28th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100177214 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device of the present invention includes a normal operation period and a focusing operation period; a CCD ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100177215 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Plural areas defined by contours in a through image (live view image) are previously set as object segments whose luminance levels are to be altered. When a user touches a point within an object segment seen in the through image displayed on a touch panel LCD | 2010-07-15 |
20100177216 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image recording apparatus for recording an image captured by use of electronic zoom, comprises an electronic-zoom setting unit configured to set a zoom magnification when using the electronic zoom, a recording-mode selection unit configured to select at least either a non-compression format or a compression format as a recording mode in recording the captured image, a recording-size setting unit configured to set a recording size in each recording mode, and a control unit configured to, when the zoom magnification is set to a magnification at which an image is enlarged, control a recording size in the non-compression format to be larger than the recording size set by the recording-size setting unit. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177217 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system according to the present invention, from an object side to an image side, comprises a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power. In zooming, the first to the fourth lens units all move along the optical axis. The condition (8): 0.152010-07-15 | |
20100177218 | Electronic apparatus and method of operating electronic apparatus through touch sensor - An electronic apparatus has a touch sensor provided with a first touching zone including at least a second touching zone and a third touching zone, the second and third touching zones being allocated with different functions. The electronic apparatus is controlled to perform a specific function assigned to a specific touching zone that is the second or the third touching zone when there is a first touch input at first through the specific touching zone and continuously perform the specific function even if there is a second touch input that follows the first touch input, through either the second or the third touching zone that is not the specific touching zone, as long as there is a continuous touch input through the first touching zone from the first to the second touch input with no intermission. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177219 | Image distortion correcting method, carrier medium carrying distortion correcting program, and optical apparatus - A proposition is to provide a distortion correcting method, a carrier medium carrying distortion correcting program and an optical apparatus which can perform reliable and good distortion correction while suppressing the quantity of information in distortion correcting information. The distortion correcting method includes a preparing operation which expresses distortion aberration of an optical system for shooting in a function of a lens position thereof, optimizes coefficients of the function so that residual aberrations in two or more lens positions are controlled appropriately respectively, and prepares, in advance, information of optimized coefficients thereof as distortion correcting information of the optical system, and a correcting operation which performs a correction of distortion of an image picked up by the optical system based on the lens position at shooting time and the distortion correcting information prepared. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177220 | Image sensor for reducing kick-back noise and image pick-up device having the same - An image sensor comprises a plurality of pixel units connected to a column line, a signal process circuit configured to process a signal output from the column line according to a switching operation, and a kick-back noise blocking circuit configured to reduce kick-back noise caused by the switching operation. Each of the pixel units includes a photoelectric conversion element. The kick-back noise blocking circuit is connected between the column line and the signal process circuit. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177221 | PIXEL ARRAY HAVING WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE AND GOOD COLOR REPRODUCTION AND RESOLUTION AND IMAGE SENSOR USING THE PIXEL ARRAY - Provided is a pixel array having a wide dynamic range, good color reproduction, and good resolution and an image sensor using the pixel array. The pixel array includes a plurality of first type photodiodes, a plurality of second type photodiodes, and a plurality of image signal conversion circuits. A plurality of the second type photodiodes are disposed between the first type photodiodes which are two-dimensionally arrayed. A plurality of the image signal conversion circuits are disposed between the first type photodiodes and the second type photodiodes to process image signals detected by the first type photodiodes and the second type photodiodes. An area of the first type photodiodes is wider than an area of the second type photodiodes. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177222 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, ITS ELECTRIC-CHARGE TRANSFER METHOD AND ITS FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention solves a smear problem caused by mixing of a noise signal with signal electric charge being transferred in an operation to transfer the signal charge obtained as a result of a process carried out on a received light beam having a large wavelength. In order to solve the problem, the present invention provides a solid-state image pickup device including a layered structure which includes photosensors and an electric-charge transfer section. The photosensors include a first photosensor ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100177223 | Solid-state imaging device and camera - A solid-state imaging device includes: an avalanche photodiode having a structure including an n | 2010-07-15 |
20100177224 | Image Device Having a Plurality of Detectors in a Time Delay and Integration (TDI) Configuration and Associated Method - In certain embodiments, an imaging device includes an image sensor that includes a detector array. The detector array includes a plurality of detectors operable to receive a charge generated by light. The detector array also includes a plurality of detector sub-arrays each including one or more of the plurality of detectors. The one or more detectors of each detector sub-array are in a time delay and integration (TDI) configuration. The image sensor of the imaging device is operable to, for each of the plurality of detector sub-arrays of the detector array, generate an image signal corresponding to a scan of an object. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177225 | IMAGE SENSOR - The invention relates to an image sensor for electronic cameras, having a plurality of light-sensitive pixels for the generation of at least one signal proportional to exposure, wherein the pixels are coupled to a read-out circuit having at least one amplifier and configured to amplify the at least one signal of a respective pixel with different amplification factors to generate differently amplified signals for the at least one signal of a respective pixel, wherein the read-out circuit has at least one output to output at least some of the differently amplified signals as output signals. At least three different amplification factors can be selected for the at least one signal of a respective pixel, wherein the read-out circuit includes a selection device which is configured to select those amplification factors in dependence on the level of the at least one signal of a respective pixel with which the output signals of the read-out circuit are amplified, wherein the number of output signals for the at least one signal of a respective pixel amounts to at least two and is less than the number of the selectable amplification factors. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177226 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a layout in which one sharing unit includes an array of photodiodes of 2 pixels by 4×n pixels (where, n is a positive integer), respectively, in horizontal and vertical directions. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177227 | IMAGE SENSOR - The invention relates to an image sensor for electronic cameras, comprising a plurality of light-sensitive pixels for the generation of signals proportional to exposure and at least one read-out circuit coupled to the pixels and having a first section and a second section disposed downstream of the first section in a signal read-out direction, wherein the first section and the second section of the read-out circuit are each connected to at least one bond pad provided for the supply of an operating voltage and/or to at least one bond pad provided for the supply of a reference potential. At least some of the bond pads provided for the supply of the operating voltage and/or of the reference potential to the read-out circuit are arranged between the first section and the second sections of the read-out circuit. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177228 | NARROW BANDWITH ILLUMINATION IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A low power color image capturing system having a power source, the system comprising: a narrow bandwidth illuminator adapted to provide illumination having a peak intensity defining a narrow bandwidth; an image capturing device adapted to capture a raw image from an object illuminated by the narrow bandwidth illuminator; and a processor adapted to control the system and having an algorithm operatable upon the raw image to provide a modified image; wherein the modified image has enhanced color intensities over substantially all visible wavelengths. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177229 | Image Sensing System And Method Utilizing A Mosfet - A unit cell includes a MOSFET and an integration capacitor. The MOSFET includes a source, a drain, and a gate. The drain is coupled to the source, and the MOSFET is operable to store a first portion of an electric charge corresponding to a detected light intensity. The integration capacitor includes a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled to the drain of the MOSFET and the second end is coupled to a ground. The integration capacitor is operable to store a second portion of the electric charge corresponding to the detected light intensity. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177230 | IMAGE SENSOR DRIVING APPARATUS - An image sensor driving apparatus is provided with a plurality of output blocks having the functions of both a binary output block and a ternary output block and, therefore, is adaptable to image sensors with various types of specifications. The image sensor is provided with a plurality of dual-purpose binary/ternary output blocks having the functions of both a binary output block and a ternary output block and is configured to change over between binary operations and ternary operations, according to driving/controlling signals from a timing generator or selection signals from the outside of the apparatus. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177231 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DEVICE - A solid-state image capturing apparatus is manufactured, which has a high sensitivity and high resolution with no color filter or no on-chip microlens required and with no shading generated or no variance in performance between pixel sections. In a solid-state image capturing apparatus | 2010-07-15 |
20100177232 | VOLTAGE BIASING CIRCUIT AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A voltage biasing circuit includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor, a voltage control circuit controlling a voltage between a gate and a source of the MOS transistor to operate the MOS transistor in a sub-threshold range, and a capacitor connected to the MOS transistor. The voltage biasing circuit may further include a voltage buffer connected between the voltage control circuit and the MOS transistor. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177233 | Picture display controlling apparatus and picture display controlling method - Disclosed herein is a picture display controlling apparatus capable of improving the user's ease of operation upon selecting picture data on a small-size screen of digital cameras or the like. Picture data items held in a data holding unit ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100177234 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device appropriately extracts an entire object from an image even if the object is not completely included in an initial region designated by a user. The image processing device includes: a designation unit designating a position on the image; a setting unit setting a first combination consisting of a first object region candidate and a first background region candidate, and a second combination; a histogram generation unit generating a normalized color histogram of each of the regions; a similarity calculation unit calculating a similarity regarding each of the combinations; and a selection unit configured to select a combination from the first and second combinations so that the selected combination has the similarity lower than the similarity of the non-selected combination. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177235 | IMAGING DEVICE HAVING MICROLENS ARRAY ADHERED TO WAFER-LEVEL LENS - Methods and apparatuses having imaging structures that include a focusing lens structure, a pixel array, and a transparent material arranged between the focusing lens and the pixel array. A color filter array may be located between the transparent material and the pixels of the pixel array. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177236 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device of the present invention includes a normal operation period and a focusing operation period and includes: a CCD ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100177237 | CAMERA MODULE - Disclosed is a camera module. The camera module includes a lens assembly including a wafer level optics lens (WLO), and a sensor assembly on which the lens assembly is mounted through a surface mount technology (SMT). In the camera module, a lens is directly mounted on a sensor die through the SMT, so that the manufacturing process can be simplified and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. A height of the camera module is lowered, so that a slim camera module can be realized. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177238 | Imaging Device - Provided is an imaging device which simplifies an assembling adjustment so as to reduce the manufacturing time and cost, wherein second lens L | 2010-07-15 |
20100177239 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR FRAME RATE CONVERSION - A method is provided for performing robust frame rate conversion of video data to a higher frame rate. A metric is formed ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100177240 | ASPECT RATIO ENHANCEMENT - An adaptive compensation system for aspect ratio conversion. Video information, intended for her first aspect ratio display, e.g. the standard NTSC aspect ratio, is processed to determine additional information that can enable that video to be displayed and fill a wider aspect ratio screen. The processing can be a calculation which calculates, for example, texture, color and/or brightness of the edge portions, and automatically calculates video information to match the texture, brightness or color. The processing can be a database lookup, which automatically looks up likely portions from a database. The processing can also be an adaptive determination of what vertical portions of the image can be stretched without affecting the viewability, and then an adaptive stretching of different portions by different amounts. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177241 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOTION ADAPTIVE DE-INTERLACING WITH CHROMA UP-SAMPLING ERROR REMOVER - An apparatus and a method for motion adaptive de-interlacing with chroma up-sampling error remover are provided. Wherein, a motion detector determines moving pixels and static pixels in a target scan line. A first CUE remover and a second CUE remover remove the CUE of the target scan line in the previous field and the CUE of the adjacent scan lines in the current field, respectively. A de-interlace unit de-interlaces the adjacent scan lines to obtain a de-interlaced second scan line. A selector selects output data of the first CUE remover or the de-interlace unit as data of the target scan line according to a result of motion detection of the motion detector. A merging unit merges the adjacent scan line output by the second CUE remover and the target scan line output by the selector to output two scan lines of an output field. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177242 | Device and Method for Displaying Caption Window - A device and method for displaying a caption window is provided. The method receives a first window-defining command by a TV controller, with the first window-defining command including a first window size and first caption content. A first caption data according to the first caption content is generated and stored into a system memory. a first portion of the first caption data stored in the system memory is accessed and displayed. A first offset stored in an offset register is updated to a second offset after a predetermined period. A second portion of the first caption data is accessed and displayed according to the second offset and the first window size. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177243 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177244 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177245 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DSIPLAY APPARATUS - If a device non-compatible with CEC is contained in an input path when a display apparatus is HDMI-connected hierarchically to a plurality of external devices, an external device which has transmitted is selected as an operation object device. A TV ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100177246 | Increasing frame rate for imaging - The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for implementing algorithms for improving a frame rate by reducing a size and resolution of selected versus unselected image frames captured by a sensor in an image processing pipeline before displaying (or before encoding) in electronic devices (e.g., cameras, wireless camera phones, etc.), according to various embodiments of the present invention. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177247 | AMBIENT LIGHTING - A system for facilitating accompanying an image or video rendering with a concurrent controlled ambient lighting, comprises a color selector ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100177248 | IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE, AND CONTRAST-ADJUSTING CIRCUIT FOR USE THEREWITH - A system provides an image displaying technique that provides stable high contrast even in an area having high brightness. Based on information about an average brightness level of a digital luminance signal, black-correction processing which decreases a brightness level by offsetting the brightness level to the minus side, and increase processing which increases a contrast gain within a dynamic range, are performed for an analog luminance signal or a digital luminance signal, enabling improvement in contrast even where brightness is intense. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177249 | ENHANCING VIDEO SHARPNESS AND CONTRAST BY LUMINANCE AND CHROMINANCE TRANSIENT IMPROVEMENT - An apparatus, system, method, and article for enhancing video sharpness are described. The apparatus may include a media processing node to enhance sharpness of an input image. The media processing node may include a wavelet decomposition module to perform wavelet decomposition of the input image to detect and modify edge information. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177250 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording and reproducing apparatus ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100177251 | RECEIVER, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVER, RECEPTION METHOD, AND RECEPTION PROGRAM - A receiver receives an OFDM signal and performs the Fourier transform on the received OFDM signal. In the receiver, a first channel estimation subunit | 2010-07-15 |
20100177252 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCANNING TELEVISION CHANNELS - A method of scanning television channels at initial setup. The method includes at a first power mode, automatically scanning for channels using a first scanning setup procedure during which the television is unusable by a user. The first power mode is when the television is at a full power mode. The detected channels are automatically provided for use by the television upon completion of the first scanning setup procedure. The method further includes automatically scanning for channels using a second scanning setup procedure at a second power mode following the first power mode. The second power mode is at a lower power mode than the first power mode, and the second scanning setup procedure is more time consuming in comparison to the first scanning setup procedure. Additional channels not detected during the initial setup by the first scanning setup procedure are automatically detected at the second power mode. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177253 | COHERENT IMAGING METHOD OF LASER PROJECTION AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A coherent light source system is presented. The system comprises at least one coherent light emitter producing a coherent light beam, a focusing lens unit, and a beam shaper unit, the beam shaper unit being accommodated between the coherent light emitter and the collimating lens unit being in a front focal plane of the focusing lens unit, thereby providing a substantially uniform profile and high-degree collimation at a desired plane in an optical path of light propagation. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177254 | 3D Glasses - A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177255 | METHODS SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR UTILIZING DIRECTIONS OF LIGHT RAYS - The present invention provides a multi layer directional filter comprising (a) a front polarizer, (b) a front glass plate provided with a plurality of transparent, individually addressable upper electrodes and addressing lines, said front glass plate being disposed behind said front polarizer, (c) a front transparent insulating layer, said front transparent insulating layer being disposed behind said front glass plate, (d) a middle liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules, (e) a hind transparent insulating layer, said hind transparent insulating layer being disposed behind said middle liquid crystal layer, (f) a hind glass plate provided with a plurality of transparent, individually addressable lower electrodes and addressing lines, (g) a hind polarizer, said hind polarizer being disposed behind said hind glass plate, and, (h) control circuitry adapted to provide sequences of voltage patterns to said electrodes of said front glass plate and said hind glass plate. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177256 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate that may not have display quality degradation due to an image sticking phenomenon and a liquid crystal display having the same are disclosed for embodiments. The TFT substrate, according to one embodiment of the present invention, includes an insulating substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines arranged in a matrix defined by the crossing of the gate lines and the data lines on the insulating substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors each electrically connected to the gate lines and of the data lines at crossing points of the gate lines and the data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes each connected to the thin film transistors and partially overlapping a previous gate line, and a blocking electrode formed between each pixel electrode and its adjacent pixel electrode in parallel with the gate lines. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177257 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display that includes a substrate, gate lines formed on the substrate, storage electrode lines extending in the same direction as the gate lines, and data lines intersecting the gate lines. Pixel electrodes can be connected to the thin film transistors and can be arranged in a matrix. The pixel electrodes can include a first edge parallel to the gate lines and a second edge with a second length shorter than a first length of the first edge. The second edge can be parallel to the data lines. When a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode are disposed on two sides of a storage electrode line, one of the first edge of the first pixel electrode and the first edge of the second pixel electrode may overlap the storage electrode line. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177258 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - Plural LEDs | 2010-07-15 |
20100177259 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel, a front side viscoelastic layer, a front side hard layer, a back side viscoelastic layer, a back side hard layer, a backlight unit, a driving circuit board, and a metal plate. The front side viscoelastic layer that is viscoelastic covers a display surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The front side hard layer has a higher modulus of elasticity than the front side viscoelastic layer. The back side viscoelastic layer that is viscoelastic covers a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The back side hard layer has a higher modulus of elasticity than the back side viscoelastic layer. The back side viscoelastic layer has a thickness Tb of not less than about 20 μm, and the front side viscoelastic layer has a thickness Ta and satisfies: Ta/Tb>1 (Tb≠0). Thus, the display apparatus is resistant to breakage caused by a load placed on a display surface of the liquid crystal display panel and an impact when dropped, thereby attaining mechanical durability. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177260 | LCD APPARATUS WITH EDGE-ENGAGING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SUCH EDGE-ENGAGING ASSEMBLY - The invention provides an LCD apparatus including a backlight assembly, an LCD panel assembly and an edge-engaging assembly. In particular, the edge-engaging assembly comprises N edge-engaging members, wherein N is an integer ranging from 1 to 4. Each of the N edge-engaging members has a respective inner wall adapted to engage the corresponding edge portions of the backlight assembly and the LCD assembly. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177261 | BACK LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND TILED DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A tiled display device includes a plurality of display devices defining an image display part, the image display part divided into a central portion and an outer edge portion, a support frame tiling the plurality of display devices side by side, and a plurality of light guides, each light guide disposed on each of the display devices, wherein the brightness of an image displayed at the outer edge portion is higher than that of an image disposed at the central portion. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177262 | LENS FOR ILLUMINATION, LIGHTING DEVICE, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A lens for illumination has a light entrance surface and a light exit surface. The light exit surface has a first light exit surface and a second light exit surface. The first light exit surface projects toward a vertex on the optical axis, and the second light exit surface extends outwardly from the periphery of the first light exit surface. The first light exit surface has a shape allowing light that has been emitted from a starting point, which is the position of a light source on the optical axis, at an angle of a specified value or more with respect to the optical axis and reached the first light exit surface to reach a surface to be irradiated by totally reflecting the emitted light at a first point thereon reached by the emitted light first and then refracting the totally reflected light at a second point thereon reached by the emitted light after being totally reflected. The second light exit surface has a shape allowing light that has been emitted from the starting point and reached the second light exit surface to reach the surface to be irradiated by refracting the emitted light at a point thereon reached by the emitted light. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177263 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A light source device according to one of the invention comprises a light emitting element; a light guide substrate into which light emitted from the light emitting element enters; a mounting substrate on which the light emitting element is mounted; and a conductive pattern for removing a static electricity in or on the light guide substrate, formed on the mounting substrate. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177264 | LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL CONTAINING METAL COMPLEX AND PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE USING SAME - Disclosed is a material having charge-transporting properties, which contains a neutral metal complex having a partial structure represented by the general formula (1) below and at least two multidentate ligands, or such a metal complex structure. (In the formula, M represents a transition metal or a lanthanoid; Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent an optionally substituted divalent aromatic ring; and X | 2010-07-15 |
20100177265 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY WITH A MIRROR FUNCTION - The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display having a mirror function to reflect external light for when the OLED display does not emit light. The organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate member, an organic light emitting element formed on the substrate member, a phase retardation plate formed on the organic light emitting element, and a selective reflective layer formed on the phase retardation plate. The selective reflective layer selectively passes some light from outside and reflects the rest. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177266 | Optical film - The present invention provides an optical film with functions of light collimating, light polarization for brightness enhancement and limiting viewing angle and a method for preparing the same. The optical film includes a plurality of layers of a cholesteric liquid crystal film bound together via an optical adhesive and a quarter-wavelength retardation plate bound with the cholesteric liquid crystal film via the optical adhesive. Therein, at least one layer of the cholesteric liquid crystal film has a polarized separated wavelength range covering the wavelength range of visible light of three primary colors of red, green and blue. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177267 | Integrated Wide Viewing Film and in-Plane Switching Liquid Crystal Display with the Same - There is provided an integrated wide viewing film including: a first film having an optical axis located in-plan; and a second film having an optical axis located in a thickness direction thereof, and inclined at a 5predetermined angle in an in-plane direction. The IPS-LCD employing the integrated wide viewing film can be significantly improved in a contrast ratio in a diagonal direction. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177268 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a transflective type LCD device in which each of a transmissive area and a reflective area can be driven in an OCB mode, and it is possible to prevent lowering of transmittance and reflectance, and to prevent a pixel from darkening in a case where each of the transmissive area and the reflective area is driven in an OCB mode. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes, in each pixel (11), a single nucleus generation section for generating a bend nucleus for promoting a transition of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer into a bend alignment. Application of a voltage to the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer in the transmissive area and the reflective area carries out a transition from a spray alignment into a bend alignment in response to an applied voltage. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177269 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a semi-transmission liquid crystal display device, two resist masks are required to form a reflective electrode and a transparent electrode; therefore, cost is high. A transparent electrode and a reflective electrode which function as a pixel electrode are stacked. A resist pattern which includes a region having a thick film thickness and a region having a thinner film thickness than the aforementioned region is formed over the reflective electrode by using a light exposure mask which includes a semi-transmission portion. The reflective electrode and the transparent electrode are formed by using the resist pattern. Therefore, the reflective electrode and the transparent electrode can be formed by using one resist mask. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177270 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device | 2010-07-15 |
20100177271 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - An array substrate includes a pixel electrode, a thin-film transistor (TFT) and a storage line. The pixel electrode has a first electrode portion, a second electrode portion and a connecting electrode portion to electrically connect the first and second electrode portions to each other. The second electrode portion is spaced apart from the first electrode portion by a predetermined distance in a first direction. The TFT is electrically connected to the pixel electrode to drive the pixel electrode. The storage line overlaps a portion of the pixel electrode and has an asymmetric connecting electrode closer to the second electrode portion than to the first electrode portion. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177272 | PIXEL WELL ELECTRODES - A pixel well includes first and second electrodes below a floor. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177273 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention relates to a liquid crystal display panel formed by enclosing a liquid crystal between a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal display device having the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display panel can be easily connected to a circuit board. The liquid crystal display panel includes a scan electrode substrate having a plurality of scan electrodes formed like strips extending in parallel, a data electrode substrate having a plurality of data electrodes formed like strips extending in parallel, and a plurality of connection terminals formed at one edge of the scan electrode substrate to provide electrical connection with the data electrodes. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177274 | CLIP-ON GLASSES WITH INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES - A lens retaining structure for a secondary glasses assembly having a frame configured to be mounted on a pair of primary glasses. The lens retaining structure comprises an inner portion and an outer portion, each comprising a flexible, resilient member having a predetermined rest position. The inner portion has an inner lens grabber thereon and the outer portion has an outer lens grabber thereon. The inner and outer lens grabbers are configured to engage corresponding features of a lens. The inner and outer lens grabbers separated by a first distance when the inner and outer portions are in their rest positions, such that the lens retaining structure is operable to retain one of a plurality of lenses of differing sizes and shapes having corresponding features separated by a second distance which is different from the first distance. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177275 | RIMLESS EYEGLASSES - The invention concerns rimless eyeglasses in which each lens integrally comprises on the nose side, connection elements made to couple together to connect the two lenses with the aid of a blocking element which houses them forming a nose bridge. On the temple side each lens has a templet to which the arm is hinged. The templets and the arms of the eyeglasses can have means for interlocking them together to protect the integrity of the hinge when the arms are subjected to incorrect forces. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177276 | Eyeglass retainer device - An eyeglass retainer device attachable to an eyeglass frame includes a plurality of flexible tubular segments which are interconnected to form a string of flexible tubular supports and adjustable to change the length of the string. One or more clamps are employed to lock the flexible tubular segments against movement once adjusted. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177277 | ELECTRO-ACTIVE SPECTACLES AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONICS - Aspects of the present invention provide electronics for controlling and synchronizing operation of electro-active lenses regardless of frame type, size or style. The controlling electronics can be contained within one or more electronic modules positioned within the frame temples and can be removable and reprogrammable and can include inductive charge regions. Conductive links between electronic modules and/or between left and right sides of the electro-active spectacles can include left and right upper and lower rim portions of the frame, the bridge, conductive layers of the electro-active lenses, the upper and lower grooves of the electro-active lenses, and/or wires embedded within any portion of the frame. Aspects of the present invention also provide chargers for recharging electro-active spectacles of any size, shape or style using adjustable inductive charging cradles to inductively charge electro-active spectacles of the present invention. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177278 | Unitary Vision And Coordination Testing Center - System and methods for testing and/or training a subject's vision and coordination abilities are provided. More specifically, the method may include testing various aspects of the subject's vision and coordination abilities, such as eye-hand coordination, split attention, reaction time, body coordination, etc. By using various tests, an efficient examination may be administered. In accordance with the invention, an individual may be subjected to such a method of testing and/or training at a unitary center capable of presenting such tests to the individual, receiving input from the individual, and processing the received input. Such a unitary test center may further be configurable, so that the tests administered may vary based on the needs of the individual. The received input may then, for example, be used to compute data related to the user's vision and coordination abilities, both overall and for each individual test. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177279 | Vision modification with reflected image - Various embodiments of methods and systems for improving and enhancing vision are disclosed. Adjustable lenses or optical systems may be used to provide adaptive vision modification. In some embodiments, vision modification may be responsive to the current state of the user's visual system. Certain embodiments provide correction of the subject's near and far vision. Other embodiments provide enhancement of vision beyond the physiological ranges of focal length or magnification. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177280 | MULTI-LED OPHTHALMIC ILLUMINATOR - An ophthalmic endoilluminator has a power supply coupled to a light source, a controller, a collimation device, an alignment device, a lens, and an optical fiber. The light source has three light emitting diodes. Each of the three light emitting diodes produces a different color light. The controller controls the operation of the three light emitting diodes. The collimation device collimates the light produced by at least one of the light emitting diodes. The alignment device aligns the light individually produced by the three light emitting diodes into a single light beam. The lens focuses the single light beam. The optical fiber for carries the single light beam. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177281 | EYE DISORDER DETECTION CHART - An eye chart comprises a series of sinusoidal lines spaced at intervals of a selected to discriminate between normal vision and vision impaired by the presence of a cataract. Groups of sinusoidal lines have progressively different distances between the series with one series representing normal vision with the space between the lines growing progressively further apart to indicate the advancement of the cataract. A user counts the number of lines of the group that is clearly distinct. A user with normal vision will be able to count the number of lines, while a person with cataracts will require the space between the lines to be further apart in order to count depending on the stage of cataract development. A light source may be used to indicate night vision problems. A practitioner can record the progression of cataracts by keeping track of any changes over time. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177282 | PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection type display device including: a plurality of light sources; a display device; a light-combining unit for combining output light beams from the plurality of light sources; a condensing unit for propagating an output light beam from the light-combining unit to the display device; a projecting unit for projecting an image with the use of an output light beam from the display device; and a cooling unit having a ventilating fan and disposed on each of the plurality of light sources. The projection type display device further includes a flow direction adjusting unit for switching blow-off positions where air from the fan is discharged and a control unit for controlling switching of the blow-off positions operated by the flow direction adjusting unit. The control unit controls the flow direction adjusting unit to switch the blow-off positions on the basis of posture information on at least one of an inclination angle of an optical axis of the plurality of light sources and a rotation angle about the optical axis. In a configuration using a plurality of light sources, reliable control of temperature management of the light sources is performed and problems, such as whitening of the light sources, life property degradation, blacking and brightness degradation are suppressed. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177283 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD - A projector includes: a projecting portion that projects an image based on input image data; an image data producing portion that produces the image data and then outputs the image data to the projecting portion; an image sensor that captures the projected image and thus produces a captured image; a movement detection sensor that is arranged on a plane parallel to the imaging plane of the image sensor and produces movement information on the basis of the detected movement, the movement detection sensor being arranged at an angle in the direction not equal to the horizontal direction and vertical direction of the imaging plane; a determining portion that determines whether the movement information meets an adjustment condition or not; and a control portion that, when the movement information meets the adjustment condition, controls the image data producing portion so as to adjust the image data on the basis of the captured image. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177284 | Projector Display Device - According to one embodiment, a projector display device includes an enclosure configured with a projection hole and a translucent display screen configured over an aperture in the enclosure. The projection hole receives a light beam generated by a projector. The light beam is directed toward the translucent display screen for producing imagery on the translucent display screen. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177285 | Optical scanning device, optical scanning image display device and retinal scanning display - An optical scanning device includes a light source which radiates light of intensity corresponding to an electric current supplied to the light source, an optical scanning part which is capable of scanning the light radiated from the light source in the predetermined direction, and a light source drive part which supplies a bias current of a predetermined current value to the light source and sequentially supplies an electric current corresponding to an image signal to the light source. The light source drive part stops or reduces the supply of the bias current to the light source during at least a predetermined period of an invalid scanning period where an image display is not performed. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177286 | LIGHTING METHOD AND LIGHTING APPARATUS FOR A HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, A HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP APPARATUS, AND A PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - After discharge has begun in a high pressure discharge lamp, constant current control is performed so a lamp current becomes 4 [A]. Then, the current supplied to a pair of electrodes in the lamp is controlled so an electrode tip temperature t [degrees C.] at this time and an electrode tip temperature T [degrees C.] during stable lighting satisfy the relationship t [degrees C.]<=1.1 T [degrees C.]. When a power of the lamp reaches a rated power value, power control is changed to constant power control. This method enables suppressing an excessive rise in the temperature of the electrode tips in an initial lighting interval from lighting commencement until stable lighting, thereby preventing an increase in arc length due to melting of the electrode tips. Accordingly, illuminance does not readily decrease, particularly in a lamp unit including a high pressure discharge lamp mounted to a reflecting mirror. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177287 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR HAVING THE SAME - An illumination apparatus includes: first and second lamps; and a combining mirror configured to combine emitted lights from the first and second lamps The combining mirror includes first and second reflection surfaces opposing the first and second lamps respectively, being abutted vertically with respect to each other, whereby forming an edge. Since optical axes of the first and second lamp are respectively inclined with respect to a reference axis being orthogonal to a system optical axis of the illumination apparatus, central axes of the lights from the first and second lamps are incident on a downstream optical system in a state of being slightly inclined with respect to the system optical axis after being reflected on the first and second reflection surfaces respectively. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177288 | Projection Image Display Apparatus - A projection image display apparatus has a front panel, a projection lens, a lens hood, and a lens dial. The front panel has an opening for the projection lens. The projection lens projects through the opening for the projection lens. The lens hood covers the projection lens circumferentially, and has an opening spaced from an end of the lens hood for a dial. The lens dial is provided for adjusting focusing or zooming. It is provided at a circumference of the projection lens and exposed through the opening for the dial. The apparatus can thus avoid dust or the like foreign matters otherwise entering from a top side thereof into its main body, and also protect the projection lens when the apparatus is carried and inadvertently has a projection lens unit brought into contact with a desk or the like. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177289 | Immersion Fluid for Immersion Lithography, and Method of Performing Immersion Lithography - An immersion lithographic system | 2010-07-15 |
20100177290 | Optical characteristic measuring method, optical characteristic adjusting method, exposure apparatus, exposing method, and exposure apparatus manufacturing method - There is provided an optical characteristic measuring method for measuring an optical characteristic of an optical system which forms, on a second plane, an image of an object arranged on a first plane, the optical characteristic measuring method including: arranging at least one phase pattern on the first plane; illuminating the arranged phase pattern, with a light having a predetermined wavelength; extracting a partial image of a pattern image formed via the phase pattern and the optical system; and detecting information about the light in relation to the extracted partial image. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177291 | FILM PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING A DIGITAL LIGHT PROCESSING IMAGER OR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - A motion picture printing system having a digital micromirror device for manipulating light used to expose a film negative is disclosed. A motion picture printing system having an organic light emitting diode for emitting light to expose a film negative is disclosed. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177292 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In an immersion lithography apparatus in which immersion liquid is supplied to a localized space, the space is substantially polygonal in plan substantially parallel to the substrate. In an embodiment, two corners of the space have a radius of curvature no greater than the width of a transition zone between the space configured to contain liquid and a surrounding configured not to contain liquid. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177293 | POLARIZATION-MODULATING OPTICAL ELEMENT - A polarization-modulating optical element consisting of an optically active crystal material has a thickness profile where the thickness, as measured in the direction of the optical axis, varies over the area of the optical element. The polarization-modulating optical element has the effect that the plane of oscillation of a first linearly polarized light ray and the plane of oscillation of a second linearly polarized light ray are rotated, respectively, by a first angle of rotation and a second angle of rotation, with the first angle of rotation and the second angle of rotation being different from each other. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177294 | METHOD FOR IN-SITU ABERRATION MEASUREMENT OF OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM IN LITHOGRAPHIC TOOLS - The present invention has disclosed a method for in-situ aberration measurement in an optical imaging system of lithographic tools, which comprises the steps of: imaging the reticle pattern by the beams transmitting through the reticle via the optical imaging system; using particular tools to measure plural groups of linewidths by modifying the intensity distribution at the exit pupil plane of the optical imaging system; calculating the asymmetry and ununiformity of the linewidths and calculating the aberrations of the optical imaging system. The present method for aberration measurement can simplify the process of measurement; increase the measurement accuracy of the parameters of image quality; and reduce the time of measurement. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177295 | EXPOSURE METHOD AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS, STAGE UNIT, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD HAVING TWO SUBSTRATE STAGES WITH ONE STAGE TEMPORARILY POSITIONED BELOW OTHER STAGE - By an exposure method including a process where in parallel with an exposure operation performed on a wafer on one of the wafer stages, the other wafer stage is temporarily positioned under the one wafer stage in order to interchange both wafer stages, a part of the interchange operation (exchange operation) of both stages according to a procedure of temporarily positioning the other wafer stage under the one wafer stage can be performed in parallel with the exposure operation of the wafer on the one wafer stage. Accordingly, the interchange can be performed in a shorter period of time than when the interchange operation begins from the point where the exposure operation of the wafer on the one wafer stage has been completed. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION OPTIMIZATION OF A FIELD GENERATOR - An electro-magnetic tracking system ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100177297 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTUM RECEIVERS FOR TARGET DETECTION USING A QUANTUM OPTICAL RADAR - A quantum-illumination receiver is described comprising a phase-conjugation and mixing system for mixing and/or conjugating the idler beam from an entangled light transmitter and the return beam from the target to produce an output beam that is representative of the presence or absence of the target, a light beam collector for receiving a return light beam from the target region and directing the return light beam from a target region to the phase-conjugation and mixing system input, an optical input for receiving an idler light beam from a transmitter and directing the idler light beam from the transmitter to the phase-conjugation and mixing system, a sensor for measuring the output of the phase-conjugation and mixing system, and a processor to process the output of the sensor to make an determination about the presence of the target. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177298 | LASER RANGE FINDER FOR USE ON A GOLF COURSE - An improved range finder for use on a golf course. The improved range finder includes means for identifying the closest target in a field of view during a sweep operation of the field of view and means for presenting the distance of the closest target at the conclusion of the sweep operation of the field of view. The improved range finder preferably uses infrared light to detect a flagstick. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177299 | Differential Focus Blade Clearance Probe - An apparatus and a method for ascertaining a gap between a stationary member and a rotating member are disclosed. At least a reference beam and a signal beam, which have different focal lengths or which diverge/converge at different rates, are fixed to the stationary member and proximate to each other. The beams are projected across a gap between the stationary member and the rotating member toward the rotating member. The reference and signal beams are reflected by the translating member when it intersects the reference and signal beam, and the reflected reference and signal pulses are obtained. One or more features of the reflected reference pulse and the reflected signal pulse, such as a rise time of the pulses, a fall time of the pulses, a width of the pulses and a delay between the reflected reference pulse and the reflected signal pulse, among other factors, are obtained. The width of the gap is obtained using at least one of these factors. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177300 | MEASURING DEVICE - A measuring device includes a VCSEL of a first-order or high-order single mode emitting laser beams, a driving part configured to drive the VCSEL, a detecting part configured to detect an electric signal relating to feedback lights generated when laser beams are projected onto an object, and a calculating part configured to identify a direction of movement of the object on the basis of the electric signal detected by the detecting part. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177301 | Characterization Of Non-Linear Optical Materials Using Bragg Coupling - Methods of characterizing non-linear optical materials and fabricating wavelength conversion devices are provided. The method of characterizing non-linear optical materials comprising a periodically poled waveguide layer and at least one waveguide region includes coupling at least one diagnostic laser beam into the waveguide region at one or more input locations positioned on the waveguide layer of the non-linear optical material, and out-coupling the diagnostic laser beam from the waveguide region by applying an electric field to the periodically poled domains at one or more output locations positioned on the waveguide layer. The method also includes measuring an intensity level of the out-coupled beam and determining at least one optical property of the waveguide region based at least in part on the measured intensity level of the out-coupled beam. The characterization method may be implemented into a wavelength conversion fabrication process. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177302 | Phase Based Sensing - A method of interrogating a phase based transducer by providing a pulsed input including two different wavelengths. The different wavelength components can be used to derive a phase change experienced by a synthetic wavelength, and by arranging for the synthetic wavelength to be significantly greater that the component wavelengths, the phase so detected has a reduced sensitivity, and is less susceptible to overscaling effects. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177303 | MTF MEASURING SYSTEM, MTF MEASURING METHOD, MTF MEASURING UNIT AND MTF MEASURING PROGRAM - Measurement result screen data indicative of an object image and an MTF curve image are generated in accordance with the object image data obtained by photographing the object and the MTF curve image data indicative of the MTF curve generated from MTF data that become an index to evaluate lens performance. The measurement result screen based on the generated measurement result screen data is displayed, so that the measurement result screen indicative of the object image and the MTF curve image can be displayed on a real time basis in the case of evaluation measurement operations of the lens performance. As a result, a user grasps necessity for a focus adjustment from the MTF curve image on the measurement result screen, if necessary, adjusts focus of the object displayed together with the MTF curve image, and at the same time can evaluate the lens performance from the MTF curve image. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177304 | VEHICLE WHEEL ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY - A hybrid wheel alignment system and methodology use passive targets for a first pair of wheels (e.g. front wheels) and active sensing heads for another pair of wheels (e.g. rear wheels). The active sensing heads combine image sensors for capturing images of the targets with at least one spatial relationship sensor for sensing a relationship between the active sensing heads. One or both of the active sensing heads may include inclinometers or the like, for sensing one or more tilt angles of the respective sensing head. Data from the active sensing heads may be sent to a host computer for processing to derive one or more vehicle measurements, for example, for measurement of parameters useful in wheel alignment applications. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177305 | CUVETTE FOR FLOW-TYPE PARTICLE ANALYZER - The present invention provides an optical cuvette for use in a flow-type particle analyzer, wherein the cuvette includes a removable flow tube containing a flow channel oriented coaxially. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177306 | SERS Nanotag Assays - A method of producing a surface enhanced Raman scattering spectrum which is useful for certain types of assays, in particular proximity assays. The method includes providing two SERS-active nanoparticles. The first SERS-active nanoparticle will absorb a photon at a first wavelength and emit a Raman-shifted photon at a second wavelength. The second SERS-active nanoparticle will absorb a photon at the second wavelength and emit a Raman-shifted photon at a third wavelength. Accordingly, when the first and second SERS-active nanoparticles are proximate to one another and the first SERS-active nanoparticle is illuminated at the first wavelength a Raman-shifted photon at the second wavelength may be emitted. This photon can be absorbed by the second SERS-active nanoparticle causing detectable emission of a second Raman-shifted photon at the third wavelength. Various assays may be designed based upon the above. Proximity assays using two SERS-active nanoparticles will have advantageous background signal characteristics. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177307 | METHOD AND OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATING A NONLINEAR OPTICAL SIGNAL ON A MATERIAL WHICH IS EXCITED BY AN EXCITATION FIELD, AND USE OF THE METHOD AND OF THE OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT - The invention concerns a method of and an optical arrangement ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100177308 | SPECTROMETER COMPRISING SOLID BODY SENSORS AND SECONDARY ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS - The invention relates to a spectrometer for analysing the optical emission of a sample by means of pulsed excitation of an optical spectral emission, having an excitation source, a gap arrangement, at least one dispersive element and having detectors for the emitted spectrum, in which two beam paths are provided with two dispersive elements, the first dispersive element of which images the spectrum of the emission onto a number of spatially resolving detectors and the second dispersive element of which images the spectrum of the emission onto a number of time-resolving detectors. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177309 | MODULAR SPECTROSCOPY LABORATORY - A modular spectroscopy laboratory (MSL), comprises a rigid case with a flashlamp rotatably mounted in said case. A sample holder is provided for holding a sample of solution for analysis, and a spectrometer is optically connected to the sample holder. The flashlamp is positionable at least two angles relative to the sample holder. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177310 | EVANESCENT WAVE DOWNHOLE FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETER - An apparatus for estimating a property of a fluid downhole, is provided an includes: an optical fiber that receives light emitted from a light source and including an unclad portion adapted for contacting the fluid; a photodetector for receiving optical signals from the portion; and a spectrometer for obtaining an evanescent spectrum of the fluid from the portion. A method and a system are included. | 2010-07-15 |
20100177311 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING NANOPARTICLES - A dielectric sheet | 2010-07-15 |
20100177312 | SURFACE INSPECTION METHOD AND SURFACE INSPECTION DEVICE - A surface inspection method inspects a surface of a wafer having a repeated pattern formed by double patterning. The method includes: a first step (S | 2010-07-15 |
20100177313 | INSPECTING METHOD USING AN ELECTRO OPTICAL DETECTOR - An inspecting method using an electro-optical detecting device is disclosed. The electro-optical detecting device includes: an upper substrate and a lower substrate; a nematic liquid crystal layer interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a transparent electrode interposed between the nematic liquid crystal layer and the upper substrate, the transparent electrode connected to a device under test (DUT) via a power supply; a polarizing plate located over the nematic liquid crystal layer; and a reflecting plate located under the nematic liquid crystal layer. A method using the electro-optical detecting device includes applying a voltage between the transparent electrode and the DUT to generate an electric field across the liquid crystal layer; illuminating the detector and capturing an image of the detector using the light reflected from the detector; and determining the DUT has some defects from the image of the detector by an abnormal electric field generated between the transparent electrode and the DUT. | 2010-07-15 |