47th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140340589 | CHOLESTERIC WRITING BOARD DISPLAY DEVICE - A cholesteric liquid crystal writing board display device includes a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal writing tablets and a front cover layer extending over the cholesteric liquid crystal writing tablets. The cholesteric liquid crystal writing tablets are tiled together by the front cover layer such that the writing board display device appears nearly seamless. Or, the writing tablets can be spaced apart from each other. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340590 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a substrate, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite with the first surface. The first conductive layer is located on the first surface and includes a plurality of first conductive films located apart from each other. The second conductive layer is located on the second surface and includes a carbon nanotube layer structure. A resistivity of the carbon nanotube layer structure along the first direction is larger than a resistivity of the carbon nanotube layer structure along a second direction perpendicular with the first direction. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340591 | MULTIFUNCTION INPUT DEVICE - A multifunction input device includes a backlight module, a medium layer, a touch panel and a switching unit. The backlight module includes a light-guiding plate, a reflector directly disposed on the bottom surface of the light-guiding plate, and at least one light-emitting element disposed beside the light-guiding plate, and the light-guiding plate has a plurality of light output microstructure blocks matched with each other to form at least one keyboard pattern. The medium layer is directly disposed on the top surface of the light-guiding plate, and the transmittance rate of the medium layer is about 20% to 80%. The touch panel is directly disposed on the medium layer. The switching unit is applied to the touch panel to control the at least one light-emitting element. The medium layer is a single medium layer directly disposed between the light-guiding plate and the touch panel. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340592 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a substrate, a first patterned conductive layer, a patterned passivation layer, and a second patterned conductive layer. The first patterned conductive layer is located on the substrate, and the first patterned conductive layer includes a plurality of first sensing pads and a plurality of second sensing pads, wherein a gap is formed between adjacent first and second sensing pads. The patterned passivation layer is located on the first patterned conductive layer, and the patterned passivation layer covers the gap and exposes at least a portion of each first sensing pad and at least a portion of each second sensing pad. The second patterned conductive layer is located on the patterned passivation layer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340593 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, TOUCH PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic component includes a substrate, a shielding layer formed on the substrate and a wiring substrate connected to the substrate. A pad group is formed on an overlap region on which the wiring substrate is arranged on the substrate. A first alignment pattern is formed on the substrate and extending to outside of the overlap region beyond a peripheral portion of the overlap region. A second alignment pattern is formed on the substrate and extending to outside of the overlap region beyond the peripheral portion of the overlap region. The pad group, the first and second alignment patterns are formed on the shielding layer. The first alignment pattern extends in a different direction from the direction of the second alignment pattern. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340594 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a touch panel and a touch panel display using the same. The touch panel includes: a substrate; a patterned shielding layer disposed on the substrate; an optical adjustment layer disposed on the patterned shielding layer; and a patterned circuit layer disposed on the optical adjustment layer, wherein the patterned circuit layer and the patterned shielding layer are staggered in a direction parallel to the a normal vector of a plane of the substrate. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340595 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS USING TOUCH PATTERN WITHOUT INSULATION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch location sensing panel includes a touch detection region in which a plurality of sensing regions are arranged on a single substrate in two columns, an external wire region provided in one outer side surface of the touch detection region, a plurality of transmitting (Tx) electrodes formed in the plurality of the sensing regions, with at least one patch shape, respectively, to sense a location of touch applied to the touch detection region on a second axis, a plurality of receiving (Rx) electrodes electrically separated from the transmitting electrodes in the plurality of the sensing regions and extended along a second axis to cover the transmitting electrodes, to sense a location of the touch on a first axis, and a plurality of internal wires arranged in the same layer with the plurality of the transmitting electrodes and the plurality of the receiving electrodes, and connected to plurality of the transmitting electrodes and the plurality of the receiving electrodes to be extended to the external wire region. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340596 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS USING SINGLE LAYER PATTERN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch location sensing panel includes a touch detection region in which a plurality of sensing regions are arranged on a single substrate in two columns, an external wire region provided in an outer portion of the touch detection region, a plurality of transmitting (Tx) electrodes formed in the plurality of the sensing regions, with at least one patch shape, respectively, to sense a location of touch applied to the touch detection region on a second axis, and a plurality of receiving (Rx) electrodes electrically separated from the transmitting electrodes in the plurality of the sensing regions and extended along a second axis to cover the transmitting electrodes, to sense a location of the touch on a first axis. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340597 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic component is equipped with a pad. The pad includes a lower transparent electric conductive layer formed on an insulating substrate. An insulating layer is formed on the lower transparent electric conductive layer. A contact hole is formed in the insulating layer for exposing the lower layer transparent electric conductive layer. A metal layer is formed on the lower transparent electric conductive layer and covered with the insulating layer so as to surround the contact hole. An upper transparent electric conductive layer is formed on the insulating layer and connected with the lower transparent electric conductive layer through the contact hole. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340598 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel is provided. The touch panel comprises a carrier panel ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340599 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATING A LIQUID CRYSTAL SCREEN INTO A CARRIER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL SCREEN ARRANGEMENT - A method for integrating a liquid crystal screen into a carrier is proposed, wherein a first step involves providing a liquid crystal screen wherein a second step involves applying a polarization film to the liquid crystal screen, and wherein a third step involves sealing a margin and/or an edge of the polarization film at least partly using a seal. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340600 | SCANNING SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - This liquid crystal display device allows outputs from RS-FF circuits ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340601 | LCD Module and Liquid Crystal Panel - A liquid crystal panel includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a TFT formed on an internal surface of the first glass substrate, an electromagnetic induction module disposed on one side of the internal surface of the first glass substrate for receiving electromagnetic waves to generate current to provide driving current to the TFT, and wireless data receiving modules respectively set up on at least two adjacent sides of the internal surface of the first glass substrate for receiving wireless data signals to provide data to the TFT. Therefore, the present invention wirelessly transmits data and driving current to the liquid crystal panel. In hence, it does not arrange FPC on four sides of the liquid crystal panel for connecting with a PCB circuit so that a frame for protecting FPC is no need. Therefore, it achieves the LCD module with non-frame on four sides. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340602 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor substrate having a pixel region and a frame region, and a color filter substrate. The frame region includes a first metal wire that surrounds the outside of the pixel region, and a second metal wire that is formed so as to surround the outside of the first metal wire. The first metal wire has at least one slit at an area overlapping with a seal material. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340603 | PIXEL ARRAY SUBSTRATE - A pixel array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of thin-film transistors disposed on the substrate, a first insulating layer covering the thin-film transistors and the substrate, a common electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer covering the first insulating layer and the common electrode, and a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the second insulating layer. Each thin-film transistor includes a drain electrode. The first insulating layer includes a plurality of first openings exposing the drain electrodes respectively. The second insulating layer includes a plurality of second openings exposing the first openings respectively. Each pixel electrode is electrically connected to each drain electrode respectively through each first opening and each second opening. The first insulating layer includes a thickness between 1 micron and 5 microns. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340604 | Thin Film Transistor, Method for Manufacturing the Same, and LCD Device Having the Same - The present invention provides a thin film transistor comprising at least a gate electrode formed on a substrate, and a gate insulating layer in contacting the gate electrode, and an oxide semiconductor layer deposited on the other side of the gate insulating layer. The concentration of hydrogen in the gate insulating layer has a gradient distribution, wherein the concentration of hydrogen adjacent the gate electrode is higher; and while the concentration of hydrogen adjacent the oxide semiconductor layer is lower. The present invention further provides a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor and an according thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display device. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the concentration of hydrogen in the gate insulating layer (especially the concentration of hydrogen adjacent the oxide semiconductor layer) will be effectively reduced, and thereby the deterioration of electrical properties of the thin film transistor resulted from the combination of the oxygen in the oxide semiconductor layer and the hydrogen in the gate insulating layer can be prevented. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340605 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal panel includes a TFT array substrate and an opposite substrate, which are arranged opposite to each other. The TFT array substrate has a gate lead wire that draws a gate wire, connected to a gate electrode of a TFT, to a frame area outside a display area. A conductive layer that covers an outermost surface of the TFT array substrate is provided in the frame area on all sides including a side where the gate lead wire is not arranged. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340606 | DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING A TFT WITH A BARRIER METAL FORMED OF A FIRST LAYER AND A SECOND LAYER WHEREIN AN AMOUNT OF OXYGEN IN THE FIRST LAYER IS LARGER THAN IN THE SECOND LAYER - An organic EL display device includes scanning lines, video signal lines, and pixels, each including a TFT having a semiconductor layer and an organic EL layer located between a lower electrode and an upper electrode. A source electrode connecting the semiconductor layer and the lower electrode is formed of three layers including a barrier metal, an Al-containing metal, and a cap metal. The barrier metal is formed of a first layer in contact with the semiconductor layer and a second layer in contact with the Al-containing metal. Each of the first layer, the second layer, and the cap metal is formed of a metal comprising a high melting point metal, and an amount of oxygen in the first layer is larger than an amount of oxygen in the second layer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340607 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - This semiconductor device ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340608 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device which includes an oxide semiconductor and in which formation of a parasitic channel due to a gate BT stress is suppressed is provided. Further, a semiconductor device including a transistor having excellent electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a transistor having a dual-gate structure in which an oxide semiconductor film is provided between a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode; gate insulating films are provided between the oxide semiconductor film and the first gate electrode and between the oxide semiconductor film and the second gate electrode; and in the channel width direction of the transistor, the first or second gate electrode faces a side surface of the oxide semiconductor film with the gate insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the first or second gate electrode. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340609 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING A GLASS-BASED NON PLANAR DIGITAL DISPLAY - A method of producing a curved display for an electronic device comprises providing a substrate comprising a first curvable section comprising at least one flat glass member and a second longitudinally adjacent planar section, placing the curvable section in contact with a member having a curved surface, urging the curvable section towards the curved surface of the member and maintaining the curvable section in a curved configuration to thereby form the curved display having the adjacent planar section. A curved display and a mobile device having a curved display are also disclosed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340610 | Tray Having Limiting Structures - A tray having limiting structures for packaging an open cell LCD panel comprises a main body of tray having a recess for positioning the open cell LCD panel. The main body of tray further comprises limiting assemblies. The limiting assembly is connected to a bottom plate of the main body of tray in the gap between a PCB and a liquid crystal box of the open cell LCD panel. The limiting assembly is connected to the main body of tray. The limiting assembly can be mounted when it is used and removed when not used. The compatibility of the tray is thus expanded to fulfill the packaging requirements for the open cell LCD panel A and the open cell LCD panel B. The position of the limiting stopper of the limiting assembly is adjustable to effectively avoid the pull of the open cell LCD panel by the limiting assembly. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340611 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel, a front face housing, a flat optical member, an integral metal frame, and a rear face housing. The display panel is configured to display image. The front face housing covers a peripheral edge of the display panel from a front side of the display device. The optical member is disposed opposite a rear face of the display panel. The metal frame is disposed between the peripheral edge of the display panel and a peripheral edge of the optical member. The metal frame is fastened to the front face housing. The rear face housing is attached to the front face housing to define a rear face of the display device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340612 | Device for positioning and securing a display element and display device - A positioning and securing device positions and secures a display element with respect to a housing, the display element being substantially located in a main extension plane and abutting the housing in a direction perpendicular to the main extension plane. The positioning and securing device is substantially located in another main extension plane parallel to the main extension plane of the display element. The positioning and securing device includes at least one first compression element abutting the display element and also at least one second compression element abutting the housing. A display device of an automobile can include the positioning and securing device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340613 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus including a display panel, a holding member holding four sides of the display panel, and cushioning members disposed between the display panel and the holding member such that a pressing force depending on an amount of deformation is applied to the display panel, wherein a pressing force acting on the display panel through the cushioning member for a lower side among the four sides of the display panel is higher than a pressing force acting on the display panel through the cushioning members for other sides of the display panel. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340614 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, BACKLIGHT DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light-emitting device includes: a first planar member having a plurality of light sources; a second planar member being parallel to the first planar member; and a reflecting member reflecting light beams from the respective light sources to the second planar member, the reflecting member being provided on an inner side of a polygon which is defined by the light sources as vertices thereof, wherein the reflecting member having a polygonal pyramidal shape with a bottom surface being parallel to the first planar member satisfies at least one of: a condition that a diffusion distance is from 0.8 to 1.3 when a length of each side of a polygon of the bottom surface is 1; and a condition that an angle between a side surface of the polygonal pyramid and the bottom surface is from 40 degree to 60 degree. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340615 | DRIVING CIRCUIT OF LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - A driving circuit for a light emitting element is disclosed. The driving circuit includes a DC-DC converter configured to generate a drive voltage between a first line and a second line; a current driver, configured to be connected to the light emitting element in series between the first line and the second line, configured to supply a drive current to the light emitting element; a protection resistor configured to be connected to the light emitting element in series between the first line and the current driver; and a controller configured to control the DC-DC converter such that a first detection voltage, which corresponds to a voltage between both ends of the current driver, approaches a predetermined reference voltage and perform a predetermined protection process if the drive voltage between the first line and the second line exceeds a predetermined first threshold voltage. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340616 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Television Set - A backlight includes light emitting diodes; a substrate on which light emitting diodes are mounted; and a reflection sheet. The surface on which the light emitting diodes are mounted of the substrate is opposed to a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel and the substrate each have a shape in which a common width in a first direction is longer than a width in a second direction, which is orthogonal to the first direction. The width of the substrate in the second direction is shorter than the width of the liquid crystal display panel in the second direction. The substrate is opposed to, while avoiding being opposed to both end portions of the liquid crystal display panel in the second direction, a central portion between the both end portions of the liquid crystal display panel. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340617 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A VA-mode liquid crystal display device of four domains or less that causes less whitening and tinting, includes: a first polarizing film, a first retardation layer, a second retardation layer, a liquid crystal layer, a third retardation layer, a fourth retardation layer, and a second polarizing film, in sequence. The liquid crystal layer is in a vertical alignment mode (VA mode) under no voltage application. The first to fourth retardation layers each have a predetermined retardation. The absorption axis of the first polarizing film is orthogonal to that of the second polarizing film. The slow axis of the first retardation layer defines an angle of 45° from the absorption axis of the first polarizing film, and is parallel to the in-plane slow axis of the liquid crystal layer under voltage application. The slow axis of the first retardation layer is orthogonal to that of the fourth retardation layer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340618 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device in which a liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between a TFT substrate having pixel electrodes and opposed electrodes formed and an opposed substrate, an external conductive film of a transparent electrode is formed on an outer surface of the opposed substrate, and an upper polarizing plate is arranged on the external conductive film. A portion of the external conductive film that is not covered with the upper polarizing plate is electrically connected to a ground potential through a conductive thermocompression bonding tape. The conductive thermocompression bonding tape is configured so that w | 2014-11-20 |
20140340619 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a display panel, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, a first phase compensation film, and a second phase compensation film is provided. The first polarizer and the second polarizer are disposed on two sides of the display panel. The first polarizer has a first light-absorption axis, and the second polarizer has a second light-absorption axis. The first phase compensation film and the second phase compensation film are disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. The second phase compensation film obeys a first formula: | 2014-11-20 |
20140340620 | COLOR FILTER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A color filter, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of first pixel regions, a plurality of second pixel regions and a plurality of third pixel regions defined on a first side of the substrate; and a band pass filter layer comprising a first medium sub layer, a second medium sub layer and a third medium sub layer successively formed on a second side of the substrate or on the plurality of first pixel regions, the plurality of second pixel regions and the plurality of third pixel regions, wherein the second medium sub layer has a first thickness in a first medium area corresponding to the first pixel region, a second thickness in a second medium area corresponding to the second pixel region and a third thickness in a third medium area corresponding to the third pixel region. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the color filter. The color filter filters the light with the band pass filter layer of a fabryperot type, thereby, the light beam having not been transmitted through is reflected back to be utilized again, increasing the utilization of the light. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340621 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first transparent substrate including a first surface and a second surface, a color filter layer formed on the first surface of the first transparent substrate, a first alignment film formed on the color filter layer, and a first electrode interlayered in the color filter layer. The second substrate includes a second transparent substrate comprising a third surface and a fourth surface, a second electrode and a third electrode formed on the third surface of the second transparent substrate sequentially, and a second alignment film is formed on the third electrode. The second electrode and the third electrode are arranged at different insulation layers respectively and electrically insulated with each other. The LCD device of the present invention has an improved transmittance and a fast response time. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340622 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: gate lines formed in a first direction on a second transparent substrate; data lines formed in a second direction; first transparent common electrodes; a protective insulating film; transparent pixel electrodes arranged in the first direction and the second direction and formed so as to be opposed to the first transparent common electrodes on a surface of the protective insulating film; thin film transistors connected to the transparent pixel electrodes; a second transparent common electrode formed on the surface of the protective insulating film; and a liquid crystal layer formed on the protective insulating film, the transparent pixel electrodes, and the second transparent common electrode. The second transparent common electrode covers the gate lines and the data lines through intermediation of the protective insulating film. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340623 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and including liquid crystal molecules; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode, which are disposed on the first substrate, spaced apart from each other, and positioned in one pixel area; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; and an insulating layer disposed on the common electrode, in which the liquid crystal molecules are aligned substantially vertical to a surface of the first substrate and a surface of the second substrate when an electric field is not applied thereto, and the liquid crystal molecules have positive dielectric anisotropy. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340624 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT AND CELL FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT - Provided is a liquid crystal element of low drive voltage and high response speed. A liquid crystal element ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340625 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display panel, including a device substrate, an opposite substrate, a sealant, and a display medium, is provided. A pixel array of the device substrate is located in a display region, and a periphery circuit of the device substrate is located in a non-display region, wherein the periphery circuit includes at least one driving device, a planarization layer, and at least one wire. The planarization layer covers the driving device. The wire is located on the planarization layer, and the wire is electrically connected with the driving device and disposed to overlap the driving device. The opposite substrate is located opposite to the device substrate, and the sealant is located in the non-display region therebetween and covers the wire. The display medium is located between the device substrate, the opposite substrate, and the sealant. A manufacturing method of a display panel is also provided. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340626 | OPTICAL ELEMENT - An element for protection against forgery and/or copying is arranged on a substrate and includes an optically anisotropic layer which has at least two regions with different optical axes, characterized in that the substrate is a reflective polarizer. The optically anisotropic layer can include cross-linked liquid crystal monomers. The anisotropic layer can be placed on an orientation layer. The orientation layer can be in contact with the polarizer and can include a photo-oriented polymer network. A device for protection against forgery and/or copying is characterized in that an element as set forth above and an analyzer are arranged on the same substrate. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340627 | EYEGLASSES ENABLING QUICK EXCHANGE OF LENSES - An eyeglasses enabling quick exchange of lenses is provided, in which the lower frame thereof mainly has two lens mounting apertures respectively provided at two sides for mounting lenses. First pivot connectors are provided at middle portion of the lower frame. A fastening member has second pivot connectors which are pivotally connected with the first pivot connectors. A snap-fit hook is provided on the upper end of the fastening member. An upper frame is to be fitted on the upper edge of the lower frame by fastening its two assembly portions provided at both sides of the upper frame to both sides of the lower frame. The upper frame has a snap-fit recess corresponding to the snap-fit hook provided at the middle portion thereof By turning the snap-fit hook upward or downward, the exchange of lenses can be easily conducted without using any tool for disassembly. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340628 | FOLDABLE EYEGLASSES - A foldable eyeglasses includes a first lens, a second lens and a foldable structure. The second lens is arranged correspondingly to the first lens; the foldable structure is installed between the first and second lenses; the foldable structure includes a first and a second securement stands, a swivel member and a universal joint. The first and second securement stands are attached to the first and second lenses respectively; the swivel member is pivotally attached to the first securement stand; the universal joint is constructed by a turning head portion extended from the swivel member and a receiving slot provided on the second securement stand; the turning head portion is pivotally attached to the receiving slot. Accordingly, the eyeglasses can have a significantly reduced folded size for storage and portability. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340629 | EYEWEAR ASSEMBLY WITH SIDE SHIELDS ATTACHABLE TO INNER SURFACES OF TEMPLES - The assembly for attaching a side shield to an eyewear temple includes a temple having an outer side and an inner side. A locking member is connected to the inner side of the temple. A side shield, having a complementary locking member to the locking member on the inner side of the temple is removably connected thereto. The side shield is attached to the inner side of the temple to avoid obstruction or distortion of the outer ornamental side of the eyewear temple by the side shield while still providing superior eyewear protection. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340630 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PROCESSOR CONTROLLED OPHTHALMIC LENS - A method and system for the calibration and operation of a processor controlled ophthalmic lens is described. More specifically, the system comprising an interactive wireless device used to personalize the control and activation of one or more functions and/or components of the processor controlled ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, the personalization may include calibrating the functions and/or components using feedback from the user using the interactive wireless device in response to measured conditions by one or more sensors included in the processor controlled ophthalmic lens. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340631 | OPHTHALMIC LENS WITH COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An ophthalmic device includes a communication system including an antenna energy receptor and a processor configured to generate a unique identifier. The unique identifier can be, or include, a pedigree profile that can be accessed to prevent users from being exposed to counterfeited ophthalmic devices. The communication system may be small enough to permit incorporation the ophthalmic device without significantly hindering vision, and/or positioned in a media insert with significantly opaque components positioned outside of the optic zone. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROGRAMMING AN ENERGIZED OPHTHALMIC LENS - A method and a system for the selection and programming of an energized ophthalmic lens are disclosed. More specifically, the energized ophthalmic lens which can include a variable state arcuate shaped liquid meniscus lens capable of changing vision correction properties upon the receipt of an activation signal. According to some aspects of the disclosure, the system and method comprise vision simulation software configured to use patient's eye related data and product design options to select the ophthalmic lens and an operational protocol for the change of optical properties. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340633 | METHOD OF PREPARING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS - A method of preparing an ophthalmic lens ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340634 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An optical coherence tomography system may have a reflector system that reflects light from a light source to provide a plurality of light rays that fall within different wavelength ranges, optical componentry that directs a subset of a first beam of light including the plurality of light rays to an object to be imaged, a detector that detects the subset after reflection from the object, and signal processing componentry that processes signals from the detector to provide an optical coherence tomography image of the object. The reflector system may be configured such that the optical pathways followed by the light rays change in length at an even increment, so that the first beam of light will project wavelength groups at relatively even time increments. The optical pathways may be collinear or offset from each other. An interleaver may be used to enable detection of the first beam by multiple detectors. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340635 | OCULAR CHARACTERISTICS MEASURING APPARATUS - If an intraocular lens is inserted in an eye to be examined, characteristics of the eye to be examined are measured after increasing light intensity of visible light projected onto the eye to be examined to be higher than light intensity at the time of measurement of an eye to be examined in which no intraocular lens is inserted. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340636 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING HAEMOGLOBIN IN THE EYE - Based on the identification by colorimetry of a colour image of the fundus of the eye of an individual, obtained by specialised cameras (fundus camera or retinograph). The method and the device of the present invention enable establishing a direct relation between the chromatic properties of the various tissues of the optic nerve ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340637 | BRIGHTNESS-DEPENDENT ADJUSTMENT OF A SPECTACLE LENS - Adjustment of an eyeglass lens or a pair of eyeglasses by means of an individual brightness-dependent centering of an eyeglass lens. In particular, a method for adjusting an individual eyeglass lens for at least one eye of an eyeglass wearer. The method includes defining an individual usage situation which includes at least one target brightness value for the light to be captured by the at least one eye; determining a position of the pupil in at least one direction of view of the at least one eye which occurs or is expected at the at least one target brightness value; determining a reference point of the eyeglass lens, in which the eyeglass lens effects a required correction of individual refraction data for the at least one direction of view; on the basis of the determined individual value of the pupil position, providing and arranging the eyeglass lens in such a manner that the at least one reference point of the eyeglass lens is arranged in front of the at least one eye of the eyeglass wearer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340638 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image display apparatus obtains a plurality of moving images obtained by capturing a plurality of imaging areas of a fundus, and a wide field of view image obtained by capturing an area including the plurality of imaging areas of the fundus. Each of the plurality of moving images is associated with pulse data based on a biomedical signal obtained in capturing the moving image. The image display apparatus superimposes and displays at least one frame of each of the plurality of moving images at a position on the wide field of view image, which is determined based on information about the positions of the plurality of imaging areas. In the superimposing/display operation, the image display apparatus displays the plurality of moving images at a display timing synchronized based on the pulse data. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340639 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE RELATIVE GAZE-ATTRACTING POWER OF VISUAL STIMULI - An system and method for enabling an individual to pretest stimulus alternatives, by carrying out eye-tracking experiments on a subject with a digital camera, a personal computer and webcam, or a camera built into a laptop, tablet, smart phone, or other mobile device. The method of implementing the invention may be based on use of the internet for transmitting experimental stimuli, data, and/or results. The method enables the practitioner to determine which of two or more competing stimulus images, displayed at the same time, draws more spontaneous gaze direction from the subject during the first few moments of exposure. The method enables one to express the result as a ratio or other comparative index. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340640 | PARKINSON'S DISEASE SCREENING USING THE KING-DEVICK TEST - A method of screening for Parkinson's disease, may include administering to a person in need of such screening a King-Devick Test, determining whether the person has a “normal” or “abnormal” result for the King-Devick Test, and recommending the person undergo additional testing and/or treatment for Parkinson's disease if the result is “abnormal.” | 2014-11-20 |
20140340641 | Photobleaching Method - The present disclosure provides an improved method for photobleaching an eye of a subject. The disclosed method may be used in a number of psychophysical test methods, including, but not limited to, measurement of dark adaptation. The improved method for photobleaching involves at least one of the following improvements: (i) the use of a bleaching light emitting a particular wavelength of light or a tailored spectrum of wavelengths; (ii) restricting or otherwise spatially tailoring the region of the retina that is subject to photobleaching; and (iii) utilizing a bleaching light having an intensity that is at or below the intensity of ambient daylight. The present disclosure additionally provides a combination of a photobleaching light and an apparatus to administer a psychophysical test suitable for use in practicing the disclosed methods. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340642 | PERSONAL-COMPUTER-BASED VISUAL-FILED SELF-DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND VISUAL-FIELD SELF-DIAGNOSIS METHOD - Provided is a personal computer-based visual field self-testing system of increasing an opportunity of a glaucoma early diagnosis through a self-testing together with improvement of a size reduction, installation, and easiness in movement of a visual field testing system by using a personal computer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340643 | BINOCULAR GLARE TESTING DEVICES - The present invention is a glare tester attachment for use with a phoropter, comprising a pair of eye cups, both eye cups each comprising a wall partially enclosing a hollow interior chamber and having a viewing aperture defining a respective viewing line of sight axis for each eye cup, a portion of each wall being provided with a plurality of lights disposed around said line of sight axis. The invention may be incorporated into a phoropter or a hand-held device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340644 | DISPLAY ACCESSIBILITY FOR COLOR VISION IMPAIRMENT - Examples that increase accessibility of color vision impaired users to information on a display are provided herein. A plurality of graphical elements using a first color palette are presented. A user input indicating that the user has a color vision impairment is received. The color vision impairment can be, for example, deuteranopia, protanopia, or tritanopia. At least some of the plurality of graphical elements can be presented using a second color palette designed for users with the color vision impairment. The user input indicating that the user has a color vision impairment can be received in response to presenting a color vision impairment test to the user. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340645 | EFFECTIVE ACUITY AND REFRACTION TARGETS - A viewing target for a visual acuity and refraction measurement includes at least one line comprising a width dimension that is below a resolution limit width (hereinafter “RLW”) of a test subject visual acuity, and an adjustable length dimension that is initially set at greater than the RLW of the test subject visual acuity. A base, at least approximately intersecting the line, has a thickness along the direction of the length of the line that is greater than the RLW of the test subject visual acuity. The length dimension of the line is adjustable in increments small enough to effectively approximate the visual acuity of the test subject by determining a shortest resolvable line and a next smaller line that is not resolvable by the test subject. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340646 | Self Guided Subjective Refraction Instruments and Methods - A refraction device determines a refraction end point to provide corrective optics for a test subject. The device includes an adjustable optical system providing corrective optics to the test subject and an adjustable viewing target disposed along an optical path such as to be viewable through the adjustable optical system by a test subject. The adjustable viewing target includes a directional indicator linked synchronously to at least two choices of corrective optics presented to the test subject. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340647 | MULTI-PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD COMPRISING DIRECTION-CHANGEABLE AUDIENCE SEATS - The present invention provides a multi-projection system and method including direction-changeable audience seats, and the multi-projection system includes a plurality of projection surfaces installed in a single theater; and an audience seat whose direction is changed depending on images projected on the plurality of projection surfaces. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340648 | PROJECTING DEVICE - A plenoptic projector device includes an array of laser radiation sources each configured to project a light beam along a ray. An array of reorientable mirrors, each of which is optically coupled to one or more of the laser radiation sources of the array, deflect the ray of each of the laser radiation sources. A controller synchronously reorients each of the reorientable mirrors to sweep a sector in space by each of the rays. A modulation circuit modulates intensity of the beam of each of the laser radiation sources. The projector device is configured to reproduce at least three independent dimensions of a four dimensional light field. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340649 | LIGHTING DEVICE, PROJECTOR INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LIGHTING METHOD - A lighting device includes a first light source which emits excitation light, a wavelength convertor which generates fluorescence containing at least a first wavelength range and a second wavelength range by excitation with the excitation light, a second light source which emits light containing a third wavelength range different from the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range, an optical path-combining element which combines an optical path for the fluorescence from the wavelength convertor and an optical path for the light from the second light source, so as to guide the combined optical paths to a single emission optical path, and a light separator disposed in the emission optical path, which obtains and emits at least the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range of the fluorescence and at least the third wavelength range of the light from the second light source. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340650 | COLOR DISPLAY PROJECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A multi-DMD projection system uses an extended X-cube color splitting/recombining prism to implement splitting and recombining functions at different sections of the cube. Light directed from a white light source is split into red, green and blue components in a lower section of the cube. The components are directed to respective first, second and third DMDs for separate modulations and reentered into the X-cube prism by TIR prism for recombining at an upper section of the cube. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340651 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A projection apparatus has a hologram recording medium configured to be capable of diffusing coherent light beams, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate coherent light beams to the hologram recording medium so that the coherent light beams scan the hologram recording medium, a light modulator that is illuminated by coherent light beams incident on and diffused at respective points of the hologram recording medium from the irradiation unit, a projection optical system configured to project a modulated image generated by the light modulator onto a scattering plane, and an imaging optical system provided between the hologram recording medium and the light modulator, configured to converge the coherent light beams diffused at respective points of the hologram recording medium to illuminate the light modulator. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340652 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes a first light emitting element disposed in a first region on a substrate, and a second light emitting element disposed in a second region on the substrate, a temperature dependency of light emission characteristics of the first light emitting element is stronger than a temperature dependency of light emission characteristics of the second light emitting element, and a heat radiation performance in the first region is higher than a heat radiation performance in the second region. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340653 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device that is small in size and low noise, in which heat from a light emitting element such as an LD or an LED is efficiently dissipated. A light source device includes a first light emitting element, a base plate, and an air flow device for sending out air. The base plate, which is thermally connected to the first light emitting element, has a flat surface formed around the first light emitting element to face the emitting direction of light output from the first light emitting element. The air flow device generates a flow of air toward the flat surface of the base plate in a direction perpendicular to the flat surface. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340654 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type image display apparatus includes a display device and a projection optical system. The projection optical system includes a first lens group having a positive power as a whole, and a second lens group having a negative power as a whole. The second lens group includes a first lens and a second lens in an order from the display device side, both of which have negative powers. When the first lens is moved toward the display device and the second lens is moved away from the display device with reference to positions of the first lens and the second lens in a direction of an optical axis when an image surface is planar, a focal position of the peripheral light becomes closer to the projection optical system in the direction of the optical axis than a focal position of the on-axis light, and the image surface is made concave to the projection optical system side. Further, when the first lens is moved away from the display device and the second lens is moved toward the display device, the focal position of the on-axis light becomes closer to the projection optical system in the direction of the optical axis than the focal position of the peripheral light, and the image surface is made convex to the projection optical system side. In this way, a curvature of the image surface formed by the projection optical system is changed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340655 | PROJECTOR, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROJECTOR ACCORDING TO THE INVENTION - A projector having at least one laser diode which is designed to emit light, having a laser control device which is designed to control the at least one laser diode, having a first controllable resonant mirror which is designed to reflect the light that is emitted by the laser diode, and having a control device which is designed to control the orientation of the first controllable resonant mirror. The control device is further designed to reduce the power supply to the laser diode and to the laser control device in a first configuration of a power-saving mode of the projector, and to further control the orientation of the first controllable resonant mirror at a resonant frequency of the first controllable resonant mirror. Moreover, a corresponding method is described. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340656 | DLP PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR PROJECTING AT LEAST ONE IMAGE ONTO A PROJECTION SURFACE - Various embodiments relates to a DLP (digital light processing) projector for projecting at least one image on a projection surface. A discharge lamp is driven by a current waveform having at least one first region, to which a first frequency is assigned, and a second region, to which a second frequency is assigned, wherein the first region is established by a first commutation and a following second commutation, wherein the second region is established by the region between the second commutation and a following first commutation, wherein further commutations can occur within the second region, wherein a modulation factor is defined by the ratio of second frequency to first frequency, wherein the modulation factor is at least 3. A method for projecting at least one image is also disclosed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340657 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING PROJECTION UNIT - A portable electronic device includes a main body, a display substrate, a projection unit, and a reflection film. The main body includes a first surface and defines a receiving cavity in the first surface. The displaying substrate is rotatably received in the receiving cavity. The displaying substrate includes a first projection surface and a second projection surface facing away from the first projection surface. The first projection surface is close to the receiving cavity. The projection unit is received in the receiving cavity. The reflection film is movably positioned on the second projection surface. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340658 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided a projection optical system capable of projecting an image formed on an image forming unit on a projection plane, which has an extremely short projection distance and a small size. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340659 | Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - A lithographic apparatus component, such as a metrology system or an optical element (e.g., a mirror) is provided with a temperature control system for controlling deformation of the component. The control system includes channels provided close to a surface of the component through which a two phase cooling medium is supplied. The metrology system measures a position of at least a moveable item with respect to a reference position and includes a metrology frame connected to the reference position. An encoder is connected to the moveable item and constructed and arranged to measure a relative position of the encoder with respect to a reference grid. The reference grid may be provided directly on a surface of the metrology frame. A lithographic projection apparatus may have the metrology system for measuring a position of the substrate table with respect to the projection system. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340660 | PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND PATTERN FORMATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a pattern formation method includes preparing a mold including a first pattern, preparing a substrate including a second pattern, coating a photosensitive resin onto the substrate, bringing the mold into contact with the photosensitive resin, determining whether or not the photosensitive resin is filled between the first pattern and the second pattern, performing an alignment of the first pattern and the second pattern according to a first reference in the case where the photosensitive resin is filled between the first pattern and the second pattern, and performing the alignment of the first pattern and the second pattern according to a second reference different from the first reference in the case where the photosensitive resin is not filled between the first pattern and the second pattern, curing the photosensitive resin, and releasing the mold from the photosensitive resin. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340661 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides an exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate, comprising a substrate stage configured to be movable while holding the substrate, a measurement unit configured to measure a height of the substrate by irradiating the substrate with light and detecting the light reflected by the substrate, and a control unit configured to control the measurement unit, wherein the control unit obtains a velocity profile of the substrate stage and decides, based on the velocity profile, a plurality of timings to perform measurement by the measurement unit to equally space a plurality of measurement portions on the substrate measured by the measurement unit in a state in which an acceleration of the substrate stage is nonzero. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340662 | MASKLESS EXPOSURE DEVICE - In an aspect, a grating light valve module including: a substrate; and a plurality of ribbons disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the ribbons includes an insulating layer, a conductive layer disposed on the insulating layer, and an anti-oxidation layer disposed on the conductive layer is provided. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340663 | Apparatus for Monitoring a Lithographic Patterning Device - A lithographic patterning device deformation monitoring apparatus ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340664 | Projection Exposure Apparatus Comprising a Measuring System for Measuring an Optical Element - A projection exposure apparatus ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340665 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ARRAY LIGHT SOURCE FOR PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY AND METHOD - A light source includes a plurality of ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diodes (LEDs) and an LED phase shift controller coupled to the plurality of UV LEDs adapted to control the phase shift of each UV LED in the plurality of UV LEDs. The plurality of UV LEDs forms a UV LED array. An ultraviolet lithography system can include a light source as described above. The system can further include a mirror assembly in a light path of the light source, the mirror assembly having a polarization mirror with an interference coating. A method provides a light source for an ultraviolet lithography system including the element of providing an plurality of UV LEDs that emit UV light and the element of controlling a phase shift of the plurality of UV LEDs with an LED phase shift controller coupled to each UV LED or arrays of the UV LEDs in the plurality of UV LEDs. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340666 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus including a projection system configured to project a plurality of radiation beams onto a target; a movable frame that is at least rotatable around an axis; and an actuator system configured to displace the movable frame to an axis away from an axis corresponding to the geometric center of the movable frame and to cause the frame to rotate around an axis through the center of mass of the frame. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340667 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus is equipped with an encoder system which measures positional information of a wafer stage by irradiating a measurement beam using four heads installed on the wafer stage on a scale plate which covers the movement range of the wafer stage except for the area right under a projection optical system. Placement distances of the heads here are each set to be larger than width of the opening of the scale plates, respectively. This allows the positional information of the wafer stage to be measured, by switching and using the three heads facing the scale plate out of the four heads according to the position of the wafer stage. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340668 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DISTANCE - The present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring a distance, the apparatus including a light transmitter including a light source configured to emit a light, and a collimator lens configured to emit a light by converting the light emitted from the light source to a collimation light, and a light receiver including a first mirror configured to reflect the collimation light emitted from the collimator lens to an object, a lens configured to concentrate a light reflected or dispersed from the object to a spot, and a photo-detector configured to form a spot concentrated with light on the lens, wherein an optical axis of the light source matches a rotation shaft of the photo-detector, the light transmitter is fixed and the light receiver rotates about the optical axis of the light source. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340669 | Unknown - A long-range optical instrument comprises at least one observation beam path and an apparatus for laser ranging comprising at least one transmission apparatus with a transmission beam path and at least one reception apparatus with a reception beam path, moreover comprising an image rendering unit. The transmission beam path of the transmission apparatus and/or the reception beam path of the reception apparatus are combined using at least one optical support element for superposition with the at least one observation beam path. The image rendering unit generates the light of an image to be superposed and likewise guides said light using the at least one optical support element for superposition with the at least one observation beam path. Moreover, for beam shaping and/or beam guidance, at least one diffractive optical coupling element is arranged at the optical support element in the transmission beam path and/or in the reception beam path. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340670 | METHOD OF CLASSIFYING AND DISCERNING WOODEN MATERIALS - A score of each of multiple pieces of reflection spectrum information included in a population is calculated using a first second principal component loading acquired by a principal component analysis, and a first group is classified based on the calculated score. Then, a score of each of multiple pieces of reflection spectrum information included in the population is calculated using a second second principal component loading acquired by a principal component analysis on a second population in which the reflection spectrum information of the first group is not included, and a second group is classified based on the calculated score. By performing a second principal component analysis using the second population, the second group can be accurately classified based on minute characteristics of each type of material included in the reflection spectrum information and the classification can be performed with a high accuracy. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340671 | OPTICAL CARRIER BASED MICROWAVE INTERFEROMETRIC SYSTEM AND METHOD - An optical carrier based microwave interferometry (OCMI) system for measuring a physical, chemical, or biological property broadly comprises an optical carrier signal source, a waveguide, a microwave envelope signal source, a microwave modulator, an optical interferometer, a detector, and an analyzer. An optical carrier signal is modulated with a microwave envelope signal and transmitted through an optical interferometer. The optical signal is interrogated in microwave domain to obtain interference patterns or absorption/emission spectra corresponding to the physical, chemical, or biological property being measured. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340672 | AUTOMATIC LENS MAPPING SYSTEM - A system for holding and aligning spectacles such that mapping measurements of the optical properties of a lens can be performed with the lens held such that its optical axis is parallel to the incident measurement beam. This may be implemented using three points which define a plane with which a surface of the lens can be aligned. The frame gripper is constructed such that the lens to be measured is free to rotate in space around any axis until clamped by the three alignment pin support arrangement, with the exception of rotation around the optical axis of the lens. This freedom of rotation allows the lens to be positioned on the alignment pin support automatically without the need for operator intervention. The spectacle frame is clamped using a spring loaded caliper device, configured to sequentially align the mechanical center of each lens with the measuring beam. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340673 | EYEGLASS LENS MEASURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING UPPER PORTION FROM LOWER PORTION OF EYEGLASS LENS, AND POINT MARKING ADAPTER - An eyeglass lens measuring apparatus includes a measuring optical system configured to measure optical properties of an eyeglass lens for the right eye and optical properties of an eyeglass lens for the left eye; and a point marking mechanism including a first point marking member configured to provide a first mark point defining an optical center and an astigmatic axis of the eyeglass lens which are acquired by using the measuring optical system, and a second point marking member configured to provide a second mark point defining an upper portion and a lower portion of the eyeglass lens, wherein the point marking mechanism is configured to provide the eyeglass lens for the right eye and the eyeglass lens for the left eye respectively with the second mark points almost the same in position. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340674 | Cuvette, Insert, Adapter and Method for Optically Examining Small Amounts of Liquid - Cuvette, comprising at least one measuring area on each one of two arms that are pivotally connected to each other such that from a swung-apart condition, they can be swung together into a measuring position in which the two measuring areas have a distance for positioning a sample between the measuring areas, and means for positioning the two arms in a measuring position in a cuvette shaft of an optical measuring device with a sample between the two measuring areas in a beam path of the optical measuring device that crosses the cuvette shaft. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340675 | DISCRIMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CARDIAC TISSUE USING RAMAN SCATTERING - A method and an apparatus for discriminating a cardiac tissue using Raman scattering are provided which enable a noninvasive discrimination of the cardiac tissue to be accurately performed. The discrimination method includes: a step of irradiating a sample containing a cardiac tissue with excitation light; a step of detecting Raman scattering light from the sample; an analysis step of analyzing the detected Raman scattering light by a multivariate analysis using as an index, Raman scattering spectra which are specific to at least a living myocardial tissue, a necrotic myocardial tissue, a granulation tissue and a fibrotic tissue, respectively; and a step of discriminating the cardiac tissue in accordance with analysis results obtained in the analysis step. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340676 | Method for Assessing Perspiration Reduction - A method to assess perspiration reduction of a composition comprising obtaining an amount of water in stratum corneum in a first area of skin on an individual using confocal Raman spectroscopy, applying a composition to the first area of skin on the individual, having the individual perform an activity to cause the individual to perspire, and obtaining an amount of water in stratum corneum in the first area of skin on the individual after the activity using confocal Raman spectroscopy. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340677 | SPECTROSCOPE AND MICROSPECTROSCOPIC SYSTEM - A spectroscope used for a microspectroscopic system includes: a collimating optical system that causes signal light to be substantially collimated light; spectroscopic optical systems and each of which includes at least one of each of spectral elements and in which a wavelength band for spectral separation varies depending on an incident angle of the signal light; at least one of each of optical receivers that detect the signal light spectrally separated by the spectroscopic optical systems; a mechanism that varies the incident angles of the signal light on the spectral elements; and a controller unit that determines the incident angles of the signal light on the spectral elements in accordance with the wavelength band for spectrally separating the signal light and controls the mechanism so as to attain the incident angles. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340678 | PHOTORECEPTOR PROTEIN-BASED SPECTROPHOTOMETER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR LIGHT DETECTION USING THE SAME - A photoreceptor protein-based spectrophotometer may include a field-effect transistor and a photoreceptor protein on the field-effect transistor (FET), the photoreceptor protein exhibiting change in electrical properties by absorbing light and being activated. Since the spectrophotometer can convert the light absorbed by the photoreceptor protein to an electrical signal using the FET, it can mimic human vision by using human photoreceptor proteins. The spectrophotometer can measure the color, intensity, etc. of light of broad wavelength ranges as in human vision. Thus, the spectrophotometer can be applied to the development of artificial vision, etc. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340679 | Interchangeable Chromatic Range Sensor Probe for a Coordinate Measuring Machine - An interchangeable chromatic range sensor (CRS) probe for a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). The CRS probe is capable of being automatically connected to a CMM under program control. In one embodiment, in order to make the CRS probe compatible with a standard CMM auto exchange joint, all CRS measurement light transmitting and receiving elements (e.g., the light source, wavelength detector, optical pen, etc.) are included in the CRS probe assembly. The CRS probe assembly also includes an auto exchange joint element that is attachable through a standard auto exchange joint connection to a CMM. In one embodiment, in order to provide the required signals through the limited number of connections of the standard CMM auto exchange joint (e.g., 13 pins), a low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) serializer may be utilized for providing additional control and data signals on two signal lines. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340680 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE DEVICE CAMERA TESTING - A mobile device testing system with a sphere assembly is disclosed. The sphere assembly is a source integrating sphere and a test integrating sphere connected by an optical channel. A source illuminates the source integrating sphere with electromagnetic radiation of a known spectrum of wavelengths, usually light. The electromagnetic radiation travels to the test integration sphere through the optical channel. A first filter assembly and/or a second filter assembly rotate a plurality of filters into the optical channel to change the spectral distribution of wavelengths of the electromagnetic radiation in the test integrating sphere. A mobile device is mounted to the test integrating sphere and the spectral distribution of an image acquired by the mobile device is compared to a spectral measurement from a spectrometer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340681 | PARTICLE DETECTING DEVICE AND PARTICLE DETECTING METHOD - A particle detecting device includes a frame, a chamber that is disposed within the frame, a sample injection flow path for injecting, into the chamber, a fluid that includes particles, from a first inlet opening that is provided in the frame, an adjusting mechanism that adjusts a state of the fluid within the chamber by supplying a fluid, from which the particles have been removed, into the chamber through an adjusting flow path that connects to the chamber from a second inlet opening that is separate from the first inlet opening that is provided in the frame, and a detecting mechanism that detects particles included within the fluid, by shining a light into the fluid within the chamber. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340682 | METROLOGY SYSTEM CALIBRATION REFINEMENT - Methods and systems for matching measurement spectra across one or more optical metrology systems are presented. The values of one or more system parameters used to determine the spectral response of a specimen to a measurement performed by a target metrology system are optimized. The system parameter values are optimized such that differences between measurement spectra generated by a reference system and the target system are minimized for measurements of the same metrology targets. Methods and systems for matching spectral errors across one or more optical metrology systems are also presented. A trusted metrology system measures the value of at least one specimen parameter to minimize model errors introduced by differing measurement conditions present at the time of measurement by the reference and target metrology systems. Methods and systems for parameter optimization based on low-order response surfaces are presented to reduce the compute time required to refine system calibration parameters. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340683 | REFLECTION PROBE - The invention relates to a reflection probe for measuring properties of liquid and/or solid substances, and to the use thereof. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340684 | METHOD FOR THE LASER SPECTROSCOPY OF GASES - A method of determining a concentration of a gas in a sample and/or the composition of a gas using a spectrometer comprises the transmitting of radiation whose wavelength substantially continuously runs through a wavelength range, wherein the continuous running through of the wavelength range is overlaid by a wavelength modulation; the measuring of an absorption signal from the absorption of the radiation by the gas as a function of the wavelength of the radiation; the converting of the absorption signal into a first and a second derivative signal; the deriving of a first measured gas concentration value from the first derivative signal and of a second measured gas concentration value from the second derivative signal; and the determining of the concentration and/or the composition of the gas from at least the first measured gas concentration value, wherein the wavelength modulation is adapted in response to a change of a state variable of the gas such that a ratio between the first measured gas concentration value and the second measured gas concentration value is kept substantially constant. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340685 | PHOTOACOUSTICBRACKET, PHOTOACOUSTIC PROBE AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a photoacoustic probe includes: at least one optical fiber irradiating laser to a target; an ultrasonic probe collecting a photoacoustic signal generated by the target having absorbed the laser; and a fluid-type light reflector reflecting laser reflected, scattered, or deflected from the target. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340686 | VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE - An etalon is provided with a fixed substrate and a movable substrate opposed to the fixed substrate. The fixed substrate is provided with a first bonding surface to be bonded to the movable substrate via a bonding film and a first electrode surface on which a part of the first electrode is formed. The movable substrate is provided with a second bonding surface to be bonded to the first bonding surface via the bonding film and a second electrode surface on which a part of the second electrode is formed. In the state in which the fixed substrate and the movable substrate are bonded to each other with the bonding film, the first electrode formed on the first electrode surface and the second electrode formed on the second electrode surface have contact with each other. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340687 | GYROLASER WITH OPTIMIZED IGNITION - A gyrolaser comprises: a ring-shaped optical cavity and a gaseous medium, and at least three electrodes in contact with the gas of the amplification medium, the electrodes generating charges when ignition voltage is applied; the cavity and distribution of the electrodes comprising at least one plane of symmetry perpendicular to the plane of the cavity and passing through the electrode of first type; at least one conductive ignition element set at a predetermined potential, the shape and arrangement being such that symmetry is maintained; the electrically conductive element generating an electric field locally for guiding the charges so they are distributed symmetrically in a first flow and second flow in the first and second discharge areas respectively when the ignition voltage is applied, in such a way that a first plasma and a second plasma are initiated simultaneously, respectively, in the first discharge area and in the second discharge area. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340688 | SLOW-LIGHT SENSOR UTILIZING AN OPTICAL FILTER AND A NARROWBAND OPTICAL SOURCE - An optical device and a method of using an optical filter are provided. The optical device includes an optical filter and a narrowband optical source. The optical filter has a refractive index that varies along a length of the optical filter. The narrowband optical source is in optical communication with the optical filter and is configured to generate light having a wavelength at or in the vicinity of at least one of a wavelength corresponding to a local transmission maximum and a wavelength corresponding to a maximum slop of the group index spectrum of the optical filter. | 2014-11-20 |