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20120177139 | DATA RESOURCE MAPPING FOR FREQUENCY-CODED SYMBOLS - A device and method for communicating frequency-coded symbols that include data elements and reference symbols are disclosed. In one aspect, a carrier frequency band includes a plurality of subcarrier frequency bands. Data elements are transmitted and received on respective pairs of adjacent subcarrier frequency bands to provide diversity. Reference symbols are transmitted and received on predetermined subcarrier frequency bands. Muting is applied to selected subcarrier frequency bands based on the number and frequency configuration of the reference symbols. | 07-12-2012 |
20130040675 | CLOSED LOOP POWER CONTROL IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK BY SELECTING AMONG SETS OF ACCUMULATIVE POWER STEP VALUES - A method is provided in a wireless device for controlling output transmission power from the wireless device. A set is selected among a plurality of sets of power step values, which reside in a memory of the wireless device, responsive to criteria defined in the wireless device. A power control command is received from a radio network node. One of the power step values of the selected set is selected responsive to the power control command. The output transmission power from the wireless device is controlled responsive to the selected power step value. Related methods in radio network nodes and apparatuses are disclosed. | 02-14-2013 |
20140071902 | Method and Apparatus for Uplink Power Control in a Wireless Communication Network - According to the teachings herein, an LTE or other wireless communication network provides for independent control of SRS transmissions by a UE or other wireless device. The network advantageously sends DCI messages for SRS power control using a modified format 3/3A, where the message length conforms to that used for conventional format 3/3A messages but where the message is masked using a distinct RNTI. Correspondingly, the wireless device is configured to recognize from the distinct RNTI that the received TPC commands are targeted to controlling the uplink transmit power used by the wireless device for SRS transmissions. | 03-13-2014 |
20140177552 | DATA RESOURCE MAPPING FOR FREQUENCY-CODED SYMBOLS - A device and method for communicating frequency-coded symbols that include data elements and reference symbols are disclosed. In one aspect, a carrier frequency band includes a plurality of subcarrier frequency bands. Data elements are transmitted and received on respective pairs of adjacent subcarrier frequency bands to provide diversity. Reference symbols are transmitted and received on predetermined subcarrier frequency bands. Muting is applied to selected subcarrier frequency bands based on the number and frequency configuration of the reference symbols. | 06-26-2014 |
20140219152 | Method and an Apparatus in a User Equipment for Controlling Transmission Power of the User Equipment - Disclosed are methods and apparatuses in user equipments ( | 08-07-2014 |
20160066329 | DATA RESOURCE MAPPING FOR FREQUENCY-CODED SYMBOLS - A device and method for communicating frequency-coded symbols that include data elements and reference symbols are disclosed. In one aspect, a carrier frequency band includes a plurality of subcarrier frequency bands. Data elements are transmitted and received on respective pairs of adjacent subcarrier frequency bands to provide diversity. Reference symbols are transmitted and received on predetermined subcarrier frequency bands. Muting is applied to selected subcarrier frequency bands based on the number and frequency configuration of the reference symbols. | 03-03-2016 |
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20090213321 | TUNABLE LIQUID LENS WITH REDUCED ABERRATION - A tunable optical imaging system uses a fixed lens and a tunable liquid crystal lens that is operated only outside of an operational range of high aberration. A voltage range applied to change the optical power of the liquid crystal lens is limited to a continuous tunable range of low aberration. The relative positioning between the lens and a corresponding photodetector, and the relative lens powers of a fixed lens and the tunable lens, may be selected to compensate for any optical power offsets resulting from the limitation of the voltage range of the tunable lens. The lens may be operated in either positive tunability or negative tunability mode. | 08-27-2009 |
20090316097 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF - A tunable-focusing liquid crystal lens (TLCL) cell has a liquid crystal layer arranged within a cell gap defined between substrates, a layer of optically transparent material arranged between the first substrate and the LC layer, and a liquid crystal alignment layer arranged between the optically transparent layer and the LC layer. The alignment layer is provided on a third optically transparent substrate having a non-planar shape for giving a non-planar profile to the LC layer, which substrate is obtained from a flexible sheet initially provided with the alignment layer and then formed into the non-planar shape. The lens further has a first optically transparent electrode provided on the second substrate, a second optically transparent electrode provided on either or both of first and third substrates. The electrodes are arranged to generate an electric field acting on the LC layer to change the focal distance of the LC cell. Methods for fabricating such TLCL cell are also provided | 12-24-2009 |
20110090415 | TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal optical device has a layered structure with split liquid crystal layers having alignment surfaces that define in a liquid crystal material pre-tilt angles of opposite signs. Four liquid crystal layers can provide two directions of linear polarization. In the case of a lens, the device can be a gradient index lens, and the alignment surfaces can have a spatially uniform pre-tilt. | 04-21-2011 |
20120006466 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - A wafer level method of manufacturing a liquid crystal optical device removes the need for a rigid barrier fillet while minimizing any risk of contamination of the liquid crystal. An uncured adhesive may be deposited on a bottom substrate and partially cured to form a liquid crystal barrier. After addition of the liquid crystal and a top substrate, the adhesive is fully cured to bond the substrate layers together. An uncured adhesive may be used together with the partially cured adhesive, and may be deposited separately or filled into an extracellular matrix surrounding a plurality of liquid crystal cells. The adhesive may be cured by a variety of means, including light that may be spatially modulated. One or both of the substrates may be deformed during assembly so as to create a structure with a lensing effect on light passing through the liquid crystal region. | 01-12-2012 |
20120019761 | CONTACT STRUCTURE FOR A TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE - A tunable liquid crystal optical device defining an optical aperture and having a layered structure. The device includes a film electrode formed on a surface of a first substrate and covered by a second substrate, and a contact structure filling a volume within the layered structure and contacting the film electrode. The contact structure is located outside of the optical aperture and provides an electrical connection surface much larger than a thickness of the film electrode, such that reliable electrical connections may be made to the electrode, particularly in the context of wafer scale manufacturing of such a device. | 01-26-2012 |
20120113318 | Methods of Adjustment Free Manufacture Of Focus Free Camera Modules - Methods are provided for wafer scale manufacturing camera modules without adjustment components to compensate for assembly errors and optical errors incurred within manufacturing tolerances. Camera modules are assembled in wafer arrays from arrays of image sensors, arrays of lens structures and arrays of optical trim elements. At least one of the arrays is a wafer. Lens structures are configured to provide less optical power than necessary to focus an image at infinity on image sensors without trim elements. A test performed during the wafer scale assembly of camera modules, after at least the sensor array and the lens structure array assembled, determines optical errors by identifying optical distortions and aberrations quantified in terms of optical power, astigmatism, coma, optical axis shift and optical axis reorientation deficiencies. Corresponding trim elements are configured to counteract distortions and aberrations prior to singulating useful camera modules from the array. | 05-10-2012 |
20120120335 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES USING DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION OF EFFECTIVE ELECTRODE STRUCTURES - Variable liquid crystal devices for controlling the propagation of light through a liquid crystal layer use a frequency dependent material to dynamically reconfigure effective electrode structures in the device. The frequency of a drive signal that generates an electric field in the device may be varied, and the frequency dependent material has different charge mobilities for the different frequencies. At a low charge mobility, the frequency dependent material has little effect on the existing electrode structures. However, at a high charge mobility, the frequency dependent material appears as an extension of the fixed electrodes, and may be used to change the effective electrode structure and, thereby, the spatial profile of the electric field. This, in turn, changes the optical properties of the liquid crystal, thus allowing the optical device to be frequency controllable. | 05-17-2012 |
20120127380 | TUNABLE LIQUID LENS WITH REDUCED ABERRATION - A tunable optical imaging system uses a fixed lens and a tunable liquid crystal lens that is operated only outside of an operational range of high aberration. A voltage range applied to change the optical power of the liquid crystal lens is limited to a continuous tunable range of low aberration. The relative positioning between the lens and a corresponding photodetector, and the relative lens powers of a fixed lens and the tunable lens, may be selected to compensate for any optical power offsets resulting from the limitation of the voltage range of the tunable lens. The lens may be operated in either positive tunability or negative tunability mode. | 05-24-2012 |
20120188490 | Multiple Cell Liquid Crystal Optical Device With Coupled Electric Field Control - A liquid crystal optical device is provided. The optical device includes a liquid crystal cell controlling optical properties of light passing therethrough and has: a liquid crystal layer, a planar electrode located to one side of said liquid crystal layer; an electric field control structure located to the opposite side of the liquid crystal layer; and a wavefront adjustment structure configured to provide optical phase front adjustment. In some embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure is a conductive floating electrode. In other embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure is a weakly conductive structure having spatially variable sheet resistance. In other embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure a weakly conductive structure having spatially variable sheet resistance having a frequency dependent characteristic. | 07-26-2012 |
20130077001 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES USING DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION OF EFFECTIVE ELECTRODE STRUCTURES - Variable liquid crystal devices for controlling the propagation of light through a liquid crystal layer use a frequency dependent material to dynamically reconfigure effective electrode structures in the device. The drive signal source uses pulse-width modulation to set a frequency and an amplitude of the drive signal. | 03-28-2013 |
20130081754 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - A wafer level method of manufacturing a liquid crystal optical device removes the need for a rigid barrier fillet while minimizing any risk of contamination of the liquid crystal. An uncured adhesive may be deposited on a bottom substrate and partially cured to form a liquid crystal barrier. After addition of the liquid crystal and a top substrate, the adhesive is fully cured to bond the substrate layers together. An uncured adhesive may be used together with the partially cured adhesive, and may be deposited separately or filled into an extracellular matrix surrounding a plurality of liquid crystal cells. The adhesive may be cured by a variety of means, including light that may be spatially modulated. One or both of the substrates may be deformed during assembly so as to create a structure with a lensing effect on light passing through the liquid crystal region. | 04-04-2013 |
20130314632 | FAST TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A tunable liquid crystal lens employing a dual frequency liquid crystal material exhibiting a dielectric anisotropy about a crossover frequency at room temperature is provided. A tunable liquid crystal lens drive signal having low and high frequency components about the crossover frequency, applies a spatially modulated electric field to the dual frequency liquid crystal layer, wherein the differential root means square amplitude determines the optical power. Changing the differential root means square amplitude provides optical power changes under prevailing excitation conditions providing improvements in optical power change speed. Employing drive signal pulses can impart further optical power change speed improvements. A variety of tunable liquid crystal lens structures employing the proposed solution are described. | 11-28-2013 |
20140036183 | TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal optical device has a layered structure with split liquid crystal layers having alignment surfaces that define in a liquid crystal material pre-tilt angles of opposite signs. Four liquid crystal layers can provide two directions of linear polarization. In the case of a lens, the device can be a gradient index lens, and the alignment surfaces can have a spatially uniform pre-tilt. | 02-06-2014 |
20140049682 | IN-FLIGHT AUTO FOCUS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT - An auto-focus system employing a tunable liquid crystal lens is provided that collects images at different optical power values as the liquid crystal molecules are excited between a ground state and a maximum optical power state tracking image focus scores. An image is acquired at a desired optical power value less than maximum optical power established with the liquid crystal molecules closer a fully excited state than the maximum optical power state having the same image focus score. This drive signal employed during image acquisition uses more power than was used to achieve the same optical power value during the auto-focus scan, while actively driving the liquid crystal molecules is fast. A pause due to image transfer/processing delays after acquisition is employed to allow slow relaxation of the liquid crystal molecules back to the ground state in preparation for a subsequent focus search. | 02-20-2014 |
20140076845 | CONTACT STRUCTURE FOR A TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE - A tunable liquid crystal optical device defining an optical aperture and having a layered structure. The device includes a film electrode formed on a surface of a first substrate and covered by a second substrate, and a contact structure filling a volume within the layered structure and contacting the film electrode. The contact structure is located outside of the optical aperture and provides an electrical connection surface much larger than a thickness of the film electrode, such that reliable electrical connections may be made to the electrode, particularly in the context of wafer scale manufacturing of such a device. | 03-20-2014 |
20140139768 | CAPACITIVELY COUPLED ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL DEVICE - An electrode structure is proposed for controlling a spatially non-uniform electric field driving a tunable liquid crystal lens or beam steering device. The spatially non-uniform electrode structure enables the generation of a predetermined spatially non-uniform electric field profile where complex capacitive coupling between multiple different electrically floating neighboring electrode segments is employed for the generation of the electrical field of desired form by supplying an initial electric potential to a limited number of electrodes. | 05-22-2014 |
20150055037 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES USING DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION OF EFFECTIVE ELECTRODE STRUCTURES - Variable liquid crystal devices for controlling the propagation of light through a liquid crystal layer use a frequency dependent material to dynamically reconfigure effective electrode structures in the device. The drive signal source uses pulse-width modulation to set a frequency and an amplitude of the drive signal. | 02-26-2015 |
20150146137 | Multiple Cell Liquid Crystal Optical Device With Coupled Electric Field Control - A liquid crystal optical device is provided. The optical device includes a liquid crystal cell controlling optical properties of light passing therethrough and has: a liquid crystal layer, a planar electrode located to one side of said liquid crystal layer; an electric field control structure located to the opposite side of the liquid crystal layer; and a wavefront adjustment structure configured to provide optical phase front adjustment. In some embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure is a conductive floating electrode. In other embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure is a weakly conductive structure having spatially variable sheet resistance. In other embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure a weakly conductive structure having spatially variable sheet resistance having a frequency dependent characteristic. | 05-28-2015 |
20150198830 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES USING DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION OF EFFECTIVE ELECTRODE STRUCTURES - Variable liquid crystal devices for controlling the propagation of light through a liquid crystal layer use a frequency dependent material to dynamically reconfigure effective electrode structures in the device. The drive signal source uses pulse-width modulation to set a frequency and an amplitude of the drive signal. | 07-16-2015 |
20150301307 | IN-FLIGHT AUTO FOCUS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT - An auto-focus system employing a tunable liquid crystal lens is provided that collects images at different optical power values as the liquid crystal molecules are excited between a ground state and a maximum optical power state tracking image focus scores. An image is acquired at a desired optical power value less than maximum optical power established with the liquid crystal molecules closer a fully excited state than the maximum optical power state having the same image focus score. This drive signal employed during image acquisition uses more power than was used to achieve the same optical power value during the auto-focus scan, while actively driving the liquid crystal molecules is fast. A pause due to image transfer/processing delays after acquisition is employed to allow slow relaxation of the liquid crystal molecules back to the ground state in preparation for a subsequent focus search. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301427 | CAPACITIVELY COUPLED ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL DEVICE - A spatially non-uniform electrode structure is proposed for controlling a spatially non-uniform electric field driving a tunable liquid crystal lens. The spatially non-uniform electrode structure enables the generation of a predetermined spatially non-uniform electric field profile where complex capacitive coupling between multiple different electrically floating neighboring electrode segments is employed for the generation of the electrical field of desired form by supplying an initial electric potential to a limited number of electrodes. | 10-22-2015 |
20160000557 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE WITH ADVANCED ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL CAPABILITY - A liquid crystal optical device is provided, including a layered structure including at least two support substrates. An external hole patterned control electrode is provided on one of the substrates and has an aperture. An internal hole patterned control electrode is provided on one of the substrates within the aperture, the internal and outer control electrodes being separated by a gap, which forms part of the aperture. A weakly conductive material is provided on one of the substrates over the aperture. A planar transparent electrode is provided on another one of the substrates. An alignment surface is provided on the substrates over the electrodes. A layer of liquid crystal material is contained by the substrates and in contact with the alignment surface of the substrates. A floating transparent electrode is provided on a side of one of the substrates opposite the outer and the internal hole patterned electrode. | 01-07-2016 |
20160041449 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FOCUS IMPROVEMENT IN MULTIPLE LIQUID CRYSTAL CELL LENSES - A liquid crystal optical device is provided including at least two LC cells. A first LC cell layer has a predominant director orientation imparting a transversally non-uniform phase delay to a first polarization of an unpolarized incident light field passing therethrough while incident light of a second polarization orthogonal to the first light polarization passes therethrough undergoing transversally uniform phase delay. The first LC cell is configured to project a center extraordinary ray onto an optical axis of the device at the image surface. A second LC cell layer has a predominant director oriented orthogonally to the other predominant director in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis. The second LC layer imparts a transversally non-uniform phase delay to the second polarization of the incident light passing therethrough, the second LC cell being configured to project a center ordinary ray onto the optical axis at the image surface. | 02-11-2016 |
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20140113324 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFORMING AND ANALYZING PARTICLES - A system for deforming and analyzing particles includes a substrate defining an inlet, and an outlet; a fluidic pathway fluidly coupled to the inlet and the outlet and defining a delivery region upstream of a deformation region configured to deform particles, wherein the fluidic pathway comprises a first branch configured to generate a first flow, and a second branch configured to generate a second flow that opposes the first flow, wherein an intersection of the first flow and the second flow defines the deformation region; a detection module including a sensor configured to generate a morphology dataset characterizing deformation of the particles, and a photodetector configured to generate a fluorescence dataset characterizing fluorescence of the particles; and a processor configured to output an analysis of the plurality of particles based at least in part on the deformation dataset and the fluorescent dataset for the plurality of particles. | 04-24-2014 |
20140315287 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFORMING AND ANALYZING PARTICLES - A system for deforming and analyzing a plurality of particles carried in a sample volume includes a substrate defining an inlet, configured to receive the sample volume, and an outlet; and a fluidic pathway fluidly coupled to the inlet and the outlet. The fluidic pathway includes a delivery region configured to receive the plurality of particles from the inlet and focus the plurality of particles from a random distribution to a focused state, a deformation region defining an intersection located downstream of the delivery region and coupled to the outlet, and wherein the deformation region is configured to receive the plurality of particles from the delivery region and to transmit each particle in the plurality of particles into the intersection from a single direction, a first branch fluidly coupled to the deformation region and configured to transmit a first flow into the intersection, and a second branch fluidly coupled to the deformation region and configured to transmit a second flow, substantially opposing the first flow, into the intersection, wherein the first flow and the second flow are configured to induce extension of one or more particles in the plurality of particles. | 10-23-2014 |
20150355073 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFORMING AND ANALYZING PARTICLES - A system for deforming and analyzing a plurality of particles carried in a sample volume includes a substrate defining an inlet, configured to receive the sample volume, and an outlet; and a fluidic pathway fluidly coupled to the inlet and the outlet. The fluidic pathway includes a delivery region configured to receive the plurality of particles from the inlet and focus the plurality of particles from a random distribution to a focused state, a deformation region defining an intersection located downstream of the delivery region and coupled to the outlet, and wherein the deformation region is configured to receive the plurality of particles from the delivery region and to transmit each particle in the plurality of particles into the intersection from a single direction, a first branch fluidly coupled to the deformation region and configured to transmit a first flow into the intersection, and a second branch fluidly coupled to the deformation region and configured to transmit a second flow, substantially opposing the first flow, into the intersection, wherein the first flow and the second flow are configured to induce extension of one or more particles in the plurality of particles. | 12-10-2015 |
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20110070358 | Method of forming hollow tubular drug eluting medical devices - A method of a forming a hollow, drug-eluting medical device includes utilizing a hollow wire having an outer member and a lumen of the outer member, and filling the lumen with a fluid to form a supported hollow wire. The supported hollow wire is shaped into a stent pattern. Openings are formed through the outer member. The supported hollow wire is processed to remove the fluid from the lumen of the outer member without adversely affecting the outer member, leaving the hollow wire shaped into a stent pattern. The lumen is filled with a biologically or pharmacologically active substance. | 03-24-2011 |
20110184504 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing an Arteriovenous Fistula - Methods and apparatus for creating an artificial arteriovenous fistula between an artery and an adjacent vein are disclosed. Methods include utilizing a hollow spiral shunt that defines a fluid passageway between a proximal port and a distal port thereof. The spiral shunt is loaded within a delivery device that is transversely advanced through a wall of the artery. A piercing end of the spiral shunt is than exposed and the delivery device is rotated to pierce an opposing wall of the artery and a wall of the adjacent vein with the spiral shunt piercing end. Rotation of the delivery device corkscrews the spiral shunt through the walls of the artery and the vein in order to position the spiral shunt to fluidly connect the artery and vein. Once so positioned, the spiral shunt is released to be deployed between the artery and vein lumens thereby forming an artificial arteriovenous fistula therebetween. | 07-28-2011 |
20120271339 | Balloon Catheter With Integrated Optical Sensor For Determining Balloon Diameter - An apparatus and method for determining an expanded diameter of a catheter balloon. An optical sensor includes an elongated optical fiber with at least one diffraction grating formed in a core of a distal portion thereof. The fiber distal portion is coupled to the inflatable balloon. Broadband light is transmitted to the diffraction grating by an optical interrogator. A portion of the light is reflected from the diffraction grating and is received by a wavelength detector. The wavelength of the reflected portion of light is dependent on the strain applied to the diffraction grating. The wavelength detector determines the strain in the balloon and correlates the strain to the diameter of the balloon. | 10-25-2012 |
20130116614 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing an Arteriovenous Fistula - Methods and apparatus for creating an artificial arteriovenous fistula between an artery and an adjacent vein are disclosed. Methods include utilizing a hollow spiral shunt that defines a fluid passageway between a proximal port and a distal port thereof. The spiral shunt is loaded within a delivery device that is transversely advanced through a wall of the artery. A piercing end of the spiral shunt is than exposed and the delivery device is rotated to pierce an opposing wall of the artery and a wall of the adjacent vein with the spiral shunt piercing end. Rotation of the delivery device corkscrews the spiral shunt through the walls of the artery and the vein in order to position the spiral shunt to fluidly connect the artery and vein. Once so positioned, the spiral shunt is released to be deployed between the artery and vein lumens thereby forming an artificial arteriovenous fistula therebetween. | 05-09-2013 |
20140091057 | Method of Forming Hollow Tubular Drug Eluting Medical Devices - A method of a forming a hollow, drug-eluting medical device includes utilizing a hollow wire having an outer member and a lumen of the outer member, and filling the lumen with a fluid to form a supported hollow wire. The supported hollow wire is shaped into a stent pattern. Openings are formed through the outer member. The supported hollow wire is processed to remove the fluid from the lumen of the outer member without adversely affecting the outer member, leaving the hollow wire shaped into a stent pattern. The lumen is filled with a biologically or pharmacologically active substance. | 04-03-2014 |
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20150233038 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - The laundry treating apparatus includes a door to open and close the introduction port about a first rotational or a second rotational axis which is different from first rotational axis. A first switching unit is provided in the door to allow rotation of door about the first rotational axis, and a second switching unit is provided in the door to allow rotation of the door about the second rotational axis. A lock fixes a position of at least one of the first switching unit or second switching unit when the door opens the introduction port. A damper is also provided. As can be appreciated, the mechanism used for the laundry apparatus may be applicable to other home appliances or non-home appliances where two different rotational axes may be needed to open and close a door. | 08-20-2015 |
20160076186 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a door configured to open and close an introduction port, a first rotational axis forming a rotation center of the door, a second rotational axis forming another rotation center of the door, the second rotational axis being provided to rotate the door in a direction different from a direction in which the door is rotated about the first rotational axis, a first switching unit configured to connect the door to the first rotational axis, a second switching unit configured to connect the door to the second rotational axis when the first switching unit is moved in a direction in which the door is separated from the first rotational axis, a manipulation unit configured to move the first switching unit in the direction in which the door is separated from the first rotational axis, a first lock configured to fix the position of the first switching unit when the door opens the introduction port, and a second lock configured to fix the position of the second switching unit when the door opens the introduction port. | 03-17-2016 |
20160076187 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet having an introduction port, a door configured to open and close the introduction port, a first hinge including a first shaft provided at either one selected from between the cabinet and the door to define a first rotational axis of the door and a first shaft receiving unit provided at the other one selected from between the cabinet and the door such that the first shaft is detachably received in the first shaft receiving unit, a second hinge including a second shaft coupled to the door to define the first rotational axis together with the first shaft and a third shaft configured to rotatably fix the second shaft to the cabinet and to define a second rotational axis of the door, a third hinge including a fourth shaft provided at either one selected from between the cabinet and the door to define the second rotational axis together with the third shaft and a fourth shaft receiving unit provided at the other one selected from between the cabinet and the door such that the fourth shaft is detachably received in the fourth shaft receiving unit, a first switching unit provided in the door in a reciprocating fashion to open and close the first shaft receiving unit, a second switching unit provided in the door in a reciprocating fashion to open and close the fourth shaft receiving unit, the second switching unit being configured to close the fourth shaft receiving unit when the first switching unit moves in a direction in which the first shaft receiving unit is opened, and a withdrawal prevention unit configured to detachably couple second switching unit to the third hinge when the second switching unit closes the fourth shaft receiving unit. | 03-17-2016 |
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20120107978 | METHOD OF FABRICATING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of fabricating a flexible display device includes: forming a plastic substrate on a carrier substrate, the plastic substrate including an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area; forming an array element on the carrier substrate, the array element including a plurality of layers and having an average adhesion force among the plurality of layers; forming a first film on the array element, the first film having a first adhesion force; attaching a flexible printed circuit board to the plastic substrate; forming a second film on the first film, the second film having a second adhesion force greater than the first adhesion force; and detaching the plastic substrate from the carrier substrate. | 05-03-2012 |
20130221381 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting diode display device includes: a semiconductor layer on a substrate and including source and drain regions; a first insulating layer on the semiconductor layer; a gate electrode and a first storage electrode on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer on the gate electrode and the first storage electrode; source and drain electrodes connected with the source and drain regions, respectively; a second storage electrode on the second insulating layer at a location corresponding to the first storage electrode; a third insulating layer on the source and drain electrodes and the second storage electrode; a first metal layer on the third insulating layer and connecting the drain electrode to an anode; and a second metal layer on the third insulating layer at a location corresponding to the second storage electrode. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222217 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device according to an embodiment includes a substrate having a plurality of sub-pixels including first, second and third sub-pixels, the first and second sub-pixels disposed along a first direction and the third sub-pixel disposed adjacent to the first and second sub-pixels along a second direction; and a plurality of driving sub-pixels formed on the substrate, each of the driving sub-pixels including at least a driving transistor and a switching unit, wherein each of the driving sub-pixels corresponds to at least two sub-pixels among the plurality of sub-pixels. | 08-29-2013 |
20140239264 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is an OLED display device. The OLED display device includes a metal line and a thin film transistor that are formed on a substrate, a first insulating layer formed on the metal line and the thin film transistor, a storage electrode formed on the first insulating layer, and connected to the metal line, a second insulating layer formed on the storage electrode, and an anode electrode formed on the second insulating layer to be connected to the thin film transistor and overlapping the storage electrode with the second insulating layer therebetween. | 08-28-2014 |