| 27th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
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| 20090167987 | Light Guide Plate, and Backlight Assembly and Liquid Crystal Display Having the Same - A light guide plate for guiding light includes a light-incident portion allowing light generated from a light source to be incident thereon, a light-facing portion opposite to the light-incident portion, and a first prism pattern disposed between the light-incident portion and the light facing portion and substantially normal to a path of light incident from the light-incident portion to the light-facing portion path. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167988 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having light scattering patterns at an edge region of a light guide plate, capable of preventing a hot spot phenomenon occurring when an edge-type backlight unit is implemented with using light emitting means such as light emitting diodes (LED). The LCD device comprises: an LC panel; a light guide plate disposed below the LC panel, and having light scattering patterns formed in a plurality of groups with a constant gap therebetween at one or more edge regions on an upper surface thereof; and light emitting devices disposed at a side wall of the light guide plate, each light emitting device disposed to correspond to a region between the light scattering patterns, for emitting light. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167989 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A surface light source includes a light source and an optical waveguide plate. The light source serves to emit light. The optical waveguide plate has an incident end face where the light is incident and a light exit surface where the light incident on the incident end face exits. Further, the optical waveguide plate has a refractive index n. The incident end face has a plurality of concave portions. The angle between a plane formed by the plurality of concave portions and a tangent plane of the incident end face is not more than (90−2·arcsin(1/n)) degree. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167990 | Liquid Crystal Display Appliance - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display appliance for controlling a plurality of divided area in the display screen. In order to achieve the above object, the liquid crystal display appliance according to the present invention includes a lighting apparatus which includes a light source, and an light guide plate to diffuse lights from the light source to obtain a surface light source; and a liquid crystal panel which is placed opposed to the lighting apparatus and includes a liquid crystal layer. The light guide plate is made by bonding a plurality of transparent light guide members each of which has a different refractive index greater than 1. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167991 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE - A display device includes a lower substrate, comprising reflective display pixel electrodes, an upper substrate and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates. A light source is provided on the upper substrate for illuminating the display electrodes through the liquid crystal layer. This arrangement provides a top light as an integrated structure within the liquid crystal display structure. The illumination can be efficiently provided to the pixel electrodes. This means that a light source pattern used can provide small light source areas. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167992 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The invention relates to a liquid crystal display used as a display section of an electronic apparatus and provides a liquid crystal display having high chromaticity characteristics and viewing angle characteristics. A configuration is employed which includes substrates having electrodes on respective surfaces thereof opposite to each other, a liquid crystal sealed between the substrates, and a pixel region including a low effective voltage area in which an effective voltage applied to the liquid crystal is lower than a voltage applied between the electrodes, the low effective voltage area occupying part of the region in a predetermined area ratio, the pixel region having a threshold voltage that varies between the low effective voltage area and another area. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167993 | METHOD FOR FORMING OPTICAL COMPENSATING FILMS, OPTICAL COMPENSATING FILMS FORMED THEREBY, STRUCTURE OF OPTICAL COMPENSATING FILMS, AND POLARIZING PLATES - The invention provides a method for forming optical compensating films, including: (a) providing a suspension containing clay; (b) adding a mono-functional acrylic oligomer of formula (I) in the suspension, wherein n | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167994 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZER, POLARIZER, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A method of manufacturing a polarizer is provided that makes it possible to manufacture a polarizer prevented from curling even when a liquid is brought into contact with a hydrophilic polymer film by being sprayed. A method of manufacturing a polarizer includes a swelling step A for swelling a hydrophilic polymer film | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167995 | LCD WITH IMPROVED CONTRAST RATIO AND APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - An LCD device with an LCD cell. The cell has a liquid crystal layer, a base panel adjacent to the liquid crystal layer and a top panel adjacent to the liquid crystal layer but opposing the base panel. The base panel has a first polarizer arranged to polarize incident light into a first direction. The top panel has a color filter with one or more color filter portions so as to produce light with a predetermined color, a second polarizer on a side of the color filter opposite to the liquid crystal layer and designed to polarize incident light into a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a third polarizer located between the color filter and the liquid crystal layer and designed to polarize incident light into the second direction. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167996 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT - A light shield member in a LCD unit includes a first shield section that includes a pile of two color filter patterns and separates each effective opening of pixel from an effective opening of the adjacent pixel, and a second shield section that includes a pile of three color filter patterns and shields a TFT area including a TFT and the vicinity thereof. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167997 | Liquid crystal display - An active matrix liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, and plural image signal lines and scan signal lines formed on the first substrate. Respective pixel regions are formed by adjacent image signal lines and adjacent scan signal lines and have at least an active device. A light shield layer is formed between the first substrate and at least one of the image signal lines and is elongated in a direction of extension of the at least one of the image signal lines. The light shield layer and the at least one of the scan signal lines are formed on a same layer on the first substrate. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167998 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate including a transmission part and a reflection part; a common electrode disposed on the transmission part and the reflection part; a plurality of first pixel electrodes disposed on the transmission part and having a first electrode direction; a plurality of second pixel electrodes disposed on the reflection part and having a second electrode direction, the first electrode direction and the second electrode direction creating an acute angle; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167999 | RETARDATION FILM, OPTICAL LAMINATED BODY, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The retardation film of the present invention contains a thermoplastic polymer having at least a side chain component (A) oriented in a direction substantially orthogonal to a slow axis, and the absorption edge wavelength (λ | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168000 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is very thin liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display apparatus with a high contrast ratio in an oblique direction, less light leakage, and a small color shift in an oblique direction. The liquid crystal panel of the present invention includes a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizer arranged on one side of the liquid crystal cell, a second polarizer arranged on the other side of the liquid crystal cell, a first optical element arranged between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal cell, and a second optical element arranged between the first optical element and the liquid crystal cell. The first optical element has substantially optically negative uniaxial property, and the second optical element exhibits a refractive index ellipsoid of nx>nz>ny, and is formed of one or more kinds of polycylic compound having a —SO | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168001 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device comprising a pair of substrates, at least one polarizing film provided outside the pair of substrates, a liquid crystal cell having a red color filter, a green color filter and a blue color filter provided inside the pair of substrates, a first retardation film compensating for light of a wavelength or wavelengths corresponding to a color or colors of any one or two of the three color filters, and a second retardation film compensating for light of a wavelength that is not compensated for by the first retardation film. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168002 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - Each pixel has a transmissive area and a reflective area. A first alignment process area and a second alignment process area are placed such that an overlapping region is created in part of the reflective area. A region where the liquid crystal alignment direction shifts continuously is created in a boundary between the transmissive are a and the reflective are a without exception. A first liquid crystal alignment region is formed wider than the transmissive area, and a second liquid crystal alignment region is formed narrower than the reflective area. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168003 | PIXEL STRUCTURE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A pixel structure including an active device and a pixel electrode is provided. The pixel electrode is electrically connected with the active device and has a plurality of alignment domains. Each of the alignment domains of the pixel electrode has one group of alignment slits parallel with one another, wherein each group of the alignment slits includes a plurality of first alignment slits with a first length and the first alignment slits are majority of each group of the alignment slits. At least one group of the alignment slits includes at least a second alignment slit with a second length longer than the first length of the first alignment slits. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168004 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and manufacturing method thereof capable of ensuring an aperture ratio while reducing the number of data lines by a change of an arrangement structure of subpixels includes a plurality of subpixels constituting a display region, a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) connected respectively to the plurality of subpixels, a plurality of gate lines connected to the TFTs and formed along long sides of the subpixels, a plurality of data lines connected to the TFTs and formed along short sides of the subpixels, a plurality of storage lines formed to pass through the subpixels along the short sides of the subpixels, a first common storage line connected commonly to one end of each of the plurality of storage lines, and a second common storage line connected commonly to an opposite end of each of the plurality of storage lines. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168005 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to an embodiment includes a first substrate, a pixel electrode, which is formed on the first substrate comprises a first domain dividing means, a first sub pixel electrode and a second sub pixel electrode which are distanced from each other to have a predetermined interval, a second substrate which is disposed to face the first substrate, a second domain dividing means which is formed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a plurality of sub areas are defined by the first and second domain dividing means, and a width of a sub area of the first sub pixel electrode and a width of a sub area of the second sub pixel electrode are different. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168006 | ATTACHMENT PROCESS FOR FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES AND PATTERNED SEALANT USED THEREIN - An attachment process for flexible substrates and a patterned sealant used therein are provided. The attachment process is mainly used to manufacture flexible liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). Firstly, a patterned sealant with an opening is applied to a first substrate, and then a liquid crystal material is filled in the patterned sealant. During a pressing process for combining the first substrate and a second substrate, bubbles can be automatically evacuated from the opening of the patterned sealant, and the patterned sealant will deform and expand to seal the opening after the pressing process. By applying the patterned sealant with an opening in the manufacturing process of flexible LCDs, bubbles are easily evacuated and the opening of the patterned sealant is directly and automatically sealed in the pressing process under the atmospheric pressure. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168007 | Liquid Crystal Display Panel and Liquid Crystal Display - A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed, including: a first substrate; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a plurality of first, second and third spacers disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the distribution density of the first spacers being larger than that of the second spacers and the distribution density of the third spacers being larger than that of the first spacers. The liquid crystal display panel can effectively reduce image display defects caused by the gravity mura, the press mura and the push mura. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168008 | Liquid Crystal Composition and Liquid Crystal Display Device Having the Same - A liquid crystal composition has low refractive anisotropy to be favorable to low cell gap, has high dielectric anisotropy to be favorable to low voltage driving and has low rotational viscosity to be favorable to fast response time. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168009 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display device capable of obtaining good display characteristics and good response characteristics is provided. A liquid crystal material being a paraelectric material, the liquid crystal material includes: a liquid crystal molecule exhibiting a nematic liquid crystal phase at room temperature and including one or more cyclic structures; and a bent-shaped molecule including cyclic structures which are large in number compared to the cyclic structures included in the liquid crystal molecule. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168010 | Adaptive focusing using liquid crystal lens in electro-optical readers - Working range and beam cross-section are adjusted in an electro-optical reader for reading indicia by applying voltages to electrodes in one or more liquid crystal lenses in which the index of refraction is changed. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168011 | Vision Obstructing Eyewear - The present invention is directed to eyewear which obstructs a user's vision to simulate game conditions when training for a sport. The level of obstruction can be random or in a controlled program. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168012 | COATING SOLUTIONS COMPRISING SEGMENTED INTERACTIVE BLOCK COPOLYMERS - This invention is directed toward surface treatment of a device. The surface treatment comprises the attachment of interactive segmented block copolymers to the surface of the substrate by means of interactive functionalities of the segmented block copolymer reacting with complementary surface functionalities in monomeric units along the polymer substrate. The present invention is also directed to a surface modified medical device, examples of which include contact lenses, intraocular lenses, vascular stents, phakic intraocular lenses, aphakic intraocular lenses, corneal implants, catheters, implants, and the like, comprising a surface made by such a method. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168013 | Trimethylsilyl-Capped Polysiloxane Macromonomers Containing Polar Fluorinated Side-Chains - A method for reducing the modulus of polymer siloxane hydrogel compositions by employing monomeric polysiloxanes endcapped with trimethylsilyl to reduce the crosslinking density of the hydrogel. The synthesis consists of a single vessel acid catalyzed ring opening polymerization and may be employed to produce copolymers useful as hydrogel contact lens materials. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168014 | LASER ENHANCED LENS - This invention discloses methods and apparatus for modifying a silicone contact lens via laser ablation and a resulting modified lens. In some embodiments a lens is ablated in a hydrated state. A lens may also be ablated in an environment of decreased oxygen content. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168015 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DUAL SURFACE PROGRESSIVE ADDITION LENS SERIES - Designing spectacle lens blanks for a dual-surface progressive addition lens (PAL) comprising determining a prescription range from a first set of first designs to produce a second set of first designs satisfying the prescription range, determining a common surface using the second set of first designs, and using the common surface to produce a set of second designs satisfying the prescription range. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168016 | VISION RECOVERY TRAINING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a visual training apparatus in which a trainee can make accommodation of the trainee's eye easily when the trainee is training. The visual training apparatus includes a display member | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168017 | REFRACTIVE PRESCRIPTION USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - An optical coherence tomography apparatus and method for measuring refractive power of the human cornea is disclosed. The apparatus collects both the specularly reflected light from the anterior surface of the cornea and diffusely reflected light from the interior of the cornea. The combined refractive power of both surfaces of the cornea is determined. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168018 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A FUNDUS CAMERA - The invention is directed to an optical system for a fundus camera in which lens pairs are tilted relative to the imaging beam path to prevent flare. This tilting is carried out in two planes and these planes are preferably oriented perpendicular to one another. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168019 | Non-Invasive Measurement of Tear Volume Systems and Methods - Devices systems, and methods can measure, diagnose and/or characterize an eye of a patient, including physiologic and optical properties, such as hydration and tear volume in relation to an optical surface of the eye, including topography of a corneal surface of the eye and/or a wavefront elevation map of the eye. The system forms an image of a tear meniscus along an eyelid. The eye can be illuminated so that the meniscus appears as a dark band in the image. Tear volume can be determined by measuring a height across the tear meniscus. The tear volume can be used to determine the optical properties of the tear of the eye and to diagnose conditions of the eye. The patient can be screened for treatment of the eye with refractive surgery using a measured pupil size, hydration and topography and/or wavefront. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168020 | Vision Testing with Rendered Digital Imagery Modification Under Viewer Control - Tools and techniques for vision testing alter refractive characteristics of rendered digital imagery and use feedback from a test subject to calculate information about errors in the subject's vision. Some embodiments produce a rendered digital image with vision-realistic rendering, present the test subject with the rendered digital image, accept input from the test subject and change the refractive sharpness of the rendered digital image in response to the input. Then they calculate refractive errors or other information about the test subject's vision based at least on: input from the test subject leading to a refractive sharpness change made during the changing step, and a refraction model which relates visual acuity to changes in the refractive sharpness of rendered digital imagery. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168021 | Ophthalmologic apparatus - An opthalmologic apparatus has an examination unit including a plurality of examining parts for executing different examinations on an eye to and a driver moving the examination unit in the horizontal direction and in the anteroposterior direction. The opthalmologic apparatus controls the driver when switching a examination subject by the examination unit from one eye to the other eye to cause the examination unit to retreat by only a retreating distance according to the working distance of an examination part positioned at the examination position for the one eye. The examination unit retreats by only a distance according to the working distance. Therefore, it is possible to achieve both reductions in examination time and improvements for safety by preventing an examining part comes into contact with the patient. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168022 | STEREO-IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING STEREO-IMAGE CROSS-TALK - A stereo-image displaying apparatus including an adjustable light source module, a spatial modulator, and an image display panel is provided. The adjustable light source module is adapted for emitting a plurality of first illumination beams and a plurality of second illumination beams that are staggered along a first axis. The spatial modulator and the image display panel are sequentially disposed on the light path of the first and second illumination beams. The first illumination beam passes through the spatial modulator so that the image display panel displays a first view field image in a first frame period. The second illumination beam passes through the spatial modulator so that the image display panel displays a second view field image in a second frame period. Moreover, a method for reducing stereo-image cross-talk is also provided. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168023 | Image display by projecting optical source onto a rotating or moving surface - The present invention discloses a method for presenting an advertisement by displaying an image on a rotational or moving surface by projecting an image onto a rotational or moving surface. Since the image is not affixed onto the rotational or moving surface, the projected image can be viewed as a stationary image as the projected lights are reflected from the rotating or moving surface. Advertisements or different kinds of images can be presented on rotating surfaces such as rotating tires or rotating engine blades. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168024 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HOUSING COVER, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PROJECTOR - An electronic apparatus housing cover is adapted to be attached to a housing of an electronic apparatus having a connection terminal to be connected to an external apparatus via a connecting cable, and a speaker device adapted to output a sound, and cover the connection terminal and the speaker device. The housing cover includes a cover main body having a box like shape, having an opening on a face opposed to the housing, and having an insertion passage section through which the connecting cable is inserted, and an acoustic effect section provided to the cover main body, and adapted to execute an acoustic effect processing on a sound output from the speaker device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168025 | DECOHERED LASER LIGHT PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A decohered laser light production system is provided. The decohered laser light system comprises a laser source. The system further comprises a multi-mode fiber having an input face, an output face and a body for propagating light from the input face to the output face, the input face arranged to accept laser light from the laser source, the body comprising a length such that laser light is generally decohered when exiting the output face. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168026 | FRONT PROJECTION SCREEN, A METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME AND A FRONT PROJECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An apparatus, a method of fabricating a front projection screen and a front projection system is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a front projection screen including an image surface and a selective transmission layer fixed to and covering the surface. The surface is configured to diffusely reflect light incident thereon and the selective transmission layer is configured to allow projected light from a laser source to illuminate the surface and block ambient light incident thereon. The laser projected light has a wavelength within a designated bandwidth. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168027 | PROJECTOR SYSTEM EMPLOYING DEPTH PERCEPTION TO DETECT SPEAKER POSITION AND GESTURES - A projection system that prevents projection light on a presenter and provides a gesture based interface for visual enhancements is disclosed. The system may include a projector camera system comprising a computer communicating an image to a projector, the projector projecting the image on a screen, a stereo camera unit mounted approximately in the plane of the screen or at the projector and directed toward the presenter and communicating with the computer, and software that interprets the stereo camera data to distinguish and manipulate foreground and background features. The foreground feature may be the presenter relative to the screen or to the audience and room, or the presenter's hand relative to the presenter. The invention employs imaging stereo camera algorithms and techniques developed for foreground/background segmentation, image manipulation, and gesture recognition. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168028 | PROJECTION SYSTEM - A total internal reflection prism comprises at least two subprisms. The at least two subprisms define an airgap of a uniform thickness following a one-dimensional curve. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168029 | LIGHTING UNIT AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A lighting unit includes: a light source unit | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168030 | DISPLAY AND DESIGN METHOD THEREOF - A display is provided including a light source, a light valve, a projection lens, a first planer reflector, a second planer reflector, a curved reflector and a projection plane. The light source is capable of emitting a light beam. The light valve is disposed on a light path of the light beam to transform the light beam into an image light beam. The projection lens is disposed on a light path of the image light beam. The first planer reflector reflects the image light beam from the projection lens. The second planer reflector reflects the image light beam from the first planer reflector. The curved reflector reflects the image light beam from the second planer reflector. The image light beam from the curved reflector is projected on the projection plane to form a projection image. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168031 | OBLIQUE PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM - An oblique projection optical system enlarges an image formed on a display device surface, and obliquely projects the enlarged image on a screen surface. The oblique projection optical system has, in the order from a reduction side: a refraction optical portion having a positive optical power, a concave reflection surface having a positive optical power, and a convex reflection surface having a negative optical power. The refraction optical portion includes a rotationally symmetric coaxial refraction group. An intermediate image of the image formed on the display device surface is formed between the refraction optical portion and the concave reflection surface. An aperture stop image is formed between the concave reflection surface and the convex reflection surface. The concave reflection surface and the convex reflection surface fulfill prescribed conditional formulae. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168032 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - The use of electro wetting to control the behavior of immersion liquid within an immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168033 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PATTERN FORMED BODY AND PATTERN FORMED BODY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A main object of the invention is to provide a manufacturing method of a plurality of pattern formed bodies which makes it possible that even if the pattern formed bodies are continuously manufactured, their property varied patterns are each made into a target pattern form with high precision; and a pattern formed body manufacturing apparatus used in the manufacturing method. To achieve the object, the invention provides a manufacturing method of a plurality of pattern formed bodies comprising a pattern forming step and a foreign matter removing step, wherein the pattern forming step is a step of radiating vacuum-ultraviolet light through a photomask to a pattern forming substrate, varying a surface property by the vacuum-ultraviolet light, and forming a property varied pattern with the property varied on a surface of the pattern forming substrate to form a pattern formed body; the pattern forming step is repeated plural times to manufacture a plurality of the pattern formed bodies; and the foreign matter removing step is a step of removing a foreign matter deposited to the photomask performed between the repeated pattern forming steps. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168034 | Methods and Apparatus of Manufacturing a Semiconductor Device - Methods and apparatus of manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided. Embodiments regard producing a first pattern in a first layer of a semiconductor substrate, producing a second pattern in a second layer of the semiconductor substrate, and matching the first pattern and the second pattern. The matching includes determining a mismatch between the first pattern and the second pattern that would occur without the matching and precorrecting the mismatch in the first layer. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168035 | Exposure method and exposure apparatus for photosensitive film - An exposure apparatus for a photosensitive film includes: light-emitting diodes for generating rays to expose a photosensitive film; a light shield positioned between the light-emitting diodes to prevent noise; a stage for receiving a substrate having the photosensitive film thereon; and a parallelizer positioned between the light-emitting diodes and the stage for redirecting the rays from the light-emitting diodes to be perpendicularly incident upon the photosensitive film. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168036 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR SETTING UP APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus of the present invention is configured to expose a pattern on an original onto a wafer via a projection lens system | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168037 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - An immersion lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substrate table for holding a substrate and a liquid supply system for supply liquid to the substrate. The apparatus is constructed and arranged to allow the liquid to flow off the substrate and over at least two edges of a top surface of the substrate table. The geometry of the edge may be optimized to reduce a static thickness of a layer of liquid on the top surface. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168038 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus according to this invention comprises an illumination optical system which illuminates an original with exposure light, a projection optical system which projects an image of the original onto a substrate, an original stage which holds and drives the original, a substrate stage which holds and drives the substrate, and a position detection apparatus which detects the relative position between the original and the substrate. A plurality of different first marks are formed on at least one of the original and a reference plate held on the original stage. The position detection apparatus has a function of selecting a first mark in accordance with the illumination condition from a plurality of first marks, and detecting the relative position between the original and the substrate using the selected first mark and a second mark formed on the substrate stage. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168039 | Device Manufacturing Method and Lithographic Apparatus - A device manufacturing method includes a measurement phase and an exposure phase. The measurement phase includes conditioning a radiation beam with a first beam condition, forming the patterned radiation beam by imparting the radiation beam with the first beam condition with a first pattern in its cross-section, and projecting the patterned beam onto a sensor capable of providing a sensor output signal. The exposure phase includes fast switching the conditioning of the radiation beam to a second beam condition, the second beam condition being different from the first beam condition, forming the patterned radiation beam by imparting the radiation beam with the second beam condition with a second pattern in its cross-section, the second pattern being provided by a patterning device, and projecting the patterned beam onto a target portion of the substrate. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168040 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ALIGNER COMPRISING THAT DEVICE - The invention relates to a pupil filter used for the illumination optical system of a semiconductor aligner or the like that can prevent a decrease in the quantity of light having transmitted through it, enhance the efficiency of semiconductor exposure, reduce loads of correction by the optical proximity effect and yield a stable yet high-resolution optical image without engendering size fluctuations of a pattern imaged on a wafer depending on a mask pattern pitch. Specifically, the invention provides a diffractive optical device for the formation of a pupil filter used for the illumination optical system of an aligner adapted to direct light emanating from a light source to a mask via an illumination optical system and project a pattern on the mask onto an alignment substrate and exposing it to light via a projection optical system. The pupil filter formed by the diffractive optical device is a dipole pupil comprising two light transmissive areas ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168041 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus including an image display element for modulating illumination light, an illumination optical system for irradiating the illumination light onto the image display element, a projection optical system for projecting the modulated light by the image display element onto a projection surface, and an optical system changing section for changing the illumination optical system, wherein the illumination optical system includes a light source, a condensing optical system, a rod integrator and an illumination relay optical system wherein the projection optical system includes a projection variable-aperture diaphragm whose aperture diameter can be adjusted, and wherein the optical system changing section changes, when the aperture diameter of the projection variable-aperture diaphragm is made smaller, the illumination optical system such that an amount of light passing through the projection variable-aperture diaphragm with that aperture diameter increases. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168042 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - An immersion lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substrate table for holding a substrate, the substrate table being constructed and arranged to allow liquid to flow off the substrate and over an edge of a top surface of the substrate table, and a gutter for collecting the liquid flow under the edge. Several features for improving liquid retrieval are described. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168043 | Exposing method using variable shaped beam, and pattern forming method using the same - Provided is an exposing method using a variable shaped beam that may minimize a critical dimension (CD) distribution and a mean to target (MTT) difference generated during a process by correcting CD linearity of the design CD of a circuit pattern, and a pattern forming method using the exposing method. In the exposing method, a determination is made as to whether the design size of a beam shot used to expose a circuit pattern is less than a value, or greater than the value. If the design size is greater than the value, the size of the beam shot may be linearly corrected. When the design size is less than the value, the size of the beam shot may be non-linearly corrected. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168044 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND LITHOGRAPHY METHOD - A lithography apparatus includes a generating unit configured, by receiving character information which specifies a shape of an identification figure representing identification information of a target object, to generate pattern writing data of the identification figure on the basis of the character information; a synthesizing unit configured, by receiving a pattern writing data of a pattern written on the target object, to synthesize the pattern writing data of the pattern and the pattern writing data of the identification figure; and a pattern writing unit configured to write the pattern and the identification figure on the target object on the basis of the synthesized pattern writing data. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168045 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURROUND SCANNING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional surround scanning device and a method thereof are described, which are adopted to perform surround scanning on a scene area, so as to construct a three-dimensional model. The device includes an image acquisition element, a first moving mechanism, a range acquisition element, and a controller. The controller controls the image acquisition element, the range acquisition element, and the first moving mechanism to perform three-dimensional image acquisition, so as to obtain a two-dimensional image covering the scene area, depth information with three-dimensional coordinates, and corresponding position signals. The controller rearranges and combines the two-dimensional image, position signals, and depth information, so as to construct the three-dimensional model. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168046 | Feature detecting vision sensor - A visual sensor for generating an array of binarized feature signals based on a visual field is provided. The visual sensor comprises an array of photoreceptor circuits capable of generating photoreceptor signals based on the visual field, an array of feature detectors capable of generating feature signals based on the photoreceptor signals, and a reconfigurable binary generator array capable of generating binarized feature signals based on the feature signals. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168047 | FLOW VELOCITY DETECTOR AND INK-JET PRINTER - A flow velocity detector for detecting a flow velocity of a fluid flowing through a flow passage is provided, the flow velocity detector including a flow passage-forming section which defines the flow passage; a stress light-emitting section which is arranged at the flow passage-forming section to receive a stress having a magnitude depending on the flow velocity of the fluid and which emits a light of which amount corresponds to a change of the received stress; and a light-receiving sensor which receives the light emitted by the stress light-emitting section. The flow velocity of the fluid is detected based on an amount of the light received by the light-receiving sensor to generate a detection signal. Accordingly, the structure is simple and small-sized, and the flow velocity of the fluid can be detected at low cost. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168048 | Evaluation Method and Manufacturing Method of Light-Emitting Element Material, Manufacturing Method of Light-Emitting Element, and Light-Emitting Device And Electric Appliance Having Light-Emitting Element - The present invention provides an evaluation method for evaluating whether a light-emitting element material to be evaluated is suitable for a host material or a guest material. By carrying out a first step of measuring absorption intensity of a light-emitting element material and a second step of irradiating the light-emitting element material with light for a predetermined period of time, repeatedly; thereby a change in absorption intensity with time is evaluated so that whether the light-emitting material is suitable for a host material or a guest material can be distinguished. The light emitted to the light-emitting element material preferably has a wavelength component which is absorbed by a skeleton which contributes to excitation of the light-emitting element material. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168049 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ANALYTES - A method for measuring the concentration of a compound in the blood of a part of a subject is provided. An invasive or non-invasive sample of blood may be used for this determination. Also provided is a device for measuring the concentration of a compound in the blood of a subject. The device comprises a source of electromagnetic radiation, a holder, a detector and a processing system. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168050 | Optical Sensor System And Method - The disclosed optical component may include an optical device and an overmold. The optical device may be configured to transmit or receive one or more wavelengths of light. The overmold may be disposed about the entirety of the optical device and may include a material transparent to the one or more wavelengths of light. A method of manufacturing a sensor may include overmolding an optical device with an overmold material that is transparent to a wavelength of light emitted or received by the optical device. The method may also include disposing the overmolded optical device proximate a sensor frame. The method may also include overmolding the sensor frame and the overmolded optical sensing device with a second overmold material. Further, the second overmold material may not block a portion of the overmolded optical device such that light can be emitted or received by the optical device without interference from the second overmold material. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168051 | PARTICLE COUNTING AND DNA UPTAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION, ASSESSMENT AND FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THREATS DUE TO NEBULIZED BIOLOGICAL AGENTS - The Nebulized Airborne Biohazard Stage Alert (NABSA) is a method utilizing an optical particle counter in conjunction with a fluorometer as triggers to detect and assess potential biohazard threats infused into surrounding air. In the first stage an optical particle counter is constantly passing sampled air in front of an energy source, in turn scattering light. This scattered light is evaluated to establish if the particles are above one micrometer in concentrations, and thus potentially an aerosolized threat. Such detection triggers the secondary stage in which the sample particles are tested for viability via processing through a dye with fluorescent properties affected when bonded with an entity universally found in all biological substances and a UV light source. The detection of concentrations of oversized, viable particles triggers the third stage to compare a sample of the particles to known biowarfare agents to delineate the specific agent species. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168052 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED BIODETECTION - A portable substance identification system and method are configured to identify at least one detection target faster and with greater accuracy than is possible using prior substance identification systems and/or prior substance identification techniques. An embodiment of the portable substance identification system includes a portable substance identification device containing a Raman spectrometer, and a collection stem that includes a dry collector. One or more reservoirs for a liquid medium and /or a reagent can be formed in a cartridge that is configured to couple with a portable substance identification device. The cartridge has a chamber in which the reagent, liquid medium, and a detection target picked up by the dry collector are mixed. A magnet, positioned at a slant angle, can be used to form at least one pellet of aggregated magnetic particles within a pellet forming area of the chamber. The pellet is formed to maximize its surface area. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168053 | OPTICAL DETECTOR FOR A PARTICLE SORTING SYSTEM - An optical system for acquiring fast spectra from spatially channel arrays includes a light source for producing a light beam that passes through the microfluidic chip or the channel to be monitored, one or more lenses or optical fibers for capturing the light from the light source after interaction with the particles or chemicals in the microfluidic channels, and one or more detectors. The detectors, which may include light amplifying elements, detect each light signal and transducer the light signal into an electronic signal. The electronic signals, each representing the intensity of an optical signal, pass from each detector to an electronic data acquisition system for analysis. The light amplifying element or elements may comprise an array of phototubes, a multianode phototube, or a multichannel plate based image intensifier coupled to an array of photodiode detectors. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168054 | 3-D Shape Measuring Method for Auto-Grinding Equipment of LCD Color Filter and 3-D Shape Measuring Apparatus for the Same - Provided are a three-dimensional image measuring method and apparatus for an LCD color filter automatic grinder. It is possible to measure a three-dimensional image of an LCD color filter, even though textures for recovering the three-dimensional image are insufficient, by irradiating illumination passed through a patterned filter to the LCD color filter. In addition, it is possible to measure a three-dimensional image of an LCD color filter by obtaining a plurality of image sequences along an optical axis of a camera composed of CCD or CIS. Illumination is irradiated to an LCD color filter to be measured through a patterned filter. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168055 | Semiconductor Manufacturing Peripheral Verification Tool - Apparatus and methods for verification of the dimensions of a semiconductor manufacturing peripheral are disclosed, in which the peripheral, e.g., a wafer cassette, is positioned between, and is enveloped by, an emitter housing and an opposing receiver housing adapted for emitting and receiving, respectively, light from a selected portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, preferably infrared. The measured light is used to verify the dimensions of the target peripheral in comparison with a pre-selected standard. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168056 | PATTERN FORMATION DEVICE - A pattern formation device is for forming a pattern on a substrate includes first and second foreign matter detection sensors. Each of the first and second foreign matter detection sensors includes a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit disposed across a transport path of the substrate from the first light projecting unit. The light projecting unit is configured and arranged to emit a detection light along an upper surface of the substrate. The light receiving unit being configured and arranged to receive the detection light to detect foreign matter on the substrate based on an amount of the detection light received by the light receiving unit. The light projecting units of the first and second foreign matter detection sensors are disposed on opposite sides of the transport path. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168057 | Reflex sight - A reflex sight ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168058 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED BIODETECTION - Portable substance identification system and method are configured to identify at least one detection target faster and with greater accuracy than is possible using prior substance identification systems and/or prior substance identification techniques. An embodiment of the portable substance identification system includes a portable substance identification device containing a Raman spectrometer, and a collection stem that includes a collector. One or more reservoirs for a liquid medium and/or at least one reagent can be formed in the collection stem. The cartridge can include a chamber in which the reagents, liquid medium, and at least one detection target picked up by the collector are mixed. A magnet, positioned at a slant angle, can be used to form at least one pellet of aggregated magnetic particles within a pellet forming area of the chamber. The pellet is formed to maximize its surface area. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168059 | Analysis method effected with rapid analyte chemical separation and quick detection - A stationary medium is employed both to separate chemicals from a sample solution and also to generate surface-enhanced Raman scattering, so that spectral analysis of the separated analyte chemical can be performed. Applied driving force causes the sample to flow into the stationary medium and to distribute therethrough, thereby causing rapid separation of the analyte chemical, and surface-enhanced Raman scattered radiation is quickly detected, at a plurality of locations along a flow path defined by the stationary medium, for ultimate analysis. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168060 | Spectrometric Measurement System and Method for Compensating for Veiling Glare - The present solution is directed to a measuring system and a method for determining spectrometric measurement results with high accuracy. The spectrometric measuring system, comprises a radiation source, an entrance slit, a dispersion element, and a detector with detector elements arranged in a linear or matrix-shaped manner in one or more planes. The detector has an even distribution of at least two different wavelength-selective filters on its detector elements. While detectors from photography and video applications are used for this purpose, use of the invention is not limited to the visible spectral region. Further, color filters on the pixels may be omitted or modified in the manufacturing process. It is also possible to use other types of detectors in which the wavelength-selective filters and associated detectors are arranged one behind each other in a plurality of planes in which complete color information is available to each individual picture point. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168061 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTION APPARATUS - A fluorescent detection apparatus relates to an analysis technique for qualitatively detecting or quantifying biomolecules by producing an evanescent field on a surface of a substrate, exciting fluorescently labelled biomolecules on the substrate surface in the evanescent field, and detecting the resultant fluorescent light emitted from the biomolecules. The fluorescent detection apparatus has a configuration in which a well is provided in a surface opposing to a sample substrate of a prism, the well is filled with a matching liquid, and the matching liquid is filled between the sample substrate and the prism, thereby improving operability and providing a stable evanescent field. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168062 | Inspection Method and Apparatus, Lithographic Apparatus, Lithographic Processing Cell, and Device Manufacturing Method to Measure a Property of a Substrate - A system is configured to measure two separately polarized beams upon diffraction from a substrate in order to determine properties of the substrate. Circularly or elliptically polarized light sources are passed via a fixed phase retarder in order to change the phase of one of two orthogonally polarized radiation beams with respect to the two beams. The relative phases of the two radiation beams and other features of the beams are measured in a detector to provide information on the properties of the substrate surface. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168063 | DENTAL COLOR MEASUREMENT TOOL, DENTAL COLOR MEASUREMENT TOOL SYSTEM, AND DENTAL COLOR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A dental color measurement tool disposed opposite an opening portion for capturing light from an artificial tooth to undergo color measurement with a color measurement device includes at least one pair of guide posts having an engaging portion corresponding to an engaging portion on the color measurement device side, and an abutment post disposed between the pair of guide posts and having a pointed convex shape to which the artificial tooth can be mounted. The abutment post has a color measurement reference surface in a color measurement light axis direction as the vicinity of a focus position of the color measurement device in a photographing state. When performing color measurement photographing, the artificial tooth is mounted to the abutment post to position the front thereof at the color measurement reference surface. Thus, the artificial tooth can be stably retained at a suitable position with respect to the color measurement device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168064 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE OPTICAL ABSORPTION OF SAMPLES - In a method and apparatus for measuring the optical absorption of samples having a light source ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168065 | EXAMINING DEVICE AND EXAMINING METHOD - An examining device adapted to examining a transmittance of a display panel is provided. The examining device includes a light source, a first polarizer, a photodetector, a second polarizer, at least one first reflector and at least one second reflector. The light source and the photodetector are respectively disposed on both sides of the display panel. The second polarizer is disposed between the display panel and the photodetector. The first reflector is disposed between the display panel and the second polarizer. The second reflector is disposed between the display panel and the first polarizer. Light emitting from the light source successively passes via the first polarizer, the display panel, the first reflector, the display panel, the second reflector, the display panel, the second polarizer and then emits into the photodetector. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168066 | MICROFLUIDIC PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY - The use of microfluidic structures enables high throughput screening of protein crystallization. In one embodiment, an integrated combinatoric mixing chip allows for precise metering of reagents to rapidly create a large number of potential crystallization conditions, with possible crystal formations observed on chip. In an alternative embodiment, the microfluidic structures may be utilized to explore phase space conditions of a particular protein crystallizing agent combination, thereby identifying promising conditions and allowing for subsequent focused attempts to obtain crystal growth. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168067 | COMPONENTS AND METHODS FOR USE IN ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - A front plane laminate useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, a layer of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer, an adhesive layer and a release sheet. This front plane laminate can be prepared as a continuous web, cut to size, the release sheet removed and the laminate laminated to a backplane to form a display. Methods for providing conductive vias through the electro-optic medium and for testing the front plane laminate are also described. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168068 | Coated metal surface on solid support for displacement reactions - A coated metal surface on a solid support, wherein the coating consists of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of oligo(ethylene glycol)-terminated amide group-containing alkyl thiols firmly attached to the metal surface via the thiol-end and low molecular weight antigens bound via an amide-group to the SAM-forming OEG molecule, wherein the alkyl portion has 1-20 methylene groups, wherein the oligo(ethylene glycol) portion has 1-15 ethylene oxy units, and wherein the antigens, such as explosives and narcotics, are optionally reversibly bound to antibodies specific for the antigens, is disclosed. The coated metal surface on a solid support may be used in a method of detecting analyte antigens as part of an analysis device, such as a Piezoelectric Crystal Microbalance device or a Surface Plasmon Resonance biosensor, for detection in an aqueous solution of an analyte antigen with higher affinity to an antibody than the antigen of the coating by monitoring the displacement of the antibody from the coating. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168069 | Measuring method - The measuring method for providing a precise determination of a geometry of a concave portion is provided. The measuring method includes: measuring an angle of a side wall of a concave portion with a bottom surface thereof formed in an insulating film (operation S | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168070 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE SPECTRAL PHASE OR THE COMBINED SPECTRAL AND SPATIAL PHASES OF ULTRA SHORT LIGHT PULSES - The method and device for measuring the spectral phase or combined spectral and spatial phases of ultra short light pulses, consisting of performing:
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| 20090168071 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE BY OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY - When reflection light, reflected from a measurement target that has been irradiated with measurement light in such a manner to scan the measurement target, and reference light are combined in each wavelength sweep, interference light is detected as interference signals. When a thinning region in which the interference signals obtained by detecting the interference light in each wavelength sweep are thinned so that the interference signals that are used to produce the tomographic image remain is set, thinning is performed on the plurality of interference signals in the thinning region. Light intensity information about the measurement target in the thinning region is obtained, based on the interference signals for the respective wavelength sweeps, the interference signals remaining after thinning. The tomographic image in the thinning region is produced based on the obtained light intensity information. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168072 | Illumination System - A coherence remover includes a first partially reflective surface and a second partially reflective surface. The coherence remover is configured to receive an input beam. Each of the first and second reflective surfaces is configured to reflect a respective portion of the input beam to produce respective one or more intermediate beams. The intermediate beams collectively form an output beam that has a reduced coherence compared to the input beam. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168073 | CANTILEVER SENSOR SYSTEM AND PROFILERS AND BIOSENSORS USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a cantilever sensor system and profilers as well as biosensors using the same. The cantilever sensor system comprises: an interferometric lens module; a cantilever module; and an imaging device. The interferometric lens module further comprises: a light source; a light splitting unit; and an interferometric lens; wherein a light beam emitted from the light source is projected to the cantilever module through the light splitting unit and the interferometric lens where it is reflected back to the light splitting unit so as to interfere with the reference light beam from the reference mirror. The imaging device is used for capturing interferograms caused by the interference between the light beam of the light source and the reflected beam thereof. The aforesaid system is able to monitor the cantilever module and other objects in the neighborhood of the same simultaneously, and thus detecting the deflection of the cantilever module, which is easy and convenient to be adapted for profilers and biosensors. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168074 | Method of Assessing Bond Integrity in Bonded Structures - A technique for acoustic detection of a disbond within a bonded structure involves thermal excitation of the surface of the bonded structure to induce a lifting and membrane vibration and is applicable to laminates and coated structures, as well as foam core structures or a honeycomb structures. The technique does not require access to both sides of the bonded structure. A large etendue interferometer is used to provide surface displacement measurement. The surface displacement measurement can be analyzed both by frequency or amplitude to determine existence of a disbond by membrane vibration, and further a thickness of the disbond can be determined using traditional pulse-echo time analysis. The technique may allow detection of stick bonds. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168075 | MEASUREMENT METHOD, A MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A measurement method for measuring a shape of a target using an interference pattern includes the steps of converting a first interference pattern into a first shape of the target (S | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168076 | LIGHT WAVE INTERFEROMETER APPARATUS - The light wave interferometer apparatus is provided and includes: a luminous flux, which is sent from the light source and divided into two portions by the luminous flux separation and composition unit, are combined with each other again under the condition that the divided luminous fluxes hold wavefront information corresponding to the surface shapes of the aspherical lens to be inspected and the reference aspherical lens by the respectively corresponding basis spherical lenses. Therefore, a wavefront difference of the aspherical lens to be inspected with respect to the reference aspherical lens is made to be interference fringe information and formed on an image pickup plane of the interferometer CCD camera. The basis spherical lenses have the basis spherical surfaces, the curvatures of which are equal to each other. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168077 | High-resolution encoder array - A position sensing apparatus and method, motion control system, and integrated circuit are provided that include a plurality of sensors and a tracking processor. The plurality of sensors includes a linear array of sensors that sense a plurality of features of an object. A spacing between two of the plurality of sensors is substantially smaller than a spacing between two of the plurality of features. The tracking processor samples signals from the sensors, compares the samples to previous samples and calculates a position of the object. The plurality of sensors may include a second linear array of sensors. Centers of the sensors of the second linear array may be offset from centers of the sensors of the first linear array along a longitudinal axis of the plurality of sensors. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168078 | Measuring Instrument for Determining the Actual Condition of Wheel Sets - A measuring instrument has a first section for rolling a wheelset under lateral guidance of the wheelset into a measurement section with an auxiliary rail for supporting the wheelset on the outer edges of its wheels and a third section for rolling out the wheelset into the railway track, with the first and third section of the measuring instrument also designed as track panels and for which the optical beam devices under the measurement section are intended. The first and third section of the measuring instrument are flexibly embedded in the ballast of the superstructure of the railway track, while at least one of the optical beam devices is mounted vibration-free on the formation of the railway track in a pre-determined position in relation to the measurement section of the measuring instrument with no contact to the other parts of the measuring instrument. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168079 | REFLECTIVE FILM THICKNESS MEASUREMENT METHOD - A reflective film thickness measurement method includes reading an original spectral image of a thin film measured by a broadband light source passing through a measurement system, transforming the original spectral image into a broadband reflectance wavelength function and then into a broadband frequency-domain function, dividing the broadband frequency-domain function by a single-wavelength frequency-domain function to obtain an ideal frequency-domain function, inverse-transforming the ideal frequency-domain function into an ideal reflectance wavelength function, and performing a curve fitting on the ideal reflectance wavelength function and a reflectance wavelength thickness general expression, so as to obtain a thickness of the thin film. A spectral image spatial axis direction processing method is performed to eliminate optical aberration in a deconvolution manner, so as to obtain spectral images of high spatial resolution. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168080 | Poster printing control module, method of poster printing control, and multi-functional printer - A method of poster printing control, applicable to a multi-functional printer, comprising at least one printing module and a scanning module, includes using a scanning module to scan an original paper to obtain a digital copy of known size; setting a size of a paper to be printed; dividing the digital copy into a plurality of sub-images; up-scaling the sub-images to the size of the paper to be printed; using the printing module to print out the sub-images on the paper to be printed. Thereby, the poster printing is completed by means of the multi-functional printer. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168081 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PREVIEW METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system configured to set a segment unit size serving as a unit of a display area for displaying, as images, a list of pages which form the document; acquire a width and a height of each page image from the document data; calculate, when a value of a ratio of the width and the height of the page acquired in the acquiring exceeds a predetermined value, a display area size having a display region larger than the segment unit size; determine, for a page having the value of the ratio exceeding the predetermined value, an enlargement/reduction ratio so as to fit the page into the display area size; and display, a list of pages which form the document, by enlarging or reducing the page based on the enlargement/reduction ratio determined in the determining and displaying the page in a display screen at the display area. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168082 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN OUTPUT LOOKUP TABLE DESIGN AND DATA ACCESS LAYER IN COLOR MANAGEMENT RESOURCE ENGINES - Methods and apparatus for saving and re-using lookup tables (LUTs) used in generating color data objects in a presentation/printing system. A data object is generated by a device or application having an associated input ICC profile and is transferred to a presentation device having one or more associated output ICC profiles. The data object is converted from its input color space to a color space of the presentation device based on calculated LUTs. Once calculated, the LUTs are saved in a memory of the presentation device to be re-used for processing of a subsequent data object. The saved LUTs are indexed using the object ID (OID) of the ICC output profile used to calculate the LUT. A subsequent data object may specify use of the same ICC output profile such that the previously calculated LUT may be retrieve and re-used to obviate the calculation burden to recalculate the LUT. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168083 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A LOOKUP TABLE SIZE FOR AN AFP LINK CMR - Methods and apparatus for determining a preferred size for a Link LUT as used in conversion from an input color space defined by an input ICC profile into an output color space defined by an output ICC profile. The Link LUT may be incorporated within a device link structure as generally defined in the ICC specification or within a Link Color Conversion CMR in an AFP architecture system. The preferred size is determined from the size of an input LUT associated with the input ICC profile and the size of an output LUT associated with the output ICC profile. In AFP architecture systems, the input and output LUTs and profiles may each be incorporated in appropriate Color Conversion CMRs. The preferred size is determined as a reduced size that requires less computation to generate but does not cause loss of accuracy in conversion between the input and output color spaces. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168084 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The number of color patches is reduced to attain high-precision color estimation. Hence, the colorimetric values of a plurality of color patches of at least one primary color output by an output device are input. Based on the colorimetric value of first color patches corresponding to a part of the plurality of color patches, colorimetric values corresponding to second color patches other than the first color patches of the plurality of color patches are estimated. Errors between the input colorimetric values of the second color patches and the estimated colorimetric values corresponding to the second color patches are calculated. A plurality of color patches corresponding to the output device is determined based on the calculated errors. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168085 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Image processing for creating bitmap data based on a plurality of drawing objects by sequentially rendering the plurality of drawing objects respectively having drawing attributes and drawing logic, and sequentially updating the bitmap data and attribute information for each pixel of the bitmap data, has the following characteristic feature. That is, a transparent object group, which expresses transparent processing and includes a plurality of drawing objects, is detected based on the drawing logic, and the drawing attribute of a predetermined drawing object in the detected transparent object group is updated to an attribute indicating that the attribute information is not updated. For example, for transparent processing including three continuous drawing objects having drawing logic “EXOR”, “overwrite”, and “EXOR”, the first and last drawing objects of the EXOR are controlled not to update attribute information for each pixel upon drawing, thus obtaining appropriate attribute information. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090168086 | Line Head Control Method, Image Forming Method, and Image Forming Apparatus - A control method of a line head including a first image forming system; a first light emission element which emits light for forming an image by an image forming lens of the first image forming system; a second image forming system disposed in a first direction of the first image forming system; and a second light emission element which emits light for forming an image by an image forming lens of the second image forming system is disclosed. The method includes, when the first light emission element emits light at a time t | 2009-07-02 |
