48th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170343823 | DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM - This dynamic image processing device ( | 2017-11-30 |
20170343824 | Rotatable Prisms For Controlling Dispersion Magnitude And Orientation And Methods Of Use - Systems and methods for dispersing an optical beam are disclosed. In one implementation, an optical system includes a first double Amici prism and a second double Amici prism. The first and second double Amici prisms are aligned along an optical axis of the system and configured to transmit the optical beam. At least one of the first and second double Amici prisms is rotatable relative to the other around the optical axis. Advantageously, the disclosed systems and methods allow for efficient and versatile adjustment of the magnitude and/or orientation of the dispersion of the optical beam. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343825 | Tunable Spectral Slicer And Methods Of Use - Systems and methods for filtering an optical beam are described. In one implementation, a system for filtering an input optical beam includes a first beamsplitter, a first spectral slicing module, a second spectral slicing module, and a second beamsplitter. The first beamsplitter is configured to split the input optical beam into a first optical beam and a second optical beam. The first spectral slicing module has a first passband and is configured to filter the first optical beam. The second spectral slicing module has a second passband and is configured to filter the second optical beam. The second beamsplitter is configured to combine the first optical beam and the second optical beam into an output optical beam. The first and second spectral slicing modules may each comprise a longpass filter and a shortpass filter aligned along its optical axis, and the longpass filter and/or the shortpass filter are rotatable relative to the optical axis. Advantageously, the optical system allows for tunable spectral filtering of the input optical beam suitable for 2-D imaging systems. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343826 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND AN AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - An optical arrangement having at least a lens mode in which it is a lens arrangement comprising an array ( | 2017-11-30 |
20170343827 | DISPLAY - The present invention has an object of providing a display that makes uniform brightnesses of a display image in a plane of a display panel according to a position of an observer. The display includes a display panel, a surface light source panel that emits light toward a back surface of the display panel, a sensor that senses a position of an observer with respect to the display panel, and a controller, wherein a brightness can be adjusted for each of areas of the surface light source panel, and the controller adjusts respective brightnesses of the areas of the surface light source panel so that brightnesses of a display image in a plane of the display panel are made uniform, when the display panel is observed from the position of the observer sensed by the sensor. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343828 | 3D POOL SYSTEM - The disclosure aims at providing a 3D pool system for enabling users to see 3D visual effects when is use and enhancing user experience. The 3D pool system may include a pool body and a viewing device. Pool body may include an inner pool surface provided with a pattern may include first regions and second regions. First regions and second regions respectively have first boundaries and second boundaries. First regions surrounded by first boundaries are filled with a first colour, and second regions surrounded by second boundaries are filled with a second colour. Viewing device is used for viewing pattern and refracting incident light from pattern, and re is a difference in depth of field between first regions | 2017-11-30 |
20170343829 | Head Mounted Display - A head mounted display includes first and second light source modules, a light reversely turning module, an image output module, first and second eyepiece modules, and a beam splitting mirror. The first and second light source modules are respectively configured to emit first and second lights. The image output module is configured to receive the first and second lights, generating first and second image lights with corresponding image information respectively. The light reversely turning module is optically coupled between the first light source module (or the second light source module) and the image output module, making a propagating direction of the first light (or the second light) in reverse to that of the first image light (or the second light). The beam splitting mirror is optically coupled between the image output module and the first/second eyepiece module, guiding the first/second image light into the first/second eyepiece module. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343830 | TRANSPARENT SCREEN - A transparent screen includes a substrate capable of transmitting light; and a plurality of dots formed on a surface of the substrate, each of the dots having wavelength-selective reflectivity and being formed of a liquid crystal material having a cholesteric structure, in which the cholesteric structure gives a striped pattern of bright parts and dark parts in a cross-sectional view of the dot observed by scanning electron microscope, the dot includes a portion having a height that increases continuously to the maximum height in a direction extending from the edge toward the center of the dot, and in the portion, the angle formed by the normal line to a line that is formed by a first one of the dark parts as counted from the surface of the dot on the opposite side of the substrate and the surface of the dot is in the range of 70° to 90°. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343831 | OPTOELECTRONIC MODULES INCLUDING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM TILTED WITH RESPECT TO A FOCAL PLANE - The present disclosure describes optoelectronic modules that include an optical system tilted with respect to a focal plane. For example, an optoelectronic module can includes an optical system including a vertical alignment feature. An optoelectronic sub-assembly includes an active optoelectronic device, wherein the vertical alignment rests on a surface of the optoelectronic sub-assembly and wherein an optical axis of the optical system is tilted with respect to a focal plane in the sub-assembly. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343832 | Camera Module - An embodiment provides a camera module comprising: a cover can which has a hollow part for exposing a lens at the upper part thereof and a fully opened surface at the lower part thereof; a base coupled to the lower part of the cover can; a housing that is disposed at the upper part of the base and moves in first and second directions that are mutually orthogonal on the surface perpendicular to an optical axis; a bobbin that is accommodated in the housing and moves in the direction of the optical axis, the bobbin comprising at least one lens; a magnet part disposed on the inner surface of the housing; a first coil pattern part disposed on the outer surface of the bobbin for moving the bobbin in the direction of the optical axis; an actuator comprising a second coil part disposed on the upper surface of the base for moving the housing accommodating the bobbin in the first and second directions; and a flexible substrate disposed between the second coil part and the base for respectively applying power to control the first coil pattern part and the second coil part. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343833 | EYEGLASSES EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A JOINT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH AN EYEGLASSES EQUIPMENT - Disclosed is eyeglasses equipment ( | 2017-11-30 |
20170343834 | LENS EXCHANGING STRUCTURE OF SPECTACLES - A lens exchanging structure of spectacles is disclosed. The lens exchanging structure of spectacles includes a trench disposed on a lens rim for receiving a lens. An open slot is disposed in the trench and has a long through hole having a first holey section and a second holey section. A moving part is placed in the open slot and has a bump disposed in the first holey section. A positioning part is disposed in the second holey section and assembled with the moving part. Therefore, the lens can be positioned or removed by the moving mechanism of the moving part in the open slot. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343835 | QUASI PROGRESSIVE LENSES FOR EYEWEAR - Various embodiments disclose a quasi progressive lens including a first optical zone capable of providing distance vision, a second optical zone capable of providing near vision and a transition zone connecting the first and second optical zones. Physical dimensions (e.g., length and width) of the transition zone are adjusted to increase the size of the second optical zone in comparison to progressive lenses and to reduce residual cylinder power and aberrations along the convergence path in comparison to bifocal lenses. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343836 | EYEWEAR LENS SHIELD FOR LENS PROTECTION DURING REPAIR AND ADJUSTMENTS - A lens shield with a principal panel and subpanels having hook and loop closures. The lens shield comprises pockets for coolin devices and a base to stabilize it on a surface. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343837 | OPTICAL MODULATOR - An optical modulator includes a substrate having an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, a modulation part which modulates light waves propagating through the optical waveguide, and a light receiving element which detects the light waves propagating through the optical waveguide. As the modulation part, a first modulation part and a second modulation part, which respectively modulate light waves into which input light branches, are provided. As the light receiving element, a light receiving element for the first modulation part and a light receiving element for the second modulation part are provided. The light receiving elements are disposed such that their positions in a light propagation direction are shifted from each other by an amount corresponding to one light receiving element, or more. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISPLAY ELEMENT - According to the present invention, a system for manufacturing an optical display element, which manufactures an optical display element by laminating optical films on both planes of a rectangular panel according to the present invention includes: a panel supply unit supplying the panel; a first laminating unit laminating a first optical film onto the panel in a first direction selected from a long-edge longitudinal direction and a short-edge longitudinal direction of the panel at a first side selected from the two sides of the panel; a second laminating unit laminating a second optical film onto a plane opposite to the plane onto which the first optical film is laminated in a second direction selected from the long-edge longitudinal direction and the short-edge longitudinal direction of the panel and different from the first direction; and a first reverse unit reversing, when a first laminating plane onto which the first optical film is laminated is selected from between one plane and the other plane of the panel and predetermined as a process condition, the panel to reverse positional relationships of the planes of the panel if the first laminating plane is different from a plane of the panel supplied by the panel supply unit at the first side of the panel. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343839 | LIGHT VALVE PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A light valve panel and a liquid crystal display using the same are discussed. The light valve panel according to an aspect includes a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode receiving a light valve data voltage through a light valve data line, and a second electrode facing the first electrode with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, and receiving a common voltage swinging in the same phase in synchronization with the light valve data voltage. The liquid crystal display device according to another aspect includes a display panel, a backlight unit, and a light valve panel. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343840 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a liquid crystal display device, whereby transparency when no voltage is applied and scattering properties when a voltage is applied, are good, adhesion between a liquid crystal layer and a vertical liquid crystal alignment film is high, and its lifespan is long even in a severe environment. The liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer formed by disposing a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal and a polymerizable compound between a pair of substrates provided with electrodes, and irradiating and curing the composition with ultraviolet rays by an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus, and at least one of the substrates is provided with a liquid crystal alignment film to vertically align a liquid crystal, wherein the ultraviolet irradiation apparatus is an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus capable of controlling the irradiation light intensity and wavelength of the ultraviolet rays to be irradiated and the surface temperature of the pair of the substrates, the liquid crystal composition contains a compound represented by the formula [1], and the liquid crystal alignment film is a liquid crystal alignment film obtained from a liquid crystal alignment treating agent containing a polymer having a side chain structure represented by the formula [2-1] or formula [2-2]. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343841 | Backlight Unit and Display Device Using the Same - Provided are a backlight unit and a display device using the same. The backlight unit includes a main support, in which a sheet ear part of an optical sheet is disposed, having a sheet mounting part and an upper hole, a sheet mounting member for mounting the sheet ear part of the optical sheet and formed with a lower hole, and a sheet fixating mechanism coupled to the main support, the optical sheet, and the sheet mounting member to fix the sheet ear part of the optical sheet to the main support. A narrow bezel may be implemented, an optical sheet may be stably secured even in the narrow bezel, and light leakage may be prevented. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343842 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes an array substrate comprising a thin film transistor device layer and a first film layer formed on the thin film transistor device layer; a color film substrate arranged corresponding to the array substrate; a liquid crystal layer formed between the array and color film substrates; a frame glue for binding the array and color film substrates; and a support structure formed between the array and color film substrate. The support structure comprises a support pillar formed on the color film substrate and a pad formed on the first film layer. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; and the support pillar and the pad are located within the non-display region of the liquid crystal display panel, and the support pillar is in contact with the pad. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343843 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device comprising: a substrate; a gate line that is disposed on the substrate and extends in a first direction; a first insulating film that is disposed on the gate line; a semiconductor pattern that is disposed on the first insulating film; a first transparent electrode that is disposed on the semiconductor pattern, and has a first electrode and a second electrode being spaced apart from each other; a second insulating film that is disposed on the first transparent electrode and partially exposes the first electrode; a data line disposed on the second insulating film and extends in a second direction different from the first direction; a second transparent electrode that is disposed on the second insulating film and at least partially overlaps the second electrode; and a connecting electrode in direct contact with a portion of the exposed first electrode and the data line. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343844 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes pixel circuits arranged in a matrix in a display area, and the pixel circuits each includes a display element, a capacitor which applies voltage to at least one of electrodes of the display element, a first switch which supplies voltage to the capacitor when in an on state, a second switch which is set in an off state with the first switch when the first switch is in the off state, and sets the capacitor in a floating state. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343845 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes an insulating substrate, a thin-film transistor including a semiconductor layer formed on a layer above the insulating substrate, a gate electrode which at least partly overlaps the semiconductor layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode which are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer, and a light shielding layer formed between the thin-film transistor and the insulating substrate to at least partly overlap the semiconductor layer, the light shielding layer electrically connected to the gate electrode. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343846 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first substrate, and a semiconductor layer, and a gate line disposed over the first substrate. The gate line overlaps the semiconductor layer. The display device also includes a first insulating layer disposed over the semiconductor layer, wherein a first opening is formed through the first insulating layer. The display device further includes a metal pad disposed over the first insulating layer, being electrically connected to the semiconductor layer through the first opening, and a data line disposed over the first insulating layer, wherein the data line crosses the gate line and is electrically connected to the metal pad. In addition, the display device includes a second insulating layer disposed over the metal pad and the first insulating layer, wherein a second opening is formed through the second insulating layer, and the second opening at least partially overlaps the gate line. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343847 | LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT - The invention relates to a light modulation element comprising a cholesteric liquid crystalline medium sandwiched between two substrates, each provided with an electrode structure, wherein at least one of the substrates is additionally provided with an alignment layer which is provided with a photoresist pattern consisting of periodic substantially parallel stripes. The invention is further related to a method of production of said light modulation element and to the use of said light modulation element in various types of optical and electro-optical devices, such as electro-optical displays, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), non-linear optic (NLO) devices, and optical information storage devices. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343848 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A lateral electric field type liquid crystal display device having a curved display surface, comprises: a curved first substrate including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode; a curved second substrate that is disposed opposite to the first substrate, the second substrate including a polarizing plate; a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween; a sealing material bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together; and a driver that outputs a drive signal to at least the plurality of gate lines or the plurality of data lines. In the polarizing plate, at least a part of a side near the driver overlaps the sealing material or is disposed outside the sealing material in planar view. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343849 | GRATING, FABRICATING METHOD THEREFOR, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A grating is provided. The grating includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite the first substrate, a plurality of first transparent electrodes arranged at equal intervals along a surface of the first substrate and between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a plurality of second transparent electrodes each arranged along a surface of the second substrate and opposite to a respective one of the plurality of first transparent electrodes, and a liquid crystal mixture layer arranged between each pair of the first transparent electrodes and respective second transparent electrodes, wherein a liquid crystal mixture in the liquid crystal mixture layer is switchable between a smectic phase and a cholesteric phase such that the liquid crystal mixture is transparent in the smectic phase and black in the cholesteric phase. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343850 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE THERMALLY PROTECTED AGAINST INTERNAL LIGHT SOURCE - A liquid crystal display device thermally insulated from light source heat, includes a display panel, a backlight module positioned on the display panel, a bezel positioned around the backlight module, and a thermal insulating element mounted on the bezel. The backlight module includes a light guiding plate and at least one light source located at a side of the light guiding plate. The thermal insulating element is positioned between the at least one light source and the bezel. A sealed space is formed between the thermal insulating element and the bezel. The thermal insulating element and the sealed vacuum space are configured to thermally insulate heat generated by the at least one light source and prevent heat from transferring to the bezel and display panel. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343851 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343852 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device include a display panel with first and second substrates facing each other, a window part provided on the display panel and including a light-blocking region provided at an edge region thereof, an adhesive part provided between the display panel and the window part, and a plurality of optical patterns provided on an edge region of a bottom surface of the first substrate. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343853 | COLOR CONVERSION PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a color conversion panel including: a substrate; a polarization layer that is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of polarization patterns spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval; and a color conversion layer that is disposed on the polarization layer, wherein at least one of the plurality of polarization patterns may include an external light interference layer disposed on the substrate and a reflection layer disposed on the external light interference layer. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343854 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Provided is a liquid crystal display that can prevent occurrence of a scratch on a front surface of a polarizer and display a satisfactory image in performing a touch operation accompanied by frequent gesture operations of rubbing the front surface of the polarizer. The liquid crystal display includes: a display element including an in-cell or on-cell projected capacitive touch panel sensor and a polarizer disposed on a display surface of the display element; and a protective layer disposed on the polarizer. The protective layer has a pencil hardness higher than or equal to 4H. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343855 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a first substrate, a first wavelength conversion layer and a second wavelength conversion layer disposed on the first substrate and spaced apart from each other, and a polarization layer disposed on the first wavelength conversion layer and the second wavelength conversion layer, the polarization layer including a reflection portion and a transmitting portion, in which the reflection portion overlaps a gap formed between the first wavelength conversion layer and the second wavelength conversion layer. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343856 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING IMAGES AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - The subject of the invention is a device for generating images ( | 2017-11-30 |
20170343857 | OPTICAL FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH NARROW FRAME - An optical film to visually reduce frame size of individual display units within a single large display includes four film portions connected to each other to form a rectangular frame of each individual display unit. Each film portion has strip-shaped micro-structures of triangular cross-section, and includes a bottom surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface. The bottom surfaces of the micro-structures are connected to each other. The first side surfaces and the second side surfaces are obliquely connected, the second side surface of one micro-structure being at the outermost side of each film portion. Angle θ | 2017-11-30 |
20170343858 | EDGE TYPE BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to an edge type backlight unit and a display device including the same, and is capable of enabling other optical components including a reflecting plate, a diffusion plate, and a prism sheet to perform a light guiding function by eliminating a light guide plate from a backlight unit. Such an edge type backlight unit according to the present disclosure and the display device including the same are configured by eliminating the light guide plate so that there are effects in which the number of components and manufacturing costs may be reduced, and further an upper end of the display device may be slimmed down to improve an exterior quality. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343859 | PHOTOLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A photoluminescent display device includes a blue light source and a photoluminescent display panel adjoining the blue light source. The photoluminescent display panel includes a transparent substrate, a color filter structure and a photoluminescent structure. The color filter structure includes a red pixel region, a green pixel region and a blue pixel region arranged adjacent to one another on the transparent substrate. The photoluminescent structure, which is disposed on the color filter structure and is facing toward the blue light source, includes a red light-conversion layer and a green light-conversion layer, wherein the red light-conversion layer is disposed on the green light-conversion layer. With this vertically stacked arrangement of the light-conversion layers, the photoluminescent display device can have higher optical energy utilization efficiency and a wider viewing angle, while being easier to be manufactured by relaxing the specification of accurate pixel-level alignment among the light-conversion layers and the color filter structure. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343860 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, and a first pixel which is disposed on the first substrate, and includes a pixel area and a circuit area adjacent to the pixel area where the first pixel further includes a first pixel electrode in which a slit extending in a first direction is defined, a first sub-pixel electrode disposed on one side of the slit, and a second sub-pixel electrode disposed on another side of the slit, the slit, the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode are disposed in the pixel area, and the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode are directly connected to each other in the circuit area. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343861 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to some aspects, a liquid crystal display panel comprising an electrode is provided. The electrode comprises a plurality of convex branch electrode portions arranged in a plane, the convex branch electrode portions being convex when viewed from a first direction perpendicular to the plane and extending from a central region of the electrode to a periphery of the electrode, and a plurality of concave branch electrode portions, the concave branch electrode portions being concave when viewed from the first direction, extending from the central region to the periphery and adjacent to convex branch electrode portions. According to some aspects, a method of applying a pretilt to molecules in a liquid crystal layer of a liquid crystal display panel by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer via first and second electrodes is provided. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343862 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display including a first substrate; a second substrate on the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first alignment layer between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and including a first polymer; a second alignment layer between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer and including a second polymer; and protrusions between the first alignment layer and the liquid crystal layer, wherein at least one of the protrusions includes an alignment polymer polymerized with a reactive mesogen, the first polymer includes a first main chain and a plurality of first side chains connected to the first main chain, and at least one of the plurality of first side chains includes a photoreactive group and a photoreactive derivative, and wherein the photoreactive group has an absorbance that is greater than that of the reactive mesogen. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343863 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device having excellent display quality, with reduced string-like defects that occur in display pixels. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes multiple spacers between a pair of substrates, wherein the spacers are arranged such that an inter-spacer distance between adjacent spacers in a longitudinal direction is different from an inter-spacer distance between adjacent spacers in a transverse direction, and an angle formed between a line connecting the spacers with a shorter inter-spacer distance and an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules at a voltage lower than a threshold voltage in the liquid crystal layer is 20° or smaller. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343864 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - An alignment film for liquid crystal display device includes a first portion positioned towards to the liquid crystal layer and a second portion positioned away from the liquid crystal layer. The first portion provides improved anchoring force while the second portion exhibits a lower volume resistance than the first portion. Thus, AC image sticking and DC image sticking can be minimized at the same time. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343865 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE HAVING GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT - A display substrate includes a first substrate having a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of pixels at the display area, and a gate driving circuit at the non-display area and including an output transistor including a channel region, an insulation layer covering the output transistor, and a capacitor on the insulation layer, electrically connected to the output transistor, and including a first capacitor electrode on the insulation layer, overlapping the channel region of the output transistor, and electrically connected to a first electrode of the output transistor, a first protection layer covering the first capacitor electrode, and a second capacitor electrode on the first protection layer, overlapping the channel region of the output transistor, and electrically connected to a gate electrode of the output transistor. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343866 | LIGHT VALVE PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A light valve panel and a liquid crystal display using the same are discussed. The light valve panel according to an aspect includes a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode including a block corresponding one-to-one with a light valve data line, and a second electrode facing the first electrode with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. An angle between a vertical edge of the block and the light valve data line is greater than 0° and less than 90°. The liquid crystal display device according to another aspect includes a display panel, a backlight unit, and a light valve panel. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343867 | Display Device with Novel Sub-pixel Arrangement - A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixel groups, wherein each of the plurality sub-pixel groups comprises eight sub-pixels disposed in a row direction or in a column direction and the eight sub-pixels comprise two red sub-pixels; two blue sub-pixels; two green sub-pixels; and two sub-pixels of a predetermined color, wherein in each of the plurality of sub-pixel groups, a distance between the red sub-pixels or between the blue sub-pixels is less than a distance between the green sub-pixels or between the sub-pixels of the predetermined color, and the sub-pixels of the predetermined color have a luminance higher than a luminance of the red sub-pixels and the blue sub-pixels. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343868 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MULTI DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a first dummy substrate on the first substrate, and a second dummy substrate extending from the first dummy substrate and bent. The second dummy substrate is on different side surfaces of the first substrate in a first direction. The display apparatus also includes a plurality of pixels on the first dummy substrate, a gate driver on the second dummy substrate and connected to the pixels, and a data driver connected to one side of the first dummy substrate in a second direction crossing the first direction and connected to the pixels. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343869 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that may realize a wide viewing angle and realize a high-speed response. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device that has upper and lower substrates and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the upper and lower substrates, in which the lower substrate includes electrodes, the electrodes are configured with a first electrode, a second electrode in a different layer from the first electrode, and a third electrode in a same layer as the second electrode, the liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules that are horizontally aligned with respect to a main surface of the upper and lower substrates in a case where a voltage is not applied, and the liquid crystal display device is configured to execute a driving operation that causes the electrodes to generate an electric field which causes a portion of the liquid crystal molecules to rotate in a horizontal plane with respect to the main surface and causes another portion of the liquid crystal molecules to rotate in an opposite direction to the portion of the liquid crystal molecules in the horizontal plane with respect to the main surface. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343870 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING RECTANGULAR-SHAPED PIXEL ELECTRODES OVERLAPPING WITH COMB-SHAPED COUNTER ELECTRODES IN PLAN VIEW - The present invention realizes a bright image display by enhancing a numerical aperture of pixels. At least a portion of a pixel electrode is overlapped to a thin film transistor by way of a first insulation film, the pixel electrode is connected to an output electrode of the thin film transistor via a contact hole which is formed in the first insulation film, the counter electrode is arranged above the pixel electrode by way of a second insulation film in a state that the counter electrode is overlapped to the pixel electrode, the counter electrode is formed at a position avoiding the contact hole formed in the first insulation film as viewed in a plan view, and at least a portion of the counter electrode is overlapped to the thin film transistor. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343871 | Array Substrate, Method of Fabricating the Same and Liquid Crystal Display Panel - An array substrate is disclosed. The array substrate includes a substrate, a first film layer on a side surface of the substrate, an insulation layer on the side surface of the substrate, an electrostatic charge dispersion layer on the side surface of the substrate, and a second film layer arranged on the side surface of the substrate. The first film layer, the insulation layer, the electrostatic charge dispersion layer, and the second film layer are sequentially arranged on the substrate. In addition, the insulation layer and the electrostatic charge dispersion layer include via holes, the second film layer is electrically connected with the first film layer through the via holes, and the electrostatic charge dispersion layer is in a same profile as the second film layer. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343872 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF BLACK MATRIX WITH EASY RECOGNITION OF ALIGNMENT MARK - A manufacture method of a black matrix is provided. The COA technology is utilized to manufacture organic photoresist blocks with an increased thickness on alignment marks. Then, a black matrix thin film is set on and covers the organic photoresist blocks to tremendously increase the level differences of the positions of the alignment marks and adjacent areas. A contour recognition apparatus can accurately recognize positions of the alignment marks. The issue that the alignment marks are difficult to recognize after the black matrix thin film is coated in the BOA process can be solved. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343873 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL and LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present application discloses an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device; a metal layer is designed to be added between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The metal layer can form a first storage capacitor with the pixel electrode and formed a second storage capacitor with the common electrode, such as the dual storage capacitors to enlarge the storage capacitor to improve the flicker caused by TFT leakage, ensure the display effect, and the two storage capacitor are overlapped set, the aperture ratio of the pixel is not reduced. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343874 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention has a pixel which includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first liquid crystal element, and a second liquid crystal element. A pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a signal line through the first switch. The pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element through the second switch and the first resistor. The pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a Cs line through the third switch and the second resistor. A common electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a common electrode of the second liquid crystal element. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343875 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device capable of significantly reducing variation of a capacitance formed by a pixel electrode and a data line, the display device including: a first gate line; first and second data lines intersecting the first gate line; a pixel electrode adjacent to the second data line; a switching element connected to the first gate line, the first data line, and the pixel electrode; and a first extension portion extending from the pixel electrode and intersecting the second data line. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343876 | Backplanes for Electro-Optic Displays - A backplane for an electro-optic display that includes a data line, a transistor, a pixel electrode connected to the data line via the transistor, the pixel electrode positioned adjacent to part of the data line so as to create a data line/pixel electrode capacitance. The backplane further including a shield electrode disposed adjacent to at least part of the data line so as to reduce the data line/pixel electrode capacitance. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343877 | HORIZONTAL STRIPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device for improving picture quality includes a common electrode formed on a first substrate, gate lines and data lines formed on a second substrate bonded to the first substrate by a sealing member with liquid crystals disposed therebetween, thin film transistors connected to the gate lines and to the data lines, pixel electrodes formed in subpixel regions, each pixel electrode having a long side in a direction of the gate lines and having a short side in a direction of the data lines fanout lines for supplying a driving signals from the driving chips to the data lines, first conductive spacers formed between the fanout lines connected to different driving chips, for supplying a common voltage to the common electrode, and second conductive spacers formed between the fanout lines connected to the same driving chip, for supplying the common voltage to the common electrode. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343878 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a semiconductor layer including a first extension portion and a second extension portion, a gate line, a first common electrode opposed to at least the second extension portion, a source line extending above the second extension portion, a pixel electrode including a main pixel electrode, a second common electrode including a second main common electrode opposed to the source line, and a first alignment film. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343879 | STRETCHABLE ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - A stretchable electro-optic display includes a layer of conductive material and an electrophoretic medium laminated to the layer of conductive material. The layer of conductive material also includes a plurality of nodes and a stretchable interconnect connecting first and second nodes of the plurality of nodes. A method of manufacturing a stretchable electro-optic display is also provided that includes patterning a layer of conductive material to define a plurality of nodes and a stretchable interconnect connecting first and second nodes of the plurality of nodes and laminating a layer of an electrophoretic medium to the layer of conductive material. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343880 | COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a realistic solution for a highlight or multicolor display device which can display high quality color states. More specifically, an electrophoretic fluid is provided which comprises four types of particles, having different levels of size, threshold voltage or charge intensity. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343881 | MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR, METHOD FOR FABRICATING MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR - A Mach-Zehnder modulator includes: a support having a principal surface, the principal surface having a first area, a second area, and a third area; a first structure including first and second semiconductor mesas disposed on the first and second areas, respectively; a second structure including a first strip-shaped semiconductor region on the second area, a second strip-shaped semiconductor region on the third area, and a first strip-shaped void and a second strip-shaped void defining the first and second strip-shaped semiconductor regions; a first electrode disposed on the first semiconductor mesa in the first area, the first strip-shaped semiconductor region of the second structure being disposed between the support and the second semiconductor mesa of the first structure in the second area, and the first and second semiconductor mesas, and the first and second strip-shaped semiconductor regions being arranged to constitute a first arm waveguide of the Mach-Zehnder modulator. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343882 | IMAGING APPARATUS, FLICKER DETECTION METHOD, AND FLICKER DETECTION PROGRAM - Provided are an imaging apparatus, a flicker detection method, and a flicker detection program that can accurately detect a flicker even in a case in which an image of a bright object is captured. A digital camera directs a MOS imaging element | 2017-11-30 |
20170343883 | SELF-DAMPING SHUTTER APPARATUS FOR EXPOSURE SYSTEM OF PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY MACHINE - A self-damping shutter apparatus for use in an exposure system of a photolithography machine, comprising: at least two pieces of shutter blades ( | 2017-11-30 |
20170343884 | ENCLOSURE DEVICE - In one embodiment of an enclosure device, a camera casing and light source casing are secured to a plate frame, and the enclosure device is configured to be mounted to an arm, such as a robotic welding arm. A shutter mounting arm may also be secured to the plate frame. A flap may be pivotally mounted to the distal end of the shutter mounting arm, such that the flap may be actuated between a first and second position by an actuator cooperatively engaged with the flap. The first position may be defined as to protect a camera lens positioned in the camera casing and a light source lens positioned in the light source casing. The second position may be defined as to not obscure a line-of-sight from either the light source and/or the camera to the work piece on the arm. A light source casing may be sandwiched between two side plates that are generally configured as mirror images of one another. The light source casing housing a light source may be configured as a laser designed to measure distances, | 2017-11-30 |
20170343885 | Camera Shield System - A camera shield system includes a vehicle that has a back side. At least one camera is coupled to the back side. The at least one camera may display an area behind the vehicle when the vehicle is backing. Thus, the vehicle may avoid striking an object when backing. At least one cone is provided. The at least one cone is coupled to the back side and the at least one cone is positioned to surround the at least one camera. Thus, the at least one cone inhibits the at least one camera from becoming obstructed with precipitation. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343886 | Voice Coil Motor - A VCM is disclosed, the motor including a stator including a first driving unit, a rotor arranged inside the stator, including a second driving unit responding to the first driving unit and mounted therein with a lens, a base fixing the stator, and an elastic member coupled to the rotor to float the rotor from the base in a case a driving signal for driving the first and second driving units is not applied to the first and second driving units. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343887 | FLASH UNIT AND EMITTED LIGHT AMOUNT CONTROL METHOD - A flash unit capable of being attached to a flash control unit, comprising: a memory that stores information relating to a light emission time for actual flash corresponding to a difference between an emitted light amount command value for actual flash and an emitted light amount command value for pre-flash, and a controller, including an light emission time calculation section that obtains light emission time corresponding to emitted light amount command value for actual flash based on emitted light amount command value for pre-flash, emitted light amount command value for actual flash, and information stored in the memory, wherein the controller inputs the emitted light amount command value for pre-flash and the emitted light amount command value for actual flash acquired to the light emission time calculation section, and controls actual flash of the flash light emitting source based on the light emission time. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343888 | WEARABLE LIGHTING ACCESSORY - The present invention provides a novel lighting accessory, which has never been proposed before for increasing luminance when in one embodiment, a mobile electronic device is used in a low light environment for photography, videography or video conferencing. By disposing a lighting device in an accessory, when a user utilizes a common back camera on a mobile device to conduct video conferencing, the lighting device helps to illuminate the user's face and increase luminance. As for the user using a common front camera to do video or photo shooting, the lighting device helps to increase luminance of the subject and ambient environment, so that the video or photo shot performs at a high quality. The lighting device can be concealed in a novel reversible light housing that can also be used to conceal other wearable technology, such as fitness monitors, watch components, etc. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343889 | LIGHT EMITTER AND LIGHT DETECTOR MODULES INCLUDING VERTICAL ALIGNMENT FEATURES - This disclosure describes various modules that can provide ultra-precise and stable packaging for an optoelectronic device such as a light emitter or light detector. The modules include vertical alignment features that can be machined, as needed, during fabrication of the modules, to establish a precise distance between the optoelectronic device and an optical element or optical assembly disposed over the optoelectronic device. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343890 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - The wavelength conversion element converts a wavelength of part of an exciting light to generate a fluorescent light and thereby generate a combined light in which the fluorescent light is combined with a non-converted light whose wavelength is the same as that of the exciting light. The element includes a fluorescent body, a binder contacting the fluorescent body, and multiple diffuser particles included in the binder. A minimum particle diameter of the multiple diffuser particles is ¼ or more and 4 times or less of a wavelength of the fluorescent light, and a ratio of a volume of the multiple diffuser particles to a total volume of the binder and multiple diffuser particles is 25% or more and 50% or less. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343891 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR - A light source apparatus includes a first light source unit including a first light emitting device, a second light source unit including second and third light emitting devices, a light beam conversion system, and a light ray combiner. The first, second, and third light emitting devices emit first, second, and third light beams, respectively. The combiner has first, second, and third areas which these light beams enter, respectively. One of the light beams is a specific light beam. The direction in which the second and third areas are arranged is a third direction. The conversion system converts the specific light beam such that the dimension of the specific light beam in the third direction at a stage in which the specific light beam enters the combiner is smaller than that at a stage in which the specific light beam exits the conversion system. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343892 | MASK WITH MULTILAYER STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD BY USING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a photolithography mask. The photolithography mask includes a substrate that contains a low thermal expansion material (LTEM). A multilayer (ML) structure is disposed over the substrate. The ML structure is configured to reflect radiation. The ML structure contains a plurality of interleaving film pairs. Each film pair includes a first film and a second film. The first film and the second film have different material compositions. Each film pair has a respective thickness. For at least a subset of the plurality of the film pairs, the respective thicknesses of the film pairs change randomly along a predefined direction. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343893 | DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF PARTIALLY TRANSPARENT PETALED MASK OR OCCULTER USING GRAYSCALE LITHOGRAPHY - A mask for Poisson spot suppression includes a plurality of petals equally spaced in a circular pattern, the petals comprising a gray scale lithography substrate, the substrate having an opaque center portion and a gradient of increasing transparency extending toward a perimeter of the circular pattern, the gradient effected by a gray scale lithography process. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343894 | PELLICLE SUPPORT FRAME AND PRODUCTION METHOD - A pellicle support frame is provided with a frame body made of aluminum alloy and has a pellicle film bonded to the upper surface of the frame body and a transparent substrate bonded to the lower surface of the frame body. Within the frame body, a plurality of hollow portions are provided to be lined up in the circumferential direction of the frame body, and a through-hole which leads from the outer peripheral surface to the inner peripheral surface of the frame body is formed between two adjacent hollow portions. This configuration makes it possible to prevent strain from arising in the support frame and the transparent substrate after the support frame is bonded to the transparent substrate. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343895 | PELLICLE - There is provided a pellicle for lithography which has a unique frame in that it has externally protruding (projecting) portions; to the lower end faces of these protruding portions the photomask-bonding agglutinant layer is applied so as to allow a reduction in the area of the lower end face of the pellicle frame to which conventionally the agglutinant layer was endlessly applied, whereby the pellicle induced deformation to the photomask is mitigated. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343896 | SEQUENTIAL INFILTRATION SYNTHESIS FOR ENHANCING MULTIPLE-PATTERNING LITHOGRAPHY - Simplified methods of multiple-patterning photolithography using sequential infiltration synthesis to modify the photoresist such that it withstands plasma etching better than unmodified resist and replaces one or more hard masks and/or a freezing step in MPL processes including litho-etch-litho-etch photolithography or litho-freeze-litho-etch photolithography. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343897 | CHEMICAL FOR PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY WITH IMPROVED LIQUID TRANSFER PROPERTY AND RESIST COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME - A method of forming a pattern, the method including exposing under KrF excimer laser beams, a chemical for photolithography coated through spin coating, including a resin ingredient having a mass-average molecular weight (Mw) of 2000 to 50000 and an organic solvent having a saturated vapor pressure of 1 kPa or more (1 atm, 20° C.) and a viscosity of 1.1 cP (1 atm, 20° C.) or less. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343898 | POLYMER, POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION, AND PATTERN FORMING PROCESS - A polymer comprising recurring units derived from vinylanthraquinone, recurring units derived from acid labile group-substituted hydroxystyrene, and recurring units derived from hydroxystyrene is provided. The polymer is used as a base resin to formulate a positive resist composition having a high resolution and minimal LER. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343899 | DEVELOPING METHOD - A developing method includes rotating a wafer. A developer solution is dispensed onto the rotated wafer through a first nozzle. The first nozzle is moved from a first position to a second position. The first position and the second position are over the wafer and within a perimeter of the wafer when viewed from a top of the wafer. The developer solution is dispensed through the first nozzle when moving the first nozzle from the first position to the second position. The first nozzle is moved back from the second position to the first position immediately after the first nozzle is moved from the first position to the second position. The developer solution is dispensed through the first nozzle when moving the first nozzle from the second position to the first position. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343900 | EMBOSSING LACQUER AND METHOD FOR EMBOSSING, AND SUBSTRATE SURFACE COATED WITH THE EMBOSSING LACQUER - In the case of an embossing lacquer based on a UV-polymerizable prepolymer composition containing at least one acrylate monomer, the prepolymer composition—in addition to the acrylate monomer—contains at least one thiol selected from the group: 3-Mercaptopropianates, mercaptoacetates, thioglycolates, and alkylthiols as well as potentially a surface-active anti-adhesive additive selected from the group of anionic surfactants, such as polyether siloxanes, fatty alcohol ethoxylates, such as polyoxyethylene (9) lauryl ethers, monofunctional alkyl (meth)acrylates, polysiloxane (meth)acrylates, perfluoroalkyl (meth)acrylates, and perfluoropolyether (meth)acrylates as well as a photoinitiator, as well as a method for imprinting substrate surfaces coated with an embossing lacquer. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343901 | Shadow-Mask-Deposition System and Method Therefor - A direct-deposition system capable of forming a high-resolution pattern of material on a substrate is disclosed. Vaporized atoms from an evaporation source pass through a pattern of through-holes in a shadow mask to deposit on the substrate in the desired pattern. The shadow mask is held in a mask chuck that enables the shadow mask and substrate to be separated by a distance that can be less than ten microns. As a result, the vaporized atoms that pass through the shadow mask exhibit little or no lateral spread (i.e., feathering) after passing through its apertures and the material deposits on the substrate in a pattern that has very high fidelity with the aperture pattern of the shadow mask. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343902 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An object is to provide an illumination apparatus that achieves illumination with a uniform illuminance distribution, while reducing a light quantity loss. An illumination apparatus for illuminating an illumination target surface has: a deflection member configured to form an illuminance distribution with a periodic pattern along a predetermined direction on a predetermined face traversing an optical path; and an optical integrator system having a plurality of wavefront division facets arrayed on the predetermined face and configured to form secondary light sources with use of a beam from the deflection member; the deflection member forms the illuminance distribution with the periodic pattern of an integer times or a unit fraction times an array period of the plurality of wavefront division facets. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343903 | System and Method for Fabricating Metrology Targets Oriented with an Angle Rotated with Respect to Device Features - A lithography system includes an illumination source including two illumination poles separated along a first direction and symmetrically distributed around an optical axis, a pattern mask to receive illumination from the illumination source, and a set of projection optics to generate an image corresponding to the pattern mask onto a sample. The pattern mask includes a metrology target pattern mask and device pattern mask elements. The device pattern mask elements are distributed along the first direction with a device separation distance. The metrology target pattern mask includes a set of metrology target pattern mask elements having a diffraction pattern corresponding to that of the device pattern mask elements. A metrology target generated on the sample associated with the metrology target pattern mask is characterizable along a second direction and has printing characteristics corresponding to those of device pattern elements generated on the sample associated with the device pattern mask elements. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343904 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic projection apparatus includes a support structure to hold a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern a beam of radiation according to a desired pattern; a projection system to project the patterned beam onto a target portion of a substrate; a substrate table configured to hold the substrate, the substrate table including a support surface to support an intermediary plate between the projection system and at least one of the substrate and an object positioned on the substrate table and not in contact with the at least one of the substrate and the object; and a liquid supply system to provide a liquid, through which the beam is to be projected, in a space between the projection system and the at least one of the substrate and the object. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343905 | PATTERN FORMING APPARATUS, MARK DETECTING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - While a wafer stage linearly moves in a Y-axis direction, a multipoint AF system detects surface position information of the wafer surface at a plurality of detection points that are set at a predetermined distance in an X-axis direction and also a plurality of alignment systems that are arrayed in a line along the X-axis direction detect each of marks at positions different from one another on the wafer. That is, detection of surface position information of the wafer surface at a plurality of detection points and detection of the marks at positions different from one another on the wafer are finished, only by the wafer stage (wafer) linearly passing through the array of the plurality of detection points of the multipoint AF system and the plurality of alignment systems, and therefore, the throughput can be improved. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343906 | AUTOMATED MASK STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - An automated photomask storage and retrieval system includes a plurality of mobile storage units aligned in a first direction. Each mobile storage unit is movable in the first direction and includes a plurality of storage cells. A gantry is disposed over the plurality of mobile storage units. The gantry includes a supporting frame movable in the first direction. The plurality of mobile storage units interpose a pair of supporting members of the supporting frame. A beam connects the pair of supporting members and is movable along the pair of supporting members in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The beam includes a plurality of buffer cells. A robotic arm is disposed adjacent to the plurality of buffer cells and movable along the beam. The robotic arm is configured to transfer a container containing a photomask between a storage cell and a buffer cell. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343907 | Pattern Drawing Apparatus and Pattern Drawing Method - A pattern drawing apparatus includes a first image-pickup device for reading an alignment mark and reading a first pattern image for detecting a positional shift, a second image-pickup device for reading the first pattern image and reading a second pattern image for detecting a positional shift drawn by an irradiation light beam from the optical head while carrying out a relative movement between the table and the optical head, and a positional shift detection unit for obtaining a first coordinate difference between a center of a visual field of the first image-pickup device and a center of the first pattern based on a read image by the first image-pickup device and obtaining a second coordinate difference between the center of the first pattern and a specific position of the second pattern based on a read image by the second image-pickup device. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343908 | PHOTOCONDUCTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A photoconductor is provided. The photoconductor includes a support, an undercoat layer overlying the support, and a photosensitive layer overlying the undercoat layer. The undercoat layer includes a binder resin and a zinc oxide particle. The photosensitive layer includes a compound represented by the following formula (1): | 2017-11-30 |
20170343909 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer containing a charge transporting material and a specific polyester resin having a structure including a specific branched chain. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343910 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic photoconductor including a support, an undercoat layer, and a photoconductive layer, the undercoat layer and the photoconductive layer being disposed on the support in an order mentioned, wherein the undercoat layer includes zinc oxide particles, a urethane bond-containing resin, and methylethyl ketone oxime, and the undercoat layer satisfies a formula below: | 2017-11-30 |
20170343911 | TONER - A toner comprises a toner particle containing an amorphous polyester, wherein the amorphous polyester contains an amorphous polyester 1, the amorphous polyester contains a tin compound and a titanium compound, a Sn/Ti abundance ratio between Sn and Ti in the amorphous polyester according to x-ray fluorescence analysis is 20/80 to 80/20, and a weight-average molecular weight Mw1 of the amorphous polyester 1 according to measurement by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is Mw1<7,000. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343912 | TONER, TONER STORED UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a toner including at least: a binder resin; and a release agent, wherein in a transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image of a torn cross-section of the toner, the release agent has an acicular or filiform shape and an average aspect ratio of 31 or greater, and wherein a displacement amount of the toner when 250 micronewtons is applied to the toner in a microcompression test is 700 nm or less. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343913 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a plurality of toner particles each including a composite core and a shell layer covering a surface of the composite core. The composite core is a composite of a toner core and a plurality of organic particles each adhering to a surface of the toner core. The shell layer contains a first resin having a glass transition point of at least 50° C. and no greater than 90° C. The organic particles each contain a releasing agent and a second resin having a glass transition point of at least 90° C. and no greater than 110° C. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343914 | DEVELOPING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing unit includes a body and a displacement member. The displacement member is to be held by the body in a first mode in a first mounting state, and is to be held by the body displaceably between the first mode and a second mode in a reversible fashion in a second mounting state. The first mounting state is a state in which a first toner cartridge is mounted on the developing unit. The second mounting state is a state in which a second toner cartridge is mounted on the developing unit. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343915 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A generation unit configured to receive image data and to generate print data from received image data; a printing control unit configured to form an image on a sheet based on print data generated by the generation unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a delay in generation of the print data has occurred based on a data amount of the received image data and a data amount of print data generated by the generation unit; and an issuance unit configured to issue a command to insert an auxiliary pattern in a case where the determination unit determines that the delay has occurred are included. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343916 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposing unit forms a latent-image electric potential on each photosensitive drum. A detecting toner image of each color is transferred to an intermediate transfer belt using a first potential difference between a latent-image electric potential and the potential of an intermediate transfer belt at each primary transfer portion. When the polarity of voltage to be applied from a transfer power source to a secondary transfer roller is to be switched to an opposite polarity while the detecting toner image of each color is passing through each primary transfer portion, the absolute value of a second potential difference between the potential of the intermediate transfer belt and the background electrical potential of each photosensitive drum is made equal to or greater than the absolute value of the first potential difference by a control unit. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343917 | CORONA DISCHARGE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A corona discharge device including a corona electrode provided with multiple sharpened tip portions in a row includes a cleaning member which cleans the tip portions of the corona electrode while reciprocating along a predetermined movement direction set in advance with the tip portions biting into the cleaning member. A cleaning position at a surface of the cleaning member is different in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the corona electrode between when the cleaning member moves toward one side in the movement direction and when the cleaning member moves toward another side in the movement direction. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343918 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a configuration in which a voltage of polarity opposite to charging polarity of toner is applied to a conveyance guide, controlling deposition of toner on the conveyance guide has been difficult. When performing duplex image formation, a potential difference between a surface potential of a photoconductive drum charged by a charging roller and a potential of the conveyance guide is smaller during printing on the second surface than during printing on the first surface. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343919 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER SCANNED BY LIGHT THAT CHANGES IN SCANNING SPEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH IMAGE HEIGHT - An image forming apparatus includes: a correction unit configured to correct a tone of each pixel in first image data in accordance with an image height on a photosensitive member, and output second image data; a halftone processing unit configured to determine exposed regions of pixels in an image by applying halftone processing to the second image data; and a scanning unit configured to form a latent image by scanning the photosensitive member with light that changes in scanning speed in accordance with an image height based on the exposed regions of the pixels. The scanning unit is further configured to perform partial exposure with respect to the pixels based on the exposed regions of the pixels, the partial exposure exposing partial regions of the pixels to light unlike entire exposure that exposes entire regions of the pixels to light. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343920 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a light source, and circuitry that receives: first image data including first pixels each indicating image density or one of turning on and off the light source; and tag data indicating an attribute of each first pixels. The circuitry sets specific data to identify a first target pixel subjected to change out of the first pixels, converts the first image data into second image data having a higher resolution than that of the first image data, and controls the light source according to the second image data to form an image. In conversion, the circuitry identifies a second target pixel corresponding to the first target pixel out of second pixels of the second image data according to the specific data and the tag data, and changes the second target pixel into a pixel to turn on the light source. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343921 | IMAGING DISPLAY SYSTEM AND IMAGING DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an imaging display system includes an imaging device and a display device, which operate synchronously with each other. The imaging display system includes a control device. The control device is configured to measure light exposure when the imaging device captures an image and determine whether the measured light exposure is insufficient, and control the display device to decrease a refresh rate and the imaging device to prolong an exposure time, when determined that the light exposure is insufficient. The first scanning time for the imaging device to scan the image and the second scanning time required for the display device to scan the display panel are constant. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343922 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE PROVIDED IN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL SCANNING METHOD - An optical scanning device includes a rotary polygon mirror, a plurality of light sources, a light detecting portion, an obtainment processing portion, an a switching processing portion. The rotary polygon mirror has a reflection surface that reflects incident light, and scans, in a scanning cycle, the light reflected on the reflection surface. The light sources emit, toward the reflection surface, a plurality of light beams. The light detecting portion detects a light amount of each light beam reflected on the reflection surface. The obtainment processing portion obtains a switching timing to switch a light emission amount of each of the light sources in the scanning cycle, based on light amounts of the light beams detected by the light detecting portion. The switching processing portion switches the light emission amount of each of the light sources based on the switching timing obtained by the obtainment processing portion. | 2017-11-30 |