41st week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200319499 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A display device for a head-mounted display includes a first display panel and a second display panel that are arranged in parallel. The first display panel and second display panel each include a pair of substrates having a plane sectioned into a display region and a non-display region, and a columnar spacer interposed between the substrates. The substrate includes a spacer lightproof portion placed over the spacer. The first display panel and second display panel do not coincide with each other with regard to a location where the spacer lightproof portion in the display region is disposed. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319500 | REFLECTIVE COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are a reflective color filter substrate and driving method thereof, and a display panel and a display device. The substrate includes color-resist elements in an array, each color-resist element includes a first and second electrode arranged opposite to each other, and a color-resist structure located between the first and second electrodes; and in each color-resist element: the first electrode is a light-transmission electrode; the first and second electrodes are configured to generate a first electric field, and the color-resist elements are configured to be driven by the first electric field to reflect light rays incident on the first electrode as monochromatic light; and the first and second electrodes are configured to generate a second electric field, and the color-resist elements are configured to be driven by the second electric field to reflect the light rays incident on the first electrode as hybrid light of monochromatic light and white light. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319501 | COLOR FILM SUBSTRATE, FLEXIBLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND PREPARATION METHOD - The application provides a color film substrate, a flexible liquid crystal display panel and a preparation method. The color film substrate includes a flexible substrate, a photoresist layer, an alignment layer and black matrix walls. By disposing the three-dimensional black matrix walls with liquid crystal-holding chambers on the color film substrate, liquid crystals can be fixed in the holding chambers for avoiding the uneven cell gap caused by the displacement of the liquid crystals. Thus, the application solves the problem that an existing flexible liquid crystal display panel has severe displacement of the liquid crystals under stress. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319502 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical waveguide display substrate includes a first base substrate ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319503 | REFLECTIVE TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND WEARABLE DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - A reflective liquid crystal display device has a first substrate having a first electrode that reflects light; a second substrate having a second electrode that transmits light; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, including a nematic liquid crystal material having negative dielectric anisotropy Δε and a chiral agent, having nearly vertical alignment when no voltage is applied, and having twist alignment or hybrid alignment when white voltage is applied; and a polarizing layer provided on the observer side of the second substrate and at least one retarder layer disposed between the polarizing layer and the second substrate, wherein the reflective liquid crystal display device has a drive circuit that applies black voltage or white voltage across the liquid crystal layer at a frame rate of 1 fps or less, and when applying white voltage across the liquid crystal layer over a plurality of frames, the drive circuit applies the white display voltage whose polarity is inverted for each frame with respect to the potential of the second electrode, and assuming that a natural pitch of the nematic liquid crystal material including the chiral agent is p, that a thickness of the liquid crystal layer is d, and that a birefringence of the nematic liquid crystal material is Δn, 60°<|360°·d/p|<180° and 237 nm≤Δnd≤331 nm are established. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319504 | TRANSMITTANCE-VARIABLE FILM AND USE THEREOF - A transmittance-variable film having a double-cell structure or a single-cell structure capable of suppressing formation of bubbles inside a liquid crystal layer or at the interface between a base film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer under high-temperature and high-humidity reliability conditions is provided. An exemplary transmittance-variable film can be applied to various applications, including various construction or automotive materials that require control of transmittance, or eyewear, such as augmented reality experience or sports goggles, sunglasses or helmets. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319505 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ROUND SHAPE DISPLAY INCLUDING POLARIZING PLATE - Provided is a method of producing a round shape display including a polarizing plate. The round shape display is shaped circularly and has a front face provided with the polarizing plate. In a stated order, the method includes steps of: (a) producing a positioning panel from a material panel including the round shape display, the positioning panel being surrounded by a straight edge shaped linearly and a portion of an outer circumference of the round shape display; (b) positioning the positioning panel; (c) attaching the polarizing plate shaped circularly to the round shape display included in the positioning panel; and (d) removing a portion, of the positioning panel, including the straight edge, and producing the round shape display. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319506 | POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a pattern layer on a surface of the polarizer and including a first resin layer and a second resin layer facing the first resin layer, the first resin layer including a patterned portion located at at least a portion thereof facing the second resin layer, the patterned portion includes at least two embossed optical patterns and a flat section formed between a pair of adjacent embossed optical patterns, each of the embossed optical patterns includes an upper surface defining a wave pattern, and the wave pattern has a value of about 20% to 60%, as calculated according to Formula 1 herein, and a pitch of greater than about 100 μm and less than about 400 μm. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319507 | POLARIZER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer having a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer according to the embodiment of the present invention is a polarizer which is formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a polymer liquid crystal compound and a dichroic material, in which the polymer liquid crystal compound is a thermotropic liquid crystal and a crystalline polymer, and the polymer liquid crystal compound and the dichroic material are horizontally aligned. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319508 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY LIGHTING MODES - Example implementations relate to liquid crystal display (LCD) lighting modes. An example device can include an LCD, a wide gamut light-emitting diode (LED) light set to backlight the LCD, a narrow gamut LED light set to backlight the LCD and a controller communicatively coupled to the LCD. The controller can switch the LCD between a wide gamut lighting mode, a narrow gamut lighting mode, and a high brightness lighting mode in response to changes in ambient light and content displayed on the LCD. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319509 | SEMI-REFLECTIVE AND SEMI-TRANSMISSIVE DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE DISPLAY PANEL - A semi-reflective and semi-transmissive display panel is provided and includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The semi-reflective and semi-transmissive display panel includes a displaying region, and the displaying region includes a transmissive displaying region and a reflective displaying region. In the reflective displaying region, a micro structured reflective layer is disposed in a surface of the first substrate facing away from the second substrate. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319510 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein are a backlight unit and a display device using the same. In an embodiment, the backlight unit includes a substrate, at least one light source on the substrate, a lenses placed over the light source, a reflection sheet in which at least one through hole corresponding to the lens is formed, and a reflection ring comprising an opening portion corresponding to the at least one light source, and placed between the lens and the substrate. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, luminance uniformity of the backlight unit can be improved because the reflection ring surrounding the light source is included. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319511 | AREA LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The luminous intensity of light which is emitted from the light-emitting device and of which the angle with respect to the optical axis has the absolute value of from 0 to 60° is not more than 1.5% with respect to the maximum luminous intensity of light emitted from the light-emitting device. An angular range in which light of a luminous intensity of not less than 70% of the maximum luminous intensity is emitted, the absolute value of the maximum angle with respect to the optical axis is θ, an output surface is disposed so as to intersect a straight line of which the major angle, among the angles formed by the optical axis and a straight line passing a bottom surface-side end portion of the inclined surface and intersecting the optical axis, is not less than θ. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319512 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display with local dimming backlight and an active privacy mode. The display may include a backlight source, lenses, a passive diffuser, an active diffuser and a transmissive display. The backlight source may define a two-dimensional matrix of light sources configured to generate an initial light. The lenses may be mounted adjacent to the backlight source, aligned with the light sources, and configured to generate a collimated light. The passive diffuser may be mounted adjacent to the lenses and configured to spatially spread the collimated light. The active diffuser may be mounted adjacent to the passive diffuser, configured to generate an intermediate light in response to the collimated light, and configured to change a diffusive property of the intermediate light in response to a scattering signal. The transmissive display may be mounted adjacent to the active diffuser and configured to generate multiple visible images by modulating the intermediate light. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319513 | MODE-SELECTABLE BACKLIGHT, PRIVACY DISPLAY, AND METHOD - A mode-selectable backlight and privacy display employ directional scattering features to provide emitted light. The mode-selectable backlight includes a light guide, a first directional scattering feature to provide broad-angle emitted light from guided light having a first propagation direction within the light guide during a public mode, and a second directional scattering feature to provide directional emitted light from guided light having a second propagation direction within the light guide during a privacy mode. The directional emitted light the provided during the privacy mode is directed into a viewbox. The mode-selectable privacy display further includes light sources configured to provide the guided light having the first and second propagation directions along with an array of light valves configured to modulate the broad-angle emitted light as a public image and the directional emitted light as a private image visible within the viewbox. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319514 | BACKLIGHT APPARATUS - A backlight apparatus includes a circuit board, a control board, and a connection cable connecting the above components. A first light source driver and a second light source driver are disposed on the circuit board and are electrically connected to a plurality of first light sources and a plurality of second light sources respectively. A connector is disposed on the circuit board. The first and second light source drivers are individually electrically coupled in series to the connector. The control board outputs electrical power, a first data stream, and a second data stream. The first light source driver controls the first light sources to light individually according to the first data stream. The second light source driver controls the second light sources to light individually according to the second data stream. Thereby, the circuit board can control the operation of the light sources individually. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319515 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided. The display device improves utilization efficiency of ambient light and NTSC color gamut by disposing a reflective layer on one side of a thin film transistor array substrate away from a first substrate and a fluorescent layer between the first substrate and the thin film transistor array substrate, so that display performance is improved. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319516 | QUANTUM DOT, COLOR CONVERSION PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A quantum dot, a color conversion panel, and a display device, the quantum dot including a core; and a shell layer positioned outside of the core, wherein at least one of the core and the shell layer is doped with aluminum, silicon, titanium, magnesium, or zinc, and the core includes a Group III-V compound. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319517 | MULTILAYER LIQUID CRYSTAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING POLARIZING PLATE - The present specification provides a multi-layer liquid crystal film including: a substrate; a first alignment film provided on the substrate; a first liquid crystal film provided on the first alignment film; a second alignment film provided on the first liquid crystal film and comprising a multifunctional acrylate; and a second liquid crystal film provided on the second alignment film, and a method for manufacturing a polarizing plate, including: laminating the multi-layer liquid crystal film to a polarizer, and peeling off the substrate. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319518 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a liquid-crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid-crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a pixel electrode provide, the first electrode includes an electrode base portion extending in a first direction and comb tooth portions extending in a second direction and protruding in a comb teeth shape from the electrode base portion with a predetermined distance interposed therebetween, and adjacent comb tooth portions include adjacent comb tooth portions having a relation in which a first long side of one comb tooth portion closest to a boundary between pixels is not parallel to a first long side of the other comb tooth portion. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319519 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - Provided is a liquid crystal display panel adopting a notch design. The capacitance compensation module corresponding to the notch of the substrate and located in the peripheral area is disposed on the substrate. The capacitance compensation module includes semiconductor blocks and compensation traces. Each row of semiconductor blocks is correspondingly located below one first sub-scan line. Each compensation trace is correspondingly located above one column of semiconductor blocks and intersects with the first sub-scan lines. Each first sub-scan line is connected to one row of corresponding semiconductor blocks thereto via through holes. In any two first sub-scan lines, a capacitance between the first sub-scan line away from the notch, the corresponding semiconductor block and the compensation trace below the first sub-scan line is smaller than a capacitance between the first sub-scan line close to the notch, the corresponding semiconductor block and the compensation trace below the first sub-scan line. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319520 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix on the substrate where each pixel includes a switching element, a plurality of gate lines that are connected to the switching elements and extend in a row direction, and a gate driver that is connected to the gate lines and is formed on the substrate as an integrated circuit. In the liquid crystal display, the gate driver includes a first region and a second region that is not aligned with the first region. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319521 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING INTENSITY OF AMBIENT LIGHT REFLECTED THEREON - A display panel, a method for preparing a display panel and a method for adjusting an intensity of ambient light reflected on a display panel are provided in embodiments of the disclosure. The display panel includes: a base substrate; a plurality of sub-pixel units ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319522 | SUBSTRATE AND ELECTROPHORETIC DEVICE - According to an aspect, a substrate includes an insulating base material, a pixel electrode provided on one surface side of the base material, a common electrode provided between the base material and the pixel electrode. All sides on an outer periphery of the common electrode are located inside the pixel electrode in a plan view. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319523 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel including a substrate, a thermal sensor, a plurality of sensing traces, a pixel layer, and a display medium layer is provided. The substrate has a display area. The thermal sensor is attached on the substrate. The sensing traces are disposed on the substrate and connected to the thermal sensor. The pixel layer disposed on the substrate includes a pixel structure and a plurality of signal lines. The pixel structure is disposed in the display area and connected to the signal lines. The signal lines of the pixel layer are independent from the sensing traces. The display medium layer is disposed on the substrate and the pixel layer is located between the display medium layer and the substrate. A display apparatus and a method of fabricating the display panel are also provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319524 | Speckle Reduction in Photonic Phased Arrays - Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures providing speckle reduction in photonic phased array structures. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319525 | GRAPHENE MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTRUE FOR ULTRA-SENSITIVE MICROPHOTONIC DEVICES WITH MICROVOLTS INPUTS - A electronic method, includes receiving, by a graphene structure, a microwave signal. The microwave signal has a driving voltage level. The electronic method includes generating, by the graphene structure, optical photons based on the microvolts. The electronic method includes outputting, by the graphene structure, the optical photons. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319526 | FREQUENCY-TUNABLE QUANTUM MICROWAVE TO OPTICAL CONVERSION SYSTEM - A electronic method, includes receiving, by a graphene structure, a microwave signal. The microwave signal has a driving voltage level. The electronic method includes generating, by the graphene structure, optical photons based on the microvolts. The electronic method includes outputting, by the graphene structure, the optical photons. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319527 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens apparatus includes an aperture stop, a driving device configured to drive the aperture stop, a storage storing a driving instruction value for driving the aperture stop, and a controller configured to perform control of the driving device based on the driving instruction value. The storage stores the driving instruction value, among a plurality of ones of the driving instruction value, by which an absolute value of a difference, between a target aperture value and an actual aperture value obtained by the control, that is largest with respect to a plurality of ones of the drive amount is minimized. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319528 | VARIABLE IRIS DEVICE WITH SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ELEMENT - An aperture device actuated by a shape memory alloy wire controls two overlapping shuttering surfaces. The two shuttering surfaces control the amount of light transmitted through a lens assembly. The shape memory alloy wire is actuated by a flexible printed circuit which controls a lever slotted to both shuttering surfaces. By Joule heating, the electric current controls the shape of the wire, actuating the aperture device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319529 | CONFIGURABLE LENS SHIELD - A configurable lens cover configured to be disposed over a lens of a sensor to control an area monitored by a sensor and/or to block light from undesirable directions from striking the lens of the sensor. The configurable lens cover includes a collar that has an inner edge which defines a central opening. Further, the configurable lens cover includes detachable panels that extend angularly and inward towards a central axis and the central opening of the configurable lens cover from the inner edge of the collar. The detachable panels may be partially separated from each other along the side edges and top end of each detachable panel. Furthermore, the configurable lens cover includes perforations formed adjacent a bottom end of each detachable panel that is coupled to each other and the collar. The perforations define a living hinge along which each detachable panel is breakable. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319530 | Mobile Device Case Having a Plurality of Lens Covers Biased in a Lens Covering Position - A mobile device case has a first lens cover and a second lens cover. The first lens cover and second lens cover are each moveable between a first position and a second position. A coupling connects the first lens cover to the second lens cover. When the first lens cover is in the first position and the second lens cover is in the first position, movement of the first lens cover from the first position to the second position, simultaneously and automatically moves the second lens cover from the first position to the second position. When the first lens cover is in the second position and unlocked, and the second lens cover is in the second position, a biasing force automatically moves the first lens cover into the first position from the second position, and the second lens cover, by way of the coupling, automatically and simultaneously moves into the first position. The first lens cover automatically locks in place by a locking construction when the first lens cover is moved into the second position from the first position. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319531 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE - A multifunctional case for cell phones, tablets, and other personal electronic devices with flip, sliding, and adjustable magnifying lens for viewing a screen is disclosed. The multifunctional case includes options with a detachable lens and a handle, allowing a user carrying a smartphone or similar personal electronic device mounted in the multifunctional case an immediately available means to magnify print on objects, giving the user various ways to eliminate many occasions where reading glassed are needed. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319532 | FOCUSING METHOD, IMAGING DEVICE, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - A focusing method includes determining a present position of a lens, determining an initial search direction based on a relationship between the present position of the lens and a reference position, and controlling the lens to perform a focusing process in the initial search direction. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319533 | OPTICAL FILTER HOLDER - Self-adjusting filter holder assembly ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319534 | CAMERA SUPPORTING BASE - A camera supporting base includes a mounting platform with a mounting surface, a lower surface, and a recess area. The mounting surface is raised above and non-coplanar with the lower surface of the mounting platform. The camera supporting base also includes a pliable mass surrounding the mounting platform. The mounting surface of the mounting platform is recessed below a highest contour of the pliable mass. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319535 | CAMERA DOLLY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - A camera dolly includes a folding arm having a lower end of a first arm section pivotally attached to the chassis, and a lower end of a second arm section pivotally attached to an upper end of the first arm section. A hydraulic system includes a pump, an accumulator and a hydraulic cylinder connected to the first arm section. An arm drive system in the first arm section rotates the second arm section relative to the first arm section. The arm drive system may use chains and sprockets. An electrical system includes a battery contained within a lower rear opening of the chassis. The motor and an AC to DC converter are electrically connected to a motor mechanically connected to the pump. The pump is operated by the motor, and the motor is electrically powered by the battery and/or the AC to DC converter. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319536 | PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED SLIDING APPARATUS THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to an electrically controlled sliding apparatus for photographic equipment, comprising: a controlling component, comprising a power supply and a slider controlling component electrically connected with the power supply; a guiding component; and a sliding component electrically connected with the controlling component and slidably mounted on the guiding component, the sliding component comprising: a rotation component for providing rotation movement; wherein the controlling component further comprises a first conducting part electrically connected with the power supply and the sliding component, the controlling component is configured to supply power to the rotation component through the first conducting part, and wherein the first conducting part comprises a first connecting section and a second connecting section respectively connected with the controlling component and the sliding component. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319537 | MOUNTING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM - A mounting apparatus comprising: a base unit configured to fix the mounting apparatus to an object; a holding unit on which a plurality of image capturing apparatuses are installable; a rotation mechanism unit installed on the base unit to rotatably support the holding unit; and a plurality of adjustment units configured to rotate at least around an axis substantially parallel to a rotation axis of the rotation mechanism unit, the plurality of adjustment units enabling the plurality of image capturing apparatuses to rotate in an identical direction around an axis substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the rotation mechanism unit. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319538 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF COOLING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - A plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements are to be efficiently cooled. There are provided a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements that are arranged in n rows and m columns, and a plurality of flow channels where a cooling medium flows through, the plurality of flow channels being formed to sandwich the n rows of semiconductor light-emitting elements or the m columns of semiconductor light-emitting elements. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319539 | LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM, PROJECTION DEVICE OF SAME, AND LIGHTING DEVICE THEREOF - A light source system includes an excitation light unit, a spectral filter unit, a scattering unit, and an excited-light unit. The excitation light unit is configured to emit excitation light. In an embodiment, the spectral filter unit reflects a portion of the excitation light to the scattering unit, the scattering unit scatters the same to generate a first light and a second light, and the spectral filter unit transmits the second light. The spectral filter unit also transmits another part of the excitation light to the excited-light unit, the excited-light unit emits excited light under the illumination thereof, and the spectral filter unit reflects the excited light, so that the spectral filter unit merges and emits the transmitted second light and the reflected excited light. The excitation light is thus split into two paths at the spectral filter unit, and finally emits light by combining excitation light and excited light. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319540 | PROJECTOR, ROTATIONAL PHASE CONTROL DEVICE, PROGRAM FOR THE ROTATIONAL PHASE CONTROL DEVICE AND WHEEL ROTATIONAL SPEED CONTROL METHOD - A projector, a rotational phase control device, a program for the rotational phase control device, and a wheel rotational speed control method include: a phosphor wheel that emits a plurality of different color lights at a cycle corresponding to a rotational speed when excitation light is irradiated; a color wheel into which the lights emitted from phosphor wheel enter; and a rotational phase control device that controls a rotational speed and a phase of color wheel in accordance with a rotational speed and a phase of phosphor wheel so that a phase relationship between phosphor wheel and color wheel is not changed and so that a rotational speed ratio between phosphor wheel and color wheel is equal to a rotational speed ratio between phosphor wheel and color wheel in a steady state. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319541 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source device includes: first and second light source elements which respectively generate blue and red lights; a first phase difference plate which controls a polarization component of the blue light; a first light combiner which combines the blue and the red lights, the blue light entering from the first phase difference plate; a second light combiner which the blue and the red light enter and which divides the blue light into first and second polarization components; a phosphor plate which generates yellow light by being excited by the first polarization component; and a second phase difference plate which controls polarization of the second polarization component and the red light. The second polarization component and the red light enter a reflective plate from the second phase difference plate, are reflected, enter the second light combiner again via the second phase difference plate, and are combined with the yellow light. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319542 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination system and a projection apparatus are provided. The illumination system includes an excitation light source, an auxiliary light source emitting an auxiliary light beam, and a dichroic device located on a transmission path of the auxiliary light beam. The auxiliary light beam has a first polarization light beam having a first polarization state and a second polarization light beam having a second polarization state. A ratio of light intensity of the first polarization light beam to light intensity of the second polarization light beam is greater than or equal to 20. The dichroic device provides a light beam having the first polarization state and a first wavelength with transmittance of 50% and provides the light beam having the second polarization state and a second wavelength with transmittance of 50% when an angle at which the light beam enters the dichroic device is greater than a predetermined angel. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319543 | PROJECTOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A projector control system and a control method corresponding to same. The system includes a main controller, a dynamic current adjusting module, a color wheel controller, a color wheel rotation speed feedback module, and a light source; the dynamic current adjusting module includes a DLP module, a light source controller, and a power supply module; the color wheel rotation speed feedback module generates a feedback signal; the DLP module receives the feedback signal, and the DLP module receives dynamic brightness information and sends processed dynamic brightness information and a control signal to the light source controller according to the feedback signal; the light source controller controls the power module according to the received processed dynamic brightness information and the control signal sent by the DLP module to turn on a power switch and output a corresponding current value. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319544 | THERMAL PROCESSING DRUM - A drum for processing a thermal image medium has first and second end plates that extend orthogonally to an axis of rotation and enclose an inner core. First and second inner partitions along the axis define a first end zone between the first partition and the first end plate, a second end zone between the second partition and the second end plate, and a middle zone between the first and second partitions. Each inner partition has sleeve portions that extend outward from the partition, in an axial direction. A first lamp heater extends parallel to the axis and through one or more sleeve portions and has a first filament within the first end zone and a second filament within the second end zone. A second lamp heater extends parallel to the axis and through one or more sleeve portions and has a central filament within the middle zone. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319545 | Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography System, Device, and Method for Printing Low Pattern Density Features - A lithography system includes a radiation source configured to generate an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light. The lithography system includes a mask that defines one or more features of an integrated circuit (IC). The lithography system includes an illuminator configured to direct the EUV light onto the mask. The mask diffracts the EUV light into a 0-th order ray and a plurality of higher order rays. The lithography system includes a wafer stage configured to secure a wafer that is to be patterned according to the one or more features defined by the mask. The lithography system includes a pupil phase modulator positioned in a pupil plane that is located between the mask and the wafer stage. The pupil phase modulator is configured to change a phase of the 0-th order ray. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319546 | PELLICLE FRAME AND PELLICLE ASSEMBLY - A pellicle frame for supporting a pellicle, the frame having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a structure provided between the first and the second surfaces, wherein the first and second surfaces and the structure at least partially define at least one volume therebetween that is devoid of the material that forms the frame. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319547 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An imprint apparatus for forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold having a mesa including a pattern region where a pattern and a mark are formed. The apparatus includes an alignment optical system which includes an illumination system configured to illuminate the mark with illumination light and a detecting system configured to detect an image of the mark illuminated by the illumination system. The illumination system includes a limiter configured to limit incidence of the illumination light to a side of the mesa, a ridge line of the mesa, and an outer region of the side. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319548 | COMPOSITION, FILM, NEAR INFRARED CUT FILTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND INFRARED SENSOR - A composition includes a near infrared absorbing pigment and a solvent, in which the near infrared absorbing pigment is at least one selected from a colorant compound which has a cation and an anion in the same molecule, a colorant compound which is a salt of a cationic chromophore and a counter anion, and a colorant compound which is a salt of an anionic chromophore and a counter cation, a D50 particle size in which a cumulative volume in a particle size distribution of particle sizes of the near infrared absorbing pigment is 50% is 100 nm or lower, and d values of Hansen solubility parameters of the near infrared absorbing pigment and the solvent satisfy a predetermined expression. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319549 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, ELEMENT HAVING CURED FILM, ORGANIC EL DISPLAY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL DISPLAY - An object of the invention is to provide a cured film which is high in sensitivity, capable of forming a pattern in a low-taper shape, capable of the change in pattern opening width between before and after thermal curing, an excellent in light-blocking property, and a photosensitive resin composition that forms the film. The photosensitive resin composition contains an (A) alkali-soluble resin, a (C) photosensitive agent, a (Da) black colorant, and a (F) a cross-linking agent, where the (A) alkali-soluble resin contains a (A1) first resin including one or more selected from the group consisting of: a specific (A1-1) polyimide; a (A1-2) polyimide precursor; a (A1-3) polybenzoxazole; and a (A1-4) polybenzoxazole precursor, and contains a structural unit having a fluorine atom at a specific ratio, the content ratio of the (Da) black colorant is a specific ratio, and the (F) cross-linking agent contains an epoxy compound that has a specific structure, and/or an epoxy resin that has a specific structural unit. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319550 | SULFONIUM COMPOUND, CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION, AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A novel sulfonium compound of formula (A) and a chemically amplified resist composition comprising the same as a PAG are provided. When processed by photolithography using KrF or ArF excimer laser, EB or EUV, the resist composition has a high sensitivity and reduced acid diffusion and is improved in lithography properties. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319551 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, MASK BLANK WITH RESIST FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOTOMASK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition that can provide a resist film with excellent sensitivity and a pattern with excellent LER performance, and can suppress pattern collapse during pattern formation. In addition, the present invention also provides a resist film, a pattern forming method, a mask blank with a resist film, a method for producing a photomask, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, each using the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin X having a repeating unit A represented by General Formula (I), a repeating unit B having an acid-decomposable group, and a repeating unit C selected from a repeating unit c1 represented by General Formula (II) and the like; a compound Y which is a basic compound or ammonium salt compound whose basicity is reduced upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; and a photoacid generator Z which is a compound other than the compound Y. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319552 | PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THERMAL BARRIER COATING BY LITHOGRAPHY - A method for protecting a coating on a surface of a component is provided. The method includes a coating step for coating at least a portion of the component with a ceramic slurry. A projecting step is used for projecting a pattern of light onto the component with a lithographic process to expose and solidify a ceramic layer. A removing step is used for removing unexposed portions of the ceramic slurry from the component. A heating step heats the component to sinter the ceramic layer. The ceramic layer is formed with multiple fracture planes. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319553 | PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THERMAL BARRIER COATING INTEGRITY BY LITHOGRAPHY - A method for protecting a coating on a surface of a component is provided. The method includes a coating step that coats at least a portion of the component with a ceramic slurry. A projecting step projects a pattern of light onto the component with a lithographic process to expose and solidify a ceramic layer. A removing step removes unexposed portions of the ceramic slurry from the component. The ceramic layer comprises multiple stress raising elements or multiple anchoring elements. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319554 | METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNED POLYIMIDE LAYER - The present invention provides a method for forming a patterned polyimide layer with the use of a positive photoresist composition. The composition comprises a cresol-type novolac resin, a diazonaphthoquinone-based sensitizer and an organic solvent; based on the cresol-type novolac resin with a total amount of 100 parts by weight, the amount of the diazonaphthoquinone-based sensitizer ranges from 40 parts to 60 parts by weight, the amount of the free cresol in the cresol-type novolac resin is lower than 2 parts by weight, and the alkaline dissolution rate (ADR) of the cresol-type novolac resin in an aqueous solution of 3.5 wt % to 7 wt % tetramethylammonium hydroxide is lower than 285 Å/s. The positive photoresist composition has excellent chemical resistance to the polyimide stripper, and can specifically improve the protective ability of the photoresist layer to the low-dielectric polyimide layer, thereby optimizing the manufacturing process and quality of the patterned polyimide layer. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319555 | NEGATIVE RESIST FORMULATION FOR PRODUCING UNDERCUT PATTERN PROFILES - A negative-acting, photoresist composition, imageable by 365 nm radiation that is developable in aqueous base. Apart from solvent, this composition comprises: a) an aqueous base soluble phenolic film-forming polymeric binder resin having ring bonded hydroxyl groups; b) a photoacid generator c) a crosslinking agent which comprises an etherified melamine; d) a dye as described herein; e) a quencher system consisting essentially of an amine quencher, or a mixture of such amine quenchers, as described. This invention also pertains to processes of using this composition as a photoresist. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319556 | GAP FILLING COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYMER - [Subject] There is provided a gap filling composition which can reduce pattern collapse and a pattern forming method using the composition. [Solution means] There is provided a gap filling composition including a polymer having a certain structure and an organic solvent. There is provided a pattern forming method using a certain polymer. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319557 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION AND COLOR CONVERTING FIILM - The present invention relates to a photosensitive composition, and a color conversion film. The present invention further relates to a use of the photosensitive composition in a color conversion film fabrication process, and to a use of the color conversion film in an optical device. The invention further more relates to an optical device comprising the color conversion film and method for preparing the color conversion film and the optical device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319558 | A LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR - A lithographic printing plate precursor includes a photopolymerizable coating and an overcoat which is deactivated after imagewise exposure and preheating of the precursor. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319559 | LIQUID CHEMICAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID CHEMICAL - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid chemical exhibiting excellent defect inhibitive performance even in a case of being applied to a resist process by EUV exposure. Another object thereof is to provide a method for producing a liquid chemical. The liquid chemical of the present invention includes an organic solvent; Fe nanoparticles containing a Fe atom and having a particle size of 0.5 to 17 nm; and Pb nanoparticles containing a Pb atom and having a particle size of 0.5 to 17 nm, in which a ratio of the number of the Fe nanoparticles contained to the number of the Pb nanoparticles contained is 1.0 to 1.0×10 | 2020-10-08 |
20200319560 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS WITH POST TREATMENT - Methods for performing a lithography process are provided. The method for performing a lithography process includes forming a resist layer over a substrate and exposing a portion of the resist layer to form an exposed portion between unexposed portions. The method for performing a lithography process further includes developing the resist layer to remove the exposed portion of the resist layer such that an opening is formed between the unexposed portions and forming a post treatment coating material in the opening and over the unexposed portions of the resist layer. The method for performing a lithography process further includes reacting a portion of the unexposed portions of the resist layer with the post treatment coating material by performing a post treatment process and removing the post treatment coating material. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319561 | PROTECTIVE FILM FORMING COMPOSITION HAVING A DIOL STRUCTURE - A protective film-forming composition which protects against a semiconductor wet etching solution, contains a solvent and a compound or polymer thereof containing at least one pair including two adjacent hydroxyl groups in a molecule thereof, and forms a protective film which can quickly be removed by dry etching and exhibits excellent resistance against a semiconductor wet etching solution during the lithographic process when producing semiconductors; a method for producing a resist pattern-equipped substrate which uses the protective film; and a method for producing a semiconductor device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319562 | Metrology Method and Apparatus with Increased Bandwidth - Disclosed is method of optimizing bandwidth of measurement illumination for a measurement application, and an associated metrology apparatus. The method comprises performing a reference measurement with reference measurement illumination having a reference bandwidth and performing one or more optimization measurements, each of said one or more optimization measurements being performed with measurement illumination having a varied candidate bandwidth. The one or more optimization measurements are compared with the reference measurement; and an optimal bandwidth for the measurement application is selected based on the comparison. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319563 | MARK, OVERLAY TARGET, AND METHODS OF ALIGNMENT AND OVERLAY - A resonant amplitude grating mark has a periodic structure configured to scatter radiation incident on a surface plane of the alignment mark. The scattering is mainly by excitation of a resonant mode in the periodic structure parallel to the surface plane. The effective refractive indexes and lengths of portions of the periodic structure are configured to provide an optical path length of the unit cell in the direction of periodicity that equals an integer multiple of a wavelength present in the spectrum of the radiation. The effective refractive indexes and lengths of the portions are also configured to provide an optical path length of the second portion in the direction of periodicity that is equal to half of the wavelength present in the spectrum of the radiation. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319564 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FLAT PANEL DISPLAY, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD - A substrate stage apparatus provided with: a substrate holder that can be moved in a plane including an X-axis and a Y-axis; a head unit that can be moved synchronously with the substrate holder along the Y-axis; an encoder system for measuring substrate position, the system including a scale disposed on the substrate holder, and heads disposed on the head unit, and acquiring the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction position information of the substrate holder on the basis of the output of the heads; an encoder system for measuring head-unit position, the system acquiring the Y-axis direction position information of the head unit; and a position control system that controls the position of the substrate holder within the XY plane on the basis of the output of the encoder system for measuring substrate position and the encoder system for measuring head-unit position. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319565 | Humidity Control in EUV Lithography - A layer is formed over a wafer. The layer contains a material that is sensitive to an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation. A first baking process is performed to the layer. The first baking process is performed with a first humidity level that is greater than about 44%. After the first baking process, the layer is exposed to EUV radiation. A second baking process is performed to the layer. The second baking process is performed with a second humidity level that is greater than about 44%. The layer is rinsed with a liquid that contains water before the second baking process or after the second baking process. After the exposing, the layer is developed with a developer solution that contains water. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319566 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an electrophotographic image forming method using an electrophotographic photoconductor. The electrophotographic photoconductor has a protective layer. The surface of the protective layer has a projection structure. The average distance between neighboring projections among a plurality of projections R is set within the range of 100 to 250 nm. A toner including titanate compound particles attached to toner base particles is used. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319567 | POSITIVE-CHARGING TONER - Provided is a positive-charging toner having a toner particle that contains a binder resin, the binder resin contains a polymer A having a first monomer unit derived from a first polymerizable monomer, and a second monomer unit derived from a second polymerizable monomer, the first polymerizable monomer is at least one selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid esters having a C18 to C36 alkyl group, the content of the first monomer unit in the polymer A is 5.0 to 60.0 mol % and the content of the second monomer unit is 20.0 to 95.0 mol %, SP | 2020-10-08 |
20200319568 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ARTICLES HAVING A METALLIC LUSTER, AND TONERS WITH A METALLIC LUSTER USING THE SAME AND A PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME - A method for producing an article having a novel metal gloss which does not use a solvent when forming an article having metallic luster, and a toner for metallic luster color and a printing method using the same. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319569 | MAGENTA TONER - The magenta toner is excellent in image density, has an enhanced chargeability, and can be produced at a low cost. The magenta toner includes a binder resin and a magenta colorant. A compound A represented by the following general formula (1) and C.I. Solvent Violet 59 are contained as the magenta colorant. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319570 | CHEMICALLY PREPARED CORE SHELL MAGENTA TONER USING A BORAX COUPLING AGENT AND METHOD TO MAKE THE SAME - A method for producing a chemically prepared magenta toner composition according to one example embodiment includes combining and agglomerating a first polymer emulsion with a magenta colorant dispersion containing a single azo magenta pigment and a release agent dispersion to form toner cores. A borax coupling agent is added to the toner cores. A second polymer emulsion is combined and agglomerated with the toner cores having the borax coupling agent to form toner shells around the toner cores. The aggregated toner cores and toner shells are fused to form magenta toner particles. The single azo magenta pigment in the magenta pigment dispersion does not aggregate into clusters on the outer surface of the surface core. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319571 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, REPLENISHMENT DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrophotographic developer is provided. The electrophotographic developer comprises a toner and a carrier. The toner contains alumina particles. The carrier comprises a core particle and a resin layer coating a surface of the core particle. The carrier has a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of from 45 to 70 μm and a bulk density of from 2.1 to 2.5 g/cm | 2020-10-08 |
20200319572 | BEARING COMPONENT, ROTATING DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A bearing component for rotatably receiving a rotating shaft on an end of a rotating unit includes a component body, an inner protrusion, and one or more outer protrusions. The component body has a recess into which the rotating shaft is rotatably inserted. The inner protrusion protrudes from a wall portion of the recess facing an end surface of the rotating shaft. The inner protrusion receives an axial load by the rotating shaft. The outer protrusions protrude from an outer surface of the component body opposite to the recess. The one or more outer protrusions are in contact with a holding unit. A contact portion between the outer protrusions and the holding unit is offset from a contact portion position between the inner protrusion and the end surface. The contact portion between at least one of the outer protrusions and the holding unit has a non-planar shape. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319573 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, EXPOSURE HEAD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a shift thyristor, a light-emitting thyristor, a transfer diode having one node connected to gates of the shift thyristor and the light-emitting thyristor, and a stacked structure including a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, a third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, and a fourth semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type. The stacked structure includes first and second mesas, the transfer diode is provided in the first mesa, and at least one of the shift thyristor and the light-emitting thyristor is provided in the second mesa. The device further includes a resistor connected to the other node of the transfer diode and including at least part of the third semiconductor layer and first and second electrodes on the third semiconductor layer. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319574 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE DEVELOPMENT ROLL - An electrophotography device development roller in which an increase in the electric charge of a toner is suppressed is provided. This electrophotography device development roller | 2020-10-08 |
20200319575 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer container includes a container body, a transport unit, a support unit, and a protrusion. The container body includes a cylindrical accommodating space that accommodates a developer, and a discharge port. The transport unit transports the accommodated developer toward the discharge port by a transport blade. The transport blade moves so as to pass closely to an inner wall of the accommodating space. The support unit rotatably supports a rotating shaft of the transport unit. The support unit includes a connecting component that connects to an external element to receive external rotational power. The protrusion protrudes inward from the inner wall. When the transport unit reversely rotates in an opposite direction to a rotational direction in transporting the developer, the transport blade passes in contact with the protrusion and vibrates so as to touch the inner wall of the accommodating space. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319576 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an outer roller configured to form a contact portion that is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of a belt member, an inner roller configured to abut against the outer roller via the belt member, a first roller adjacent to the outer roller and the inner roller on a downstream side in a direction of movement of the belt member, and, a second roller adjacent to the outer roller and the inner roller on an upstream side. At least a portion of at least one of the first and second rollers is provided on a same side as the outer roller with respect to a tangent passing an intersection of the inner roller and a straight line connecting a center of rotation of the outer roller and a center of rotation of the inner roller. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319577 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - At least a part of a cleaning roller is provided on the same side as an opposed roller with respect to an external common tangent Z of a first roller and a second roller. In a case in which a surface velocity of the driving roller is designated as v1; a surface velocity of the cleaning roller is designated as v2; a radius of the cleaning roller is designated as r; a radius of the opposed roller is designated as s; and a distance between the center of rotation of the cleaning roller and the center of rotation of the opposed roller is designated as x, the cleaning roller is rotated so as to satisfy a relationship: v2/v12020-10-08 | |
20200319578 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate transfer belt has a first region and a second region in an outer circumferential surface thereof that is in contact with a blade. The first region has a first dynamic friction coefficient in a belt conveyance direction, and the second region has a second dynamic friction coefficient. The distance of the second region in the belt conveyance direction is less than the distance of the first region and is greater than the distance of a contact portion in which the blade is in contact with the intermediate transfer belt. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319579 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, a reversal transport unit that reverses front and back sides of the recording medium having an image formed by the image forming unit, and then transports the recording medium to the image forming unit, a detection unit disposed in a transport path of the reversal transport unit to detect the position of the recording medium in a transverse direction transverse to a transport direction, the transport direction being the direction of transport of the recording medium, and an adjustment unit that adjusts the position of an image in the image forming unit in accordance with the position of the recording medium detected by the detection unit. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319580 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes: a conveyor that conveys continuous paper; an image former that forms an image on the continuous paper being conveyed; a fixer that pressurizes and heats the continuous paper passing through a fixing nip by bringing rotor into pressure contact with each other to form the fixing nip and rotating the rotors, to fix an image on the continuous paper; and a hardware processor that releases the fixing nip and stop rotation of the rotors and conveyance of the continuous paper by the conveyor when a lastly formed image in accordance with a print job passes through the fixing nip, the hardware processor then performing re-conveyance in which the continuous paper is conveyed by the conveyor with the fixing nip being left released and without rotation of the rotors, before performing warm-up of the fixer. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319581 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a fixing roller, a heater, a heater controller, and a roller controller. The fixing roller conveys a sheet by rotation and fixes a recording material formed on the sheet to the sheet. The heater heats the fixing roller. The heater controller controls a temperature of the heater. The roller controller controls a rotation speed of the fixing roller. When the roller controller satisfies a predetermined condition indicating that a fixing part temperature indicating a temperature of the fixing roller is not suitable for operation, the roller controller increases a rotation speed to be higher than a rotation speed of a case in which the predetermined condition is not satisfied. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319582 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, EXPOSURE HEAD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a semiconductor stacked structure including a light-emitting layer, a metal electrode provided over the semiconductor stacked structure and having an opening for externally emitting a light emitted from the light-emitting layer, and a transparent electrode provided over the semiconductor stacked structure inside the opening and over the metal electrode. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319583 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a first storage portion to which a first heating unit configured to heat the sheet of the first storage portion is detachably attached, a second storage portion to which a second heating unit configured to heat the sheet of the second storage portion is detachably attached, and an input portion configured for an operator to input information on attachment of the first heating unit to the first storage portion, and information on attachment of the second heating unit to the second storage portion. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319584 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TYPE OF SHEET BY IMAGING SHEET - A first light guide guides first light in a first light guiding path. The first light is of light irradiated from the light source to a sheet. A first detection unit receives reflected light from the sheet and outputs an image signal indicating an image of a surface of the sheet. A second light guide guides second light in a second light guiding path different from the first light guiding path. The second light is of the light irradiated from the light source and is different from the first light. A second detection unit receives the second light and output a detection signal corresponding to a light amount of the second light. A control unit controls a light emission amount of the light source based on the detection signal. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319585 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DENSITY OF OUTPUT IMAGE BASED ON READ DATA OF TEST IMAGE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image forming unit forms an image based on image data. A roller conveys the sheet from a tray. A reading unit reads the sheet. A controller controls the image forming unit to form a test image on one side of the sheet, controls the roller to convey the sheet on which the test image has been formed, obtains first read data relating to a read result of a first surface of the sheet on which the test image is formed, obtains second read data relating to a read result of a second surface from the first read data and the second read data, selects read data relating to a read result relating to the test image, controls, based on the selected read data, a density of an output image to be formed by the image forming unit. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319586 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a toner cartridge, a developer, and a processor. The toner cartridge includes an accommodation container accommodating toner and a memory storing a first toner residual amount display threshold value. The developer performs development by the toner supplied from the toner cartridge. The processor calculates a second toner residual amount display threshold value based on a toner supply index, indicating an amount of the toner supplied to the developer from at least one toner cartridge used before a toner cartridge mounted on the image forming apparatus, and the first toner residual amount display threshold value. The processor outputs notification relating to a toner residual amount when a toner supply index indicating an amount of toner supplied to the developer from the toner cartridge mounted on the image forming apparatus exceeds the second toner residual amount display threshold value. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319587 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a drawer movable between an inner position and an outer position and supporting a first cartridge including a first photosensitive drum and a first discharge part and a second cartridge including a second photosensitive drum and a second discharge part; and a waste toner box including a first coupling part coupled with the first discharge part and a second coupling part coupled with the second discharge part, in a state where the first cartridge and the second cartridge are supported by the drawer at an inner position and the waste toner box is mounted to the apparatus main body, the waste toner box being movable between a first/second position where the first coupling part and the first discharge part are coupled/decoupled and the second coupling part and the second discharge part are coupled/decoupled. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319588 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first cartridge support is configured to support a drum cartridge. The first cartridge support is configured to move in a first direction between a first position at which the drum cartridge is mounted on a housing and a second position at which the drum cartridge is detachable. A second cartridge support is configured to support a development cartridge. The second cartridge support is configured to move in the first direction between a third position at which the development cartridge is mounted on the drum cartridge and a fourth position at which the development cartridge is detachable. In a state where the second cartridge support is located at the third position, the second cartridge support is located between the first cartridge support located at the first position and a cover located at a closed position with respect to the first direction. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319589 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a position of a developing unit with respect to a photoreceptor unit, the developing unit being mounted in an image forming apparatus, is switched to a contact position from a separation position with a switching unit, the developing unit at the contact position is brought to a state forming a predetermined space with the guide unit through which an airflow generated by a fan and that flows in a longitudinal direction of the guide unit flows, and when the position of the developing unit with respect to the photoreceptor unit, the developing unit being mounted in the image forming apparatus, is switched to the separation position from the contact position with the switching unit, the developing unit at the separation position is brought to a state in which the developing unit enters at least a portion of an area of the predetermined space. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319590 | Method for Producing a Volume Hologram Film Having Security Elements Formed as Transfer Sections - A method for forming a volume hologram film having security elements which are formed as a transfer section of the volume hologram film is described, wherein the volume hologram film has n volume hologram layers arranged one over another. The production of the volume hologram film is carried out in a roll-to-roll method with the following method steps:
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20200319591 | Large Volume Holographic Imaging Systems and Associated Methods - A method for large volume holographic imaging is provided that may include determining projection operators within sub-volumes of a decomposed target volume, and determining a point aggregation operator for each sub-volume based on the projection operators. The method may further include receiving holographic field measurement data set captured for the target volume via the sensor array, generating a sub-volume interest value for each sub-volume by applying the holographic field measurement data set to each point aggregation operator, determining a sub-volume with a highest sub-volume interest value, and determining respective lower-tier sub-volume interest values for lower-tier sub-volumes of the sub-volume with the highest sub-volume interest value. The lower-tier sub-volumes may be defined by decomposing the sub-volume with the highest sub-volume interest value. Additionally, the method may include generating an image of the target volume based on the lower-tier sub-volume interest values. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319592 | DIFFERENTIAL HOLOGRAPHY - Differential Holography technology measures the amplitude and/or phase of, e.g., an incident linearly polarized spatially coherent quasi-monochromatic optical field by optically computing the first derivative of the field and linearly mapping it to an irradiance signal detectable by an image sensor. This information recorded on the image sensor is then recovered by a simple algorithm. In some embodiments, an input field is split into two or more beams to independently compute the horizontal and vertical derivatives (using amplitude gradient filters in orthogonal orientations) for detection on one image sensor in separate regions of interest (ROIs) or on multiple image sensors. A third unfiltered beam recorded in a third ROI directly measures amplitude variations in the input field to numerically remove its contribution as noise before recovering the original wavefront using a numerical in algorithm. When combined, the measured amplitude and phase constitute a holographic recording of the incident optical field. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319593 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING QUALITY OF HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY AND HOLOGRAM MEASUREMENT PATTERN THEREOF - The present description may provide a method of generating a hologram measurement pattern for measuring image quality of holographic display, including: generating a test pattern and a common pattern including at least one grayscale bar; generating measurement pattern data by combining the common pattern with a frame of the test pattern; and generating the hologram measurement pattern by inserting a random phase into the measurement pattern data and an apparatus applied thereto, thereby more accurately measuring the quality of the 3D holographic image reproduced by the holographic display. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319594 | FULL-FUNCTION HOLOGRAPHIC ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME - A holographic antenna for recording a comprehensive interference pattern beyond the mere minimum and maximum values and reconstructing waveform of a target antenna includes a feed antenna and a holographic structure. The holographic structure includes a substrate and a plurality of spaced metal strips disposed on the substrate. Heights of the metal strips are negatively correlated with intensities of the interference pattern. A method for fabricating such a holographic antenna is also provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319595 | MECHANICAL BRAKING DEVICE FOR A HOROLOGICAL MOBILE COMPONENT - A braking device ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319596 | DEVICE FOR COUPLING TWO HOROLOGICAL OSCILLATORS - Horological device ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319597 | ANTISHOCK DEVICE AND TIMEPIECE MECHANICAL OSCILLATOR WITH FLEXIBLE GUIDANCE HAVING SUCH AN ANTISHOCK DEVICE - An antishock device intended to protect from shocks a timepiece mechanical oscillator with flexure guiding, the antishock device including a visco-elastic element and a rigid stop, each being configured in such a manner as to cooperate with a portion of the oscillator. The visco-elastic element is configured to be deformed elastically if the oscillator is subjected, in the event of a shock, to an acceleration between | 2020-10-08 |
20200319598 | SELF-ADJUSTABLE HOROLOGICAL OSCILLATOR - A horological movement ( | 2020-10-08 |