydrophobic porous member is provided between the first chamber and a vacuum system that supplies a low pressure to the first chamber. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134774 | CALIBRATION METHODS AND DEVICES USEFUL IN SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY - Several embodiments of photolithography devices and associated methods of focal calibration are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for determining a focus shift in a photolithography system include placing a microelectronic substrate on a substrate support of the photolithography system and producing first and second refraction patterns on the photoresist layer corresponding to first and second grating patterns, respectively, of a single reticle by illuminating the first and second grating patterns with an asymmetric monopole source perpendicular to the first and second grating patterns. The method further includes measuring an image shift between the first and second refraction patterns on the photoresist layer and determining a defocus shift of the illumination source based on the image shift. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134775 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An apparatus includes an original stage configured to hold an original, a substrate stage configured to hold a substrate, an illumination optical system configured to illuminate the original with light from a light source, a projection optical system configured to project light from the original to the substrate to expose the substrate, a detector configured to detect first light from a first reflecting member disposed on the original stage and second light from a second reflecting member disposed on the substrate stage produced by illumination with light, wherein either the first or second light travels forward and backward via the projection optical system, and is detected by the detector, and a processor configured to obtain intensities of the first and the second lights based on an output from the detector, and to calculate transmittance of the projection optical system based on the obtained intensities. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134776 | HIGH REPETITION PULSE POWER SOURCE AND EXPOSURE DEVICE WITH HIGH REPETITION POWER SOURCE - A pulse power source which can perform high repetition of pulse signals by enhancing the throughput of a pulse source is provided. The pulse power source includes: a charger; an initial-stage capacitor section which is provided with a capacitor charged by the charger; and a magnetic pulse compression circuit which performs magnetic pulse compression of a pulse current generated by discharging a charge from the capacitor at the initial-stage capacitor section and, thereafter, outputs the pulse current. An exposure device which includes the pulse power source is also provided. The pulse power source includes, between the initial-stage capacitor section and the magnetic pulse compression circuit, a transistor which controls timing of discharging a charge from the initial-stage capacitor section, an inductor which constitutes a resonance circuit together with the capacitor at the initial stage capacitor section, and a diode which rectifies the pulse current. The pulse power source further includes a means for preventing the generation of an electric current in the reverse direction in the pulse current. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134777 | DIAPHRAGM CHANGING DEVICE - The invention relates to an optical imaging device, in particular an objective | 2010-06-03 |
20100134778 | CALIBRATION METHOD FOR A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Method to calibrate a substrate table position in a lithographic apparatus includes providing a substrate on the substrate table with a two dimensional arrangement of patterns; positioning the substrate table with a positioning system; measuring positions of the substrate table in at least two dimensions with a position measurement system; reading out the arrangement of patterns as a function of the measured positions of the substrate table with a pattern read out system to obtain pattern read out results; deriving position errors as a function of the measured positions of the substrate table compared with the pattern read out results; calibrating the positioning system using the position errors, the calibrating including determining drift influences of the positioning system, correcting the position errors as a function of the corresponding two dimensional position of the substrate table with the determined drift influences, and calibrating the positioning system with the corrected position errors. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134779 | POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD, POSITION CONTROL METHOD, MEASUREMENT METHOD, LOADING METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A part of a plate of a predetermined shape detachably mounted on a moving body is detected by an alignment system while the position of the moving body is measured by a measurement unit that sets a movement coordinate system of the movement body, and based on the detection results and the measurement results of the measurement unit corresponding to the detection results, position information of an outer periphery edge of the plate is obtained. Therefore, even if there are no alignment marks on the moving body for position measurement, the position of the plate, or in other words, the position of the moving body can be controlled on the movement coordinate system set by the measurement unit, based on the position information of the outer periphery edge of the plate. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134780 | Biaxial Laser Anemometry Probe - The subject of the present invention is a laser anemometry probe for optical homodyne detection of frequency offset by Doppler effect, comprising two devices (DERF | 2010-06-03 |
20100134781 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION BASED VELOCITY DISCRIMINATION FOR DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS - A Doppler velocimeter apparatus that may have a coherent light source for generating a beam of coherent light. A modulating subsystem may receive and modulate at least a first portion of the beam of coherent light to form a first beam portion, the first beam portion forming a frequency offset and being a modulated, coherent optical signal. An optical element may receive the first beam portion and direct the first beam portion at a subject, the first beam portion being reflected from the subject to form a reflected beam that has a frequency that is modified in relation to the motion of the subject. A processing subsystem may receive a second portion of the beam of coherent light, and also the reflected beam, and uses the second beam portion and the reflected beam to determine a Doppler shift of the reflected beam. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134782 | ELONGATE STRUCTURE CURVATURE SENSING DEVICE - A curvature sensing device | 2010-06-03 |
20100134783 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASURING APPARATUS UTILIZING OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY AND METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN MEASUREMENT USING THE APPARATUS - A physical quantity measuring apparatus utilizing optical frequency domain reflectometry includes a tunable laser; a first polarization maintaining fiber; a polarization maintaining coupler; a second polarization maintaining fiber; a third polarization maintaining fiber; a sensor consists of a fiber Bragg grating formed in a core of the third polarization maintaining fiber; a fourth polarization maintaining fiber; a photodiode detects Bragg reflected light from the sensor and reference light from the referential reflecting end; a controller that detects modulation of an interference intensity between the Bragg reflected light and the reference light; and an incidence part that inputs the measuring light, wherein the incidence part being provided on the first polarization maintaining fiber or on both the second polarization maintaining fiber and the third polarization maintaining fiber. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134784 | Detector Arrangement for a Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer and Method for the Detection of a Measuring Gas Component in a Gas Mixture by Means of Such a Gas Analyzer - A detector arrangement for detection of a measuring gas component in a gas mixture is provided. The arrangement includes a gas analyzer, a first single-layer receiver and a further single-layer receiver, the first single-layer receiver containing the measuring gas component and the further single-layer receiver containing a transverse gas. A concentration of the measuring gas component in the gas mixture is determined from signals delivered by sensors of the single-layer receivers. An evaluating device includes an n-dimensional calibration matrix for obtaining matrix signal values. Signal values of different known concentrations of the measuring gas component in the presence of different known transverse gas concentrations are stored as n-tubules in the evaluating device. The concentration of the measuring gas component in the presence of unknown transverse gas concentrations is determined by comparing n-tuples of signal values thereby obtained with the n-tuples of signal values stored in the calibration matrix. | 2010-06-03 |