| 36th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
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| 20110216212 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF FABRICATING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate, a photoelectric conversion element provided on the light incidence side of the substrate and including a photoelectric conversion film sandwiched between a first electrode provided separately for each of pixels, and a second electrode provided opposite the first electrode, the photoelectric conversion film being made of an organic material or an inorganic material and generating a signal charge according to the quantity of incident light, an amplifier transistor having an amplifier gate electrode connected to the first electrode, and a voltage control circuit that is connected to the second electrode, and supplies a desired voltage to the second electrode. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216213 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A PLANE IN A RANGE IMAGE AND RANGE IMAGE CAMERA - 3D data of pixels arranged in a square lattice is converted to a houndstooth arrangement, a largest value among respective magnitudes of cross products of all pairings of the normal vector of a small triangle of interest and the normal vectors of three adjacent small triangles is derived, and a large triangle composed of the small triangle of interest and the adjacent small triangles is determined to be a plane candidate if the largest value is less than or equal to a first threshold, after which similar processing is repeated with this large triangle taken as a small triangle, and this repetition is recursively performed while enlarging the small triangle of interest, and when the area of a new large triangle is greater than or equal to a predetermined area, the region thereof is determined to be a plane and separated from a range image. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216214 | PHOTOSENSOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a photosensor device including: a photodiode array in which photodiodes are arranged in an array shape; scanning lines which are coupled to first electrodes of the photodiodes in respective lines of the photodiode array; read lines which are coupled to second electrodes of the photodiodes in respective columns of the photodiode array; a scanning circuit which is coupled to the scanning lines and sequentially supplies a selected scanning signal to the respective scanning lines in each horizontal scanning period; and a signal processing circuit which is coupled to the read lines and loads each voltage fluctuation of the read lines in one horizontal scanning period as signal voltage when reading a signal, wherein each of the photodiodes is made of amorphous silicon or microcrystal silicon, and forward bias voltage is applied to each of the photodiodes when reading a signal. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216215 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND RANGE DETERMINATION SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus comprises a lens array with a plurality of lenses, a part of which lenses makes one or more stereo lens pairs; an image pickup device for taking a multifaceted compound-eye image consisting of a set of monocular images formed by the plural lenses; and a computing unit for computing range imagery from one or more pairs of the monocular images formed by said one or more stereo lens pairs. The computing unit includes imaging position determination means for determining from the monocular images an image pickup position of each of one or more subjects whose relative positional relationships with respect to the image pickup apparatus are known by dividing the multifaceted compound-eye image into the monocular images, and image distortion parameter determination means for determining an image distortion parameter based upon a determination result of the imaging position determination means. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216216 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD, EXPRESSION EVALUATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image-capturing apparatus for capturing an image by using a solid-state image-capturing device may include a face detector configured to detect a face of a human being on the basis of an image signal in a period until an image signal obtained by image capturing is recorded on a recording medium; an expression evaluation section configured to evaluate the expression of the detected face and to compute an expression evaluation value indicating the degree to which the detected face is close to a specific expression in relation to expressions other than the specific expression; and a notification section configured to notify notification information corresponding to the computed expression evaluation value to an image-captured person. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216217 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD, EXPRESSION EVALUATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image-capturing apparatus for capturing an image by using a solid-state image-capturing device may include a face detector configured to detect a face of a human being on the basis of an image signal in a period until an image signal obtained by image capturing is recorded on a recording medium; an expression evaluation section configured to evaluate the expression of the detected face and to compute an expression evaluation value indicating the degree to which the detected face is close to a specific expression in relation to expressions other than the specific expression; and a notification section configured to notify notification information corresponding to the computed expression evaluation value to an image-captured person. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216218 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD, EXPRESSION EVALUATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image-capturing apparatus for capturing an image by using a solid-state image-capturing device may include a face detector configured to detect a face of a human being on the basis of an image signal in a period until an image signal obtained by image capturing is recorded on a recording medium; an expression evaluation section configured to evaluate the expression of the detected face and to compute an expression evaluation value indicating the degree to which the detected face is close to a specific expression in relation to expressions other than the specific expression; and a notification section configured to notify notification information corresponding to the computed expression evaluation value to an image-captured person. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216219 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an image pickup apparatus, image data obtained by an image pickup unit is subjected to predetermined image processing, and an image is displayed on an electronic viewfinder screen based on the image data that has undergone the image processing. A specified color is determined based on color information included in a predetermined region of an image that is currently being displayed on the electronic viewfinder screen, and image processing parameters are produced so that color conversion is carried out on the image while eliminating color components of colors other than the determined specified color. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216220 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image processing device and an image processing method determine whether the photographic scene has a high luminance difference. If the photographic scene has a high luminance difference, the image processing device and method switch the image pickup unit to a high luminance difference exposure mode. If the photographic scene does not have a high luminance difference, the image processing device and method switch the image pickup unit to a normal exposure mode. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216221 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An exemplary aspect of the invention is an image pickup apparatus including a sensor unit including a plurality of pixels; an exposure control unit that controls exposure by a feedback control based on image data acquired by the sensor unit; and a display unit that displays an image having undergone exposure control. During a time period from a point immediately after activation of the image pickup apparatus until a point when an image is displayed on the display unit, the sensor unit executes temporary loading of a part of the image data, and the exposure control unit sets an optimum exposure value based on the image data temporarily loaded. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216222 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an acquisition unit; a filter unit carrying out average differential filtering for image data acquired; a face area detection unit which detects the face area of the subject from image data subjected to average differential filter by the filter unit on the basis of the feature quantity stored; a focusing unit carrying out focusing control to be focused on the face area when the face area of the subject is detected; an image capturing unit capturing an image focused on the face area as a still image when the face area of the subject is detected; and a shutter speed control unit, when the face area of the subject is detected, increasing a shutter speed during the focusing control and during capturing the still image compared to a shutter speed when the face area of the subject is not detected. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216223 | IMAGE PICKUP METHOD AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup method using an image pickup apparatus having a charge coupled device (CCD) image pickup device, the method includes: acquiring an effective pixel signal from effective pixels of a light-receiving face of the CCD image pickup device; acquiring a signal outputted from shaded pixels of the light-receiving face to calculate a representative value of the signal; controlling a variable gain amplification above a vertical period of the effective pixel signal in plus correlation with an average above the vertical period of the representative value; and controlling a variable gain amplification of a horizontal period of the effective pixel signal in minus correlation with a ratio between a value of a horizontal period of the representative value or a recursive average in screens of the representative value and an average above a vertical period of the representative value. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216224 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING - A digital image processing apparatus includes an image capturing unit that captures an image of a subject and converts the image into image data, a storage unit that stores the image data, a successive capturing information generating unit that adds successive capturing photographing information to image data of images that are obtained by the image capturing unit when successively capturing a plurality of images, a display unit that displays an image representing the image data, a user input unit that generates an input signal when an input is received from a user, and a slide show control unit that displays successively captured images obtained by a single successive capturing photographing operation on the display unit at predetermined time intervals based on the successive capturing photographing information included in the image data, wherein a portion of the successively captured images is enlarged and sequentially displayed. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216225 | IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE, SUBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging control device for an imaging apparatus or an imaging system having an imaging section which performs imaging of a subject and an imaging field changing section of the imaging section, includes: a determination section which determines whether or not a subject detecting section detects a predetermined target subject by analyzing a captured image signal acquired by the imaging section, in a subject detection processing; and an imaging field change control section which controls the imaging field changing section to change an angle of view in the imaging section, wherein when the determination section determines that the subject detecting section does not detect a target subject in the subject detection processing, the imaging field change control section controls the imaging field changing section to change the angle of view in the imaging section and then the image control device controls the subject detecting section to perform the subject detection processing. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216226 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING ZOOM MICROPHONE FUNCTIONAL IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus support a zoom microphone function in a mobile terminal. The apparatus includes a plurality of microphones, a camera, and a controller. Each of the plurality of microphones has a different directional characteristic. The camera captures an image. And the controller determines a zoom level of the camera, and adjusts gains of the plurality of microphones based on a zoom range to which the zoom level belongs. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216227 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Provided is a method for adjusting an image pickup device, wherein a position of an image pickup element is set to an initial position, a uniform luminance surface is picked up, a luminance distribution on an image pickup surface is calculated, whether data of the luminance distribution on the four corners of the image pickup surface substantially agree with each other or not is judged, and such operations are repeated until the data substantially agree with each other by moving the position of the image pickup element by a predetermined value. By using the position of the image pickup element obtained when the data substantially agree with each other as information of the center position, the center position of the image pickup element can be adjusted in a short time and an image having a natural luminance distribution can be obtained. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216228 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A solid-state image sensing element includes a plurality of pixels, a color filter, a plurality of vertical charge transfer paths, a plurality of readout electrode portions. The pixels are formed on one face of a semiconductor substrate in a two-dimensional array arrangement. The color filter corresponds to a plurality of colors and includes a plurality of color filter elements disposed color by color on the pixels respectively so as to be arranged as a mosaic pattern as a whole. The vertical charge transfer paths are formed one by one between two of pixel columns composed of the pixels so that each of the vertical charge transfer paths transfers signal corresponding to one of the colors. The readout electrode portions connect each of the vertical charge transfer paths to pixels arranged in both sides of each of the vertical charge transfer paths. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216229 | NANOSTRUCTURED SPECTRAL FILTER AND IMAGE SENSOR - A spectral filter ( | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216230 | Image data processing apparatus and electronic camera - An image data processing apparatus includes a data size conversion device that changes a data size of an image data at an optional ratio, the image data has a plurality of pixels each of which includes any one of a plurality of color components, and the plurality of color components being arranged in a specific order. The data size conversion device newly calculates a value of color component of each pixel after changing the data size based upon values of color components of a plurality of same color pixels before changing the data size, while maintaining the order of arrangement of the plurality of color components. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216231 | CMOS Imaging Array with Improved Noise Characteristics - A pixel cell and imaging arrays using the same are disclosed. The pixel cell includes a photodiode that is connected to a floating diffusion node by a transfer gate that couples the photodiode to the floating diffusion node in response to a first gate signal. A shielding electrode shields the floating diffusion node from the first gate signal. An output stage generates a signal related to a charge on the floating diffusion node. In one aspect of the invention, the photodiode is connected to the floating diffusion node by a buried channel, and the shielding electrode includes an electrode overlying the channel and positioned between the transfer gate and the floating diffusion node. The shielding electrode is held at a potential that prevents charge from accumulating under the shielding electrode when the floating diffusion is at the second potential. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216232 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING A PIXEL AND A DEVICE HAVING PIXEL ACCESS CAPABILITIES - A method for writing to a pixel, the method includes: activating an input transistor and a second transistor; wherein the second transistor is coupled to a second node and the input transistor is coupled between the second node and a photo-detector; inactivating the second transistor; compensating for second node voltage change resulting from the inactivating of the second transistor by providing a feedback signal to a pixel node that is capacitively coupled to the second node via at least one pixel capacitance; repeating, until a control criterion is fulfilled, the stages of: inactivating the input transistor, and measuring a pixel output signal; and operating the input transistor in a weakly conductive mode and providing to the pixel a feedback signal that is responsive to a result of the measurement of the pixel output signal. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216233 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM PROVIDING AN IMAGER WITH PIXELS HAVING EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGE - The dynamic range of a pixel is increased by using selective photosensor resets during a frame time of image capture at a timing depending on the light intensity that the pixel will be exposed to during the frame time. Pixels that will be exposed to high light intensity are reset later in the frame than pixels that will be exposed to lower light intensity. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216234 | VIDEO SCREEN WITH SIDE OPENING AND INNER CONNECTIONS - The invention relates to a viewing screen device, including a casing ( | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216235 | Electronic Mirror - The present invention is directed to an electronic mirror designed to replace a pocket or purse mirror. The electronic mirror has a housing with an electronic display. The electronic mirror includes a processor driving the display. An image sensor is connected to the processor by an electronic cord. The electronic cord is held in place by a retraction mechanism. In use the owner can pull out the image sensor to view the back, top and sides of their head. The electronic mirror includes a freeze frame feature and zoom feature. The electronic mirror also includes a stand to free up a user's hands. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216236 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216237 | BODY STRUCTURE OF IMAGING APPARATUS - A camera body ( | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216238 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, an optical element includes: a substrate in which a through-hole is formed; a transparent thin film formed on at least one of the rear surface and the front surface of the substrate to cover the through-hole; and a lens formed in contact with the surface of the thin film in an area where the thin film covers the through-hole. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216239 | REDUCING END-TO-END LATENCY FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION FROM A USER DEVICE TO A RECEIVING DEVICE VIA TELEVISION WHITE SPACE - A system transmits human interface data (HID) as ancillary data to a television receiver over white space. Content on a user mobile device may be wirelessly displayed on an external display device. It may be desirable to have user interactions with the mobile device (such as controls for video games) displayed on the external display device in a manner that does not suffer from the latency of standard video being set to the display device. The HID may be captured and processed separately from the video data. The HID may be formed into a transport stream for transmission over white space. The HID may be included as ancillary data in the transport stream. Timestamps may be used to coordinate the transmission of the HID as well as its processing when received by a television receiver. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216240 | FRAME RATE CONVERSION PROCESSING APPARATUS, FRAME RATE CONVERSION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A frame rate conversion processing system can generate a second row of frames that is different from a first row of frames in the number of frames. The frame rate conversion processing system includes a luminance change detection unit configured to calculate a luminance change value of the first row of frames based on luminance changes in the entire area or a partial area of the frames that constitutes the first row of frames and configured to compare the calculated luminance change value with a predetermined value. The frame rate conversion processing system further includes a correction unit configured to correct the luminance of the entire area or a partial area of the frames that constitutes the second row of frames according to a comparison result obtained by the luminance change detection unit. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216241 | Devices for transmitting digital video and data over the same wires - A wired communication port comprising a transmitter operative to transmit, over a set of wires, a first transmission comprising a digital video clock multiplexed with a first direction of a bidirectional data channel. The transmitter is further operative to transmit video pixel data and video synchronization data over the same set of wires. And a receiver operative to receive a second transmission comprising a second direction of the bidirectional data channel, over at least a subset of the set of wires utilized for the first transmission. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216242 | LINKAGE METHOD OF VIDEO APPARATUS, VIDEO APPARATUS AND VIDEO SYSTEM - A video apparatus includes a first and second video output devices and a video display device, the first video output device transmits information regarding a CC or closed caption display condition to the second output device through a CEC communication unit when switching over from the first output device to the second output device, in consequence, the second video output device can continue to display the CC or closed caption display condition, therefore, it is not required to set the CC or closed caption display once again by a user when switching over the video output device to another. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216243 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EXTRACTING FRAME IMAGE DATA FROM VIDEO DATA AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about field of view associated with a plurality of video data, and an extraction unit configured to extract, from video data with a wide field of view which includes an area indicated by information about the field of view of the video data displayed in timing at which an instruction for setting frame video data extracted from video data is input and is associated with the information about the field of view indicating an area wider than the area among the plurality of the video data, the frame image data corresponding to the timing. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216244 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER AND EXTENDER SYSTEM - A transmitter includes a signal input terminal, multiple loading units and a communication port. The signal input terminal receives a digital video-audio signal, which comprises multiple digital differential signals and multiple single-end/low frequency signals. The loading units respectively load the corresponding single-end/low frequency signals to the digital differential signals to obtain multiple differential mixed signals. A frequency of the digital differential signals is higher than a frequency of the corresponding single-end/low frequency signals. The communication port outputs the differential mixed signals to a receiver via a network cable. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216245 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING RESOURCES FOR DISPLAYS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system for managing multiple sink devices in a computer system. During operation, the system performs a discovery operation to identify one or more sink devices which are coupled to the computer system, wherein the discovery operation determines an interconnection topology between the computer system and the one or more sink devices, and wherein multiple sink devices can be coupled to the computer system through the same connector. Next, the system associates the one or more sink devices with one or more frame buffers which are used to assemble content streams for the one or more sink devices. Finally, the system drives the one or more sink devices through the one or more frame buffers. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216246 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmission device includes: a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of reception devices; a transmission data setting unit that compares the number of the reception devices as transmission targets of transmission data representing content and a predetermined threshold value and sets the transmission data to be transmitted to the reception devices to each reception device based on a result of the comparison such that a transmission rate for transmission that represents an amount of data transmission necessary to transmit the transmission data to the reception devices does not exceed a reference transmission rate representing an amount of data transmission at which data can be transmitted in the communication, and the transmission data having relatively high reproduction quality is transmitted to the reception devices as the transmission targets; and a transmission processing unit that concurrently transmits the transmission data set by the transmission data setting unit to the corresponding reception devices as the transmission targets. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216247 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A signal processing device includes a first and a second reconfigurable circuit whose logic configuration can be changed. With the reconfigurable circuits sequentially reconfigured, the signal processing device conducts processes regarding signals transmitted to and from a connected external device. At a first temporal point that is after completion of reconfiguration of the first reconfigurable circuit based on the first configuration information and before completion of reconfiguration of the second reconfigurable circuit based on the second reconfigurable circuit, a signal transmission path is formed between an external interface connected to the external device and an internal interface connected to an internal device, with the first reconfigurable circuit inserted into the signal transmission path. At a second temporal point that is after completion of the reconfiguration of the second reconfigurable circuit, the second configurable circuit is inserted in the signal transmission path between the first reconfigurable circuit and the internal interface. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216248 | SIGNAL RECEIVING METHODS AND DEVICES - A signal receiving method for receiving a signal within a predetermined bandwidth for a broadcasting system using an embedded antenna is provided, comprising: obtaining an antenna bandwidth of the embedded antenna; dividing the predetermined bandwidth into a plurality of subbands according to the antenna bandwidth; receiving a control signal; selecting one of the subbands according to the control signal; and receiving the signal using a match unit corresponding to the selected subband for matching the embedded antenna. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216249 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Disclosed is an active matrix including a scanning signal line ( | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216250 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND BACKLIGHT UNIT - A display device comprises: a first substrate; LED light sources mounted on the first substrate; a backlight unit comprising a side surface on which light emitted from the LED light sources is incident and a back surface from which light is emitted in a direction different from the direction of the light incident on the side surface; and a panel disposed on the backlight unit and displaying a video image, wherein at least the first and second LED light sources adjacent to each other, among the LED light sources on the first substrate, are controlled differently from the other LED light sources on the first substrate based on the video image. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216251 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A video display device comprising a casing having a front wall and a rear wall. The front wall defines an opening for display screen. The rear wall has formed therein a plurality of clip-receiving portions. The plurality of clip-receiving portions face outwardly of the casing and have a predetermined spacing relative to one another. Each of the plurality of clip receiving portions is configured to receive from outside the casing a respective clip for receiving a fastener for mounting the video display device. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216252 | 3D Shutter Glasses For Use With LCD Displays - A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216253 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional display including a display panel and a phase retardation film is provided. The display panel has a plurality of first pixel regions and a plurality of second pixel regions arranged in arrays. The phase retardation film is configured on a surface of the display panel. Here, the phase retardation film has a plurality of first retardation regions and a plurality of second retardation regions that are arranged alternately. The first retardation regions have the same phase retardation, the second retardation regions have the same phase retardation, and the phase retardation of the first retardation regions is different from that of the second retardation regions. All the regions of the phase retardation film have the same optical transmittance. A displaying method adaptable to the three-dimensional display is also provided. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216254 | Thermally Switched Optical Downconverting Filter - A thermally switched optical downconverting (TSOD) filter is a self-regulating device including a downconverter that converts incoming light at a variety of wavelengths into longer-wavelength radiation and then directs it using one or more bandblock filters in either the inward or outward direction, depending on the temperature of the device. This control over the flow of radiant energy occurs independently of the thermal conductivity or insulating properties of the device and may or may not preserve the image and color properties of incoming visible light. The TSOD filter is energy-efficient as it can be used to regulate the internal temperature and illumination of buildings, vehicles, and other structures without the need for an external power supply or operator signals. The TSOD filter has unique aesthetic and optical properties not found in traditional windows, skylights, stained glass, light fixtures, glass blocks, bricks, or walls. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216255 | POLARIZATION DIFFRACTION GRATING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE POLARIZATION DIFFRACTION GRATING - A polarization diffraction grating that enables the polarization direction of incident light and the occurrence direction of diffracted light to be freely selected without being restricted by the material of a substrate is provided. A polarization diffraction grating includes a transparent substrate, a polymer liquid crystal layer that is adhered onto the transparent substrate via an adhesive layer, and that has a first concavity/convexity structure that diffracts incident light formed on a face opposite to the adhesive layer, and an optically isotropic material layer provided to fill the first concavity/convexity structure. A second concavity/convexity structure made up of a plurality of stripe grooves disposed parallel to each other is further formed on the face of the polymer liquid crystal layer on which the first concavity/convexity structure is formed, and liquid crystal molecules in the polymer liquid crystal layer are oriented in the groove lengthwise direction of the second concavity/convexity structure. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216256 | REFLECTIVE TYPE TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A reflective type touch-sensing display panel including a front substrate, scan lines, data lines, pixel structures, photo-sensors, readout devices, a rear substrate and a reflective display medium is provided. The front substrate has an inner surface. The scan lines and the data lines are on the inner surface of the front substrate and intersected to each other. The pixel structures are disposed on the inner surface of the front substrate, and each pixel structure is electrically connected to one of the scan lines and one of the data lines correspondingly. The photo-sensors are disposed on the inner surface of the front substrate. Each readout device is electrically connected to one of the photo-sensor correspondingly. The rear substrate is disposed opposite to the front substrate. The reflective display medium is sealed between the front substrate and the rear substrate. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216257 | 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. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216258 | DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL DRIVER, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A differential amplifying circuit includes first and second differential transistor pairs, first and second constant current sources, first and second current mirror circuits and first and second output transistors. The differential amplifying circuit also includes a feedback circuit configured to perform feed-back operations to the first and second current mirror circuits to restrain reduction of gate voltages of the output transistors. The constant current sources are configured to increase bias currents in response to reduction of the gate voltages of the output transistors. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216259 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixels, each having at least one gray scale expression unit to express at least two gray scales. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and second substrates and subject to a phase transition depending on a voltage generated in relation to the gray scale expression unit. The gray scale expression unit includes a data line, a gate line crossing the data line and insulated from the data line, a switching device connected to the data line and the gate line, a first pixel electrode connected to the switching device, at least one coupling capacitor connected to the first pixel electrode in parallel, and at least one second pixel electrode connected to the first pixel electrode in parallel through the coupling capacitor. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216260 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a plurality of gate lines arranged substantially parallel to each other in a first direction; a plurality of charge share gate lines arranged substantially parallel to each other in the first direction; a plurality of data lines arranged substantially parallel to each other in a second direction, wherein the second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form in along the first direction and the second direction and each of the plurality of pixels which includes a first switching element and a second switching element, wherein the a first gate line of the plurality of gate lines is electrically connected to the first switching element included in one individual pixel of the plurality of pixels, and the a second gate line of the plurality of gate lines is electrically connected to the second switching element included in the individual pixel of the plurality of pixels. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216261 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes a first insulation substrate, a thin film transistor (“TFT”) disposed on the first insulation substrate, and a pixel electrode disposed on the first insulation substrate and connected to a drain electrode of the TFT, wherein the pixel electrode includes an edge connection and a drain electrode connection, a portion of the edge connection pattern near a position where the drain electrode connection and the edge connection intersect is removed in the LCD, the pixel electrode further includes a stem and a plurality of minute branches, and a laser is irradiated to one intersection point between the stem and the minute branches among the stem near the light blocking layer to cut the portion of the pixel electrode. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216262 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To prevent occurrence of display roughness in a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device of the present invention, which has a plurality of pixels arranged along a first direction and a second direction, includes: a TFT substrate which includes a signal line extending in the first direction for supplying a display signal to TFTs and a scanning line extending in the second direction for supplying a gate signal to the TFTs; a counter substrate which includes a counter electrode; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates; and an alignment film, wherein at least one of the signal line and the scanning line includes two linear portions linearly extending in the first direction or the second direction at a boundary of two adjacent pixels and a circuitous portion which is interposed between the two linear portions and which is deviated from an imaginary extension of the two linear portions. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216263 | VENTED MENU DISPLAY CABINET - The invention relates to a display cabinet system that includes a lamp assembly that is hingedly attached to a chassis body. The chassis body is coupled to an LCD display unit and is contained within a cabinet body. A cabinet cooling system is included with the display cabinet system which includes air intake vents, air exhaust vents and air channels throughout the interior of the display cabinet. One of the air channel of the cabinet cooling system is between the LCD display unit and the lamp assembly. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216264 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An LCD apparatus and method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The LCD apparatus includes a backlight; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed over the backlight; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a color filter unit including a first color filter, a second color filter, and a third color filter, disposed over the second electrode, where the first color filter includes a plurality of first regions and a plurality of first connection portions, each first connection portion connecting two adjacent first regions to each other, and the second color filter includes a plurality of second regions and a plurality of second connection portions, each second connection portion connecting two adjacent second regions to each other. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216265 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique that can expand a dynamic range without allowing transmissivity of a liquid crystal display device of an IPS system to be reduced. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216266 | WEDGE BACKLIGHT WITH DIFFRACTION GRATING - Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to backlighting a display panel comprising color filters via an optical wedge. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, and also comprising an optical wedge disposed optically upstream of the display panel such that light emerging from the light output interface backlights the display panel. The display system further comprises one or more light sources configured to introduce light into the optical wedge, and a diffraction grating disposed optically between the light sources and the display panel. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216267 | AREA LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An area light source device has a light guide plate having a light incident surface and a light exit surface, wherein the light guide plate spreads light introduced from the light incident surface to substantially the entire light exit surface, and exits the light to outside from the light exit surface, and a linear light source arranged facing the light incident surface of the light guide plate. A diffusion pattern diffuses and reflects the light in the light guide plate within a surface parallel to the light incident surface is formed on the light exit surface of the light guide plate. A deflection pattern reflects the light in the light guide plate within a plane perpendicular to the light incident surface and the light exit surface to deflect the light in a direction perpendicular to the light exit surface little by little, and diffuses and reflects the light in the light guide plate within a surface parallel to at least the light incident surface is formed on a surface on the side opposite to the light exit surface of the light guide plate. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216268 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light guide plate is for reflecting incident light from an end surface thereof in an inside to obtain surface emission from a front surface thereof. The light guide plate includes protrusions and recesses formed on one of the front surface and a rear surface on an opposite side of the front surface. The protrusions and recesses are formed of a shape in which first mountain-range shapes each including a first ridge continuing along a first direction, which is a direction toward the inside from the end surface, and second mountain-range shapes each including a second ridge continuing along a second direction intersecting with the first direction are combined. Each first mountain-range shape includes a pair of first side surfaces on both sides of the first ridge. Each second mountain-range shape includes a pair of second side surfaces on both sides of the second ridge. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216269 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a light source, a dielectric multilayer film, and a transistor array. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The light source irradiates the liquid crystal layer with light through the first substrate. The dielectric multilayer film is provided on a surface of the first substrate, the surface facing the second substrate. The transistor array is provided on the dielectric multilayer film. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216270 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal module having a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight unit disposed on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel has a flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a liquid crystal display panel. The backlight unit has a light guiding plate, a light emitting diode for emitting a light, a flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a light emitting diode, and a case in which the light guiding plate and the flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a light emitting diode are accommodated. The flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a liquid crystal display panel extends along a side surface of the case. The flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a light emitting diode has a derivation portion. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216271 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH A FLUORESCENT BACKLIGHT EMITTING POLARISED LIGHT - The instant invention relates to electro-optical switching elements and displays comprising them. In particular, it relates to electro-optical switching elements comprising one or more light conversion means capable to convert light (e.g. ambient light and/or light from a backlight system), wherein each of said light conversion means o is capable to convert the state of polarization of the light from non-polarized light either to linear polarized light or to circular polarized light and, at the same time, o optionally is capable to shift the wavelength of the light to longer values and—at least one of said conversion means o is capable to shift the wavelength of the light to longer values and—a liquid crystal material, which is capable of switching, —one or more means to polarize light, and—optionally a means for illumination such as e.g. a backlight. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216272 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electro-optical display apparatus includes a display area in which sub-pixel columns formed of sub-pixels of the same color that are linearly arranged in a single direction are disposed in a stripe arrangement together with sub-pixel columns of other colors. An aperture ratio of each sub-pixel in at least one sub-pixel column located at one edge of the display area in an arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns and at least one sub-pixel column located at another edge of the display area in the arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns are configured to be lower than those of sub-pixels of the same color located in a center portion of the display area. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216273 | MESOGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS - Compounds including at least one mesogenic substructure and at least one long flexible segment and methods of synthesizing the same are disclosed. Formulations which include various embodiments of the mesogen-containing compounds and their use in articles of manufacture and ophthalmic devices are also disclosed. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216274 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - In a liquid crystal display device, liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a vertical direction to the first substrate and the second substrate by the first molecule orientation film and the second molecule orientation film, respectively, in a non-driving state. A structural pattern is formed so as to extend in a first direction parallel to a surface of the liquid crystal layer and so as to form, in a driving state, an electric field periodically changing in a second direction that is parallel to the liquid crystal layer and vertical to the first direction. The liquid crystal molecules substantially tilt in the first direction in the driving state. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216275 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display-controlling substrate and an opposite substrate facing the display-controlling substrate. The display-controlling substrate includes a base substrate portion and has a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area with pixel units being formed in the display area of the display-controlling substrate. Each pixel unit includes a gate line segment extending in a first direction and having a respective first width (W | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216276 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate; a first signal line disposed on the first substrate, a thin film transistor connected with the first signal line, a first color filter and a second color filter disposed on the first substrate; a colored member disposed on the first color filter and the second color filter; and a pixel electrode disposed on the first color filter and the second color filter and the colored member, wherein the first color filter and the second color filter are partially overlapped with each other and the height of the colored member disposed at the overlap between the first color filter and the second color filter is greater than the height of the colored member disposed not at the overlap. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216277 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) display including a display panel and a phase retardation film is provided. The display panel has a plurality of first pixel regions and a plurality of second pixel regions that are arranged as an array. The phase retardation film is disposed on the surface of the display panel. The phase retardation film has a plurality of first retardation regions and a plurality of second retardation regions that are alternately arranged. The first retardation regions have the same phase retardation, the second retardation regions have the same phase retardation, and the phase retardation of the first retardation regions is different from that of the second retardation regions. All the regions of the phase retardation film have the same transmittance. A display method adaptable to the 3D display is also provided. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216278 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An array substrate including: a pixel defined by both a scanning line and a signal line intersecting with the scanning line, wherein a display area on a substrate includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape, wherein the pixel includes: a switching device; a lower electrode that is connected to the switching device; an insulating film that is formed on the lower electrode; and an upper electrode that is formed on the insulating film to generate a fringe electric field between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and wherein, in an area where the upper electrode is not formed and light is not transmitted, a contact hole is provided on a conducting pattern having the same potential as the lower electrode, by removing the insulating film. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216279 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display capable of high quality image and bright display. Gate signal lines are curved at near switching elements of the liquid crystal display. A pixel area is defined by the gate signal lines and their intersecting data signal lines. Pixel electrodes and common electrodes are disposed along a longitudinal direction of a pixel. A pixel signal and a common signal line is connected to the pixel electrode and the common electrode respectively. A storage capacitor may be formed in the middle of a longitudinal direction of the pixel, or where generally a texture may arise during display. One half of the pixel may be symmetrical with the other half with respect to the storage capacitor. A common signal line may be parallel with the data signal line and be disposed nearer to the data signal line than a pixel signal line. The pixel may be disposed symmetrically with respect to the data signal line therebetween. The pixel shape may also be repeated in the direction of the gate signal line. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216280 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To solve lowering of transmittance due to a pixel end domain, provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a liquid crystal layer; and a substrate including pixel electrodes and, a common electrode disposed between the pixel electrodes and the liquid crystal layer and having a slit which stretches over adjacent pixel electrodes, in which: the slit has a first stretching direction at a center of one pixel electrode, and a second stretching direction in a gap between two adjacent pixel electrodes, different from the first stretching direction; in the slit, a portion where the first stretching direction is switched to the second stretching direction is located on one pixel electrode; and, with respect to an alignment direction, a first azimuth toward the first stretching direction and a second azimuth toward the second stretching direction have the same rotation direction, and the second azimuth is larger than the first azimuth. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216281 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a pixel disposed on either the first substrate or the second substrate. When an electrode is formed, a portion of the electrode is removed to form a spacer area and a droplet including a bead spacer mixed with a solvent is provided in the spacer area. Then, the solvent is vaporized to move the bead spacer to a center of the spacer area. The second substrate is provided to face the first substrate while interposing the bead spacer therebetween. The spacer area has a dimension equal to or greater than a diameter of the droplet. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216282 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device allows for improving the adhesion strength of a transparent substrate and reducing the size of the portion outside the display area not contributing to image display. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to the first substrate by way of liquid crystals, and a sealing material formed outside the display area where a plurality of pixels are formed. The first substrate and/or the second substrate having at least one sealing hole, the sealing hole passing through thin film layers formed over the surface of the first substrate and/or the second substrate at the side such that the base material of the substrate is exposed, the sealing holes are formed in a region on a side opposite to the side where a driving circuit is disposed, and the sealing material is formed in the region including the sealing holes. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216283 | CONNECTING AND EXCHANGE SYSTEM, PREFERABLY BETWEEN EYEGLASS TEMPLE PIECES AND EYEGLASS FRONT - A connection and changing system, primarily between the spectacle temple and spectacle front. The temple and front components of the frame can be joined and then separated again as often as required. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216284 | AUTOMATIC MODE SWITCHING BETWEEN SINGLE AND MULTIPLE PROJECTORS - Control of a multiprojector system having multiple projectors arranged in a projector array. It is determined whether the projector array is positioned to form one object or two or more objects. A first keystone correction mode is selected if it is determined that the projector array is positioned to form one object. A second keystone correction mode is selected if it is determined that the projector array is positioned to form two or more objects. In the first keystone correction mode, a homography transformation for each of the projectors is derived so as to accommodate keystone correction of all projectors in the projector array involved in the projection of the single object. In the second keystone correction mode, a homography transformation for each of the projectors is derived so as to accommodate keystone correction of all projectors involved in the projection of each object. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216285 | Light Source Device and Projector - Alight source device includes: a light emission portion; a cooling channel configured to guide air toward the light emission portion; a rotational member disposed within the cooling channel in such a condition as to be rotatable around a predetermined rotation shaft by gravity, and configured to switch the cooling channel to a first channel branched from the cooling channel in the downstream when the light source device is set in a first position, and to a second channel different from the first channel when the light source device is set in a second position, wherein a position of the center of gravity of the rotational member is located at a position shifted from the center between the rotation shaft and an end of the rotational member away from the rotation shaft toward the end. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216286 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - An illumination device includes: a plurality of light sources which emits light; a plurality of optical fibers into which the light from the light sources is entered; a bundle portion which bundles together output end portions of the plurality of optical fibers; and a cooling system which cools down at least a light output end plane of the bundle portion. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216287 | VIDEO PROJECTOR - A video projector including a lamp cooling system that cools a light source lamp. The lamp cooling system includes an airflow deflection unit that varies the direction in which cooling air flows when a projection direction of the video projector changes. The airflow deflection unit uses gravitational force to automatically change the direction in which cooling air flows so that the cooling air is concentrated at an upper portion of the arc tube regardless of the changed video projector. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216288 | Real-Time Projection Management - An exemplary method includes defining an environment, formulating an anti-keystoning algorithm based at least in part on the defined environment, projecting a laser image from a source to a surface of the defined environment, determining at least one vector parameter with respect to the source and the surface and correcting the laser image based on the anti-keystoning algorithm and the at least one vector parameter. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216289 | PROJECTOR, PROJECTION UNIT AND INTERACTIVE BOARD - A projector includes: a body including a light source, a display plane illuminated with light from the light source, and a projection optical system which projects light from the display plane; and a projection unit which projects the light from the display plane, which is projected from the projection optical system, toward an illumination-targeted plane, wherein the projection unit includes a negative power convex angle-widening mirror, and wherein the angle-widening mirror reflects light forming an image plane of the display plane for angle-widening, the image plane being inclined to the display plane. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216290 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD OF PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a lens position control unit which controls a projection position of an image by shifting a projection lens; a signal receiving unit which receives a position control start signal to start position control and a lens shift signal from a remote controller; a direction conversion memory unit which stores direction conversion information corresponding to the lens shift signal as information for performing a predetermined conversion of the shift direction of the projection lens; a shift direction converting unit which converts the shift direction of the projection lens based on the direction conversion information; a menu display unit which displays a direction conversion menu screen through which the direction conversion information is inputted; and a control unit which allows the menu display unit to display the direction conversion menu screen when a predetermined condition is satisfied at the time of reception of the position control start signal. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216291 | PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The projection type image display apparatus is equipped with a lamp unit ( | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216292 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DEVICE USING A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A liquid handling structure for a lithographic apparatus comprises a droplet controller configured to allow a droplet of immersion liquid to be lost from the structure and to prevent the droplet from colliding with the meniscus of the confined immersion liquid. The droplet controller may comprise gas knives arranged to overlap to block an incoming droplet. There may be extraction holes lined up with gaps between gas knives to extract liquid that passes through the gap. A droplet is allowed to escape through the gaps. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216293 | Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - A method controls a scanning function of a lithographic apparatus. A first alignment strategy is used. A monitor wafer is exposed to determine baseline control parameters pertaining to the scanning function. The baseline control parameters are periodically retrieved from the monitor wafer. Parameter drift is determined from the baseline control parameters. Corrective action is taken based on the determination. A production wafer is exposed using a second alignment strategy, different to the first alignment strategy. The corrective action is modified so as to be substantially closer to the correction that would have been made had the second alignment strategy been used in exposing the monitor wafer. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216294 | Lithographic Apparatus, Device Manufacturing Method and Associated Data Processing Apparatus and Computer Program Product - A lithographic apparatus operates by moving a substrate and a patterning device relative to each other in a sequence of movements such that a pattern is applied at a successive portions on the substrate. Each portion of the substrate is patterned by a scanning operation in which the patterning device is scanned through the radiation beam while synchronously scanning the substrate through the patterned radiation beam so as to apply the pattern to the desired portion on the substrate. An intrafield correction is applied during each scanning operation so as to compensate for distortion effects which vary during the scanning operation. The intrafield correction includes corrective variations of one or more properties of the projection system, and optionally out-of-plane movements of the patterning device and/or substrate table. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216295 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DRIVER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A semiconductor laser driver includes a light detection circuit to detect a quantity of light as a detected light emission intensity and output the detected light emission intensity to the control circuit, and a control circuit to control a light emission intensity for the semiconductor laser based on the detected light emission intensity and on a predetermined light emission intensity setting value. The light detection circuit includes a photoelectric conversion element to convert the quantity of light emitted from the semiconductor laser into an electrical current and output the converted electrical current, a current magnification setting circuit to amplify the electrical current output from the photoelectric conversion element to a predetermined amplified current at one of multiple different predetermined magnifications, a detection resistor to convert the amplified current output from the current magnification setting circuit into a voltage and output the voltage as the detected light emission intensity. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216296 | HOLOGRAM AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - The present invention provides a hologram which forms a light intensity distribution on a predetermined plane by using incident light. The hologram includes a plurality of cells configured to control both a phase of a first polarized light component in a first polarization direction of the incident light and a phase of a second polarized light component in a second polarization direction perpendicular to the first polarization direction, to form a phase difference distribution between phase distributions for the first and second polarized light components. The plurality of cells are designed so that a number of phase difference levels of the phase difference distribution is less than a number of phase levels of the phase distribution of the first polarized light component. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216297 | Lithographic Apparatus and Method - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to provide a first beam of radiation, which forms a first mask illumination region, and configured to substantially simultaneously provide a second beam of radiation, which forms a second mask illumination region. The first and second illumination regions being configured to substantially simultaneously illuminate a same mask. The lithographic apparatus also includes a projection system configured to project the first radiation beam such that it forms a first substrate illumination region and configured to simultaneously project the second radiation beam such that it forms a second substrate illumination region. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216298 | PROTECTION MODULE FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - In EUV lithography apparatuses ( | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216299 | ELECTROSTATIC LENS STRUCTURE - An electrostatic lens comprising a first conductive plate with a first aperture, a second conductive plate with a second aperture, the second aperture being substantially aligned with the first aperture, a voltage supply for supplying a first voltage to the first conductive plate and a second voltage to the second conductive plate, the first voltage being lower than the second voltage, and an insulating structure for separating the first conductive plate from the second conductive plate. The insulating structure comprises a first portion in contact with the first conductive plate and a second portion in contact with the second conductive plate, the first portion having an overhanging portion and the second portion having an indented portion at an edge of the insulating structure, so that a gap is formed between the overhanging portion and the second conductive plate. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216300 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A POSITION - A lithographic apparatus includes a support configured to hold an object, the support being moveable relative to a reference structure in a direction; a first position measurement system configured to provide a first measurement signal in a first frequency range, the first measurement signal representative of a position of the support relative to the reference structure in the direction; a second position measurement system configured to provide a second measurement signal in a second frequency range, the second measurement signal representative of the position of the support relative to the reference structure in the direction; and a processor configured to (a) filter the first measurement signal so as to attenuate a signal component having a frequency in the second frequency range, (b) filter the second measurement signal so as to attenuate a signal component having a frequency in the first frequency range, and (c) combine the filtered first measurement signal and the filtered second measurement signal into a combined measurement signal representative of the position of the support relative to the reference structure in the direction. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216301 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND SCANNING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a first support to support a first patterning device; a second support to support a second patterning device, each of the first and the second patterning device capable of imparting a radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate; a projection system to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a controller to drive the first support and the second support and arranged to: drive the first support to perform a scanning movement; drive the second support to accelerate during at least part of the scanning movement of the first support; and drive the second support to perform a scanning movement upon completion of the scanning movement of the first support, so as to scan a die adjacent a die previously scanned during the scanning movement of the first support. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216302 | ILLUMINATION METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PARTIALLY COHERENT ILLUMINATION - The technology disclosed relates to a partially coherent illuminators. In particular, it relates to a partially coherent illuminator that directs laser radiation across multiple areas of an illumination pupil. In some circumstances, this reduces spatial and/or temporal coherence of the laser radiation. It must be used with a continuous laser to provide partially coherent illumination from a coherent laser. It can be combined with a workpiece tracker that effectively freezes the workpiece and extends the time that laser radiation can be applied to expose a pattern stamp on the workpiece or, it can be used with a stepper platform, without a tracker. A dynamically controllable aperture architecture is a by product of the technology disclosed. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216303 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A PROJECTION OBJECTIVE - A projection objective having a number of adjustable optical elements is optimized with respect to a number of aberrations by specifying a set of parameters describing imaging properties of the objective, each parameter in the set having an, absolute value at each of a plurality of field points in an image plane of the projection objective. At least one of the optical elements is adjusted such that for each of the parameters in the set, the field maximum of its absolute value is minimized. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216304 | HIGH DEFINITION LIDAR SYSTEM - A LiDAR-based 3-D point cloud measuring system includes a base, a housing, a plurality of photon transmitters and photon detectors contained within the housing, a rotary motor that rotates the housing about the base, and a communication component that allows transmission of signals generated by the photon detectors to external components. In several versions of the invention, the system includes a vertically oriented motherboard, thin circuit boards such as ceramic hybrids for selectively mounting emitters and detectors, a conjoined D-shaped lens array, and preferred firing sequences. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216305 | ELECTRIC DISTANCE METER - An electric distance meter is downsized by using a condensing optical member having a small outer diameter (effective diameter) as a condensing optical member in a light-receiving optical system of reflection light from an object, reducing a focal length of the condensing optical member without reducing a spread angle to a light-receiving optical fiber and reducing a diameter of the light-receiving optical fiber. An optical distance meter | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216306 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE FLOW OF A FLUID CLOSE TO A SURFACE OF AN OBJECT IMMERSED IN THE FLUID - The invention relates to a Method for determining the flow of a fluid close to a surface of an object immersed in the fluid by analyzing at least one confocal measurement volume in the fluid, comprising the steps of: focusing light into the at least one confocal volume within the fluid; detecting and determining of at least one optical parameter of at least one particle comprised in the confocal volume; and determining the flow velocity of the fluid based on the determination of the at least one optical parameter using a correlation function, in particular an auto correlation function or a cross correlation function. Furthermore, the invention relates to an object immersed in a fluid and comprising a measuring device for carrying out the method. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216307 | High Density Wind Velocity Data Collection for Wind Turbine - Methods and systems for collecting high-density wind velocity data for the inflow area of a wind turbine are presented. Wind turbines are provided with one or more wind velocity sensors that provide a plurality of wind velocity measurements to the turbine from various ranges and locations across the inflow. Sensors are proximate to the wind turbine. Sensors mounted on the turbine's nacelle work collaboratively to provide the wind velocity measurements. Sensors mounted on the turbine's hub spin with the turbine blades. Spatial and temporal wind mapping provides improved fidelity of data to the wind turbine control system. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216308 | COMPONENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A component measurement apparatus includes a laser that emits non-collimated laser light, an objective lens that condenses the non-collimated laser light emitted from the laser in order for the laser light to illuminate internal tissue of an object of measurement without collimating the laser light, a half mirror that redirects reflected light reflected by the internal tissue of the object of measurement and refracted by the objective lens, a pin hole through which the reflected light redirected by the half mirror passes, a light-receiving element that receives the reflected light having passed through a pin hole, and a data analyzer section that measures a component of the object of measurement in accordance with data output from the light-receiving element. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216309 | COMPONENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A component measurement apparatus includes a confocal optical system including a laser emitting laser light, a collimating lens collimating the laser light emitted from the laser, an objective lens condensing the collimated light having exited the collimating lens in order to illuminate internal tissue of an object of measurement, a half mirror redirecting reflected light reflected by the internal tissue of the object of measurement and refracted by the objective lens, a pin hole through which the reflected light redirected by the half mirror passes, and a light-receiving element receiving the reflected light having passed through the pin hole. The component measurement apparatus also includes a data analyzer section measuring a component of the object of measurement in accordance with data output from the light-receiving element. In the component measurement the apparatus, a focal position of the objective lens is adjustable along an optical axis. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216310 | OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE WITH ROTATING TYPE SHADING ASSEMBLY - An optical sensing device includes a shell, at least one light emitting member, a rotating type shading assembly and at least one optical sensing member. The shell is formed with a black-body condition space having a light emitting chamber, a shading chamber and at least one optical sensing chamber. The light emitting member projects a light beam. The rotating type shading assembly includes a pivot and a shading member. The shading member is pivotally connected to the pivot in the shading chamber, and has a weight center offset from the pivot center. When the optical sensing device is tilted, the shading member is rotated to make the weight center located in a lowering azimuth with respect to the pivot. The optical sensing member is arranged in the optical sensing chamber, and senses the light beam to accordingly send out a sensing signal. | 2011-09-08 |
| 20110216311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCKING A LASER WITH A RESONANT CAVITY - A method and apparatus for the photo-acoustic identification and quantification of one or more analyte species present in a gaseous or liquid medium in low concentration utilizing a laser and a resonant optical cavity containing the medium and having within the cavity at least two partially transparent mirrors, one of which is a cavity coupling mirror and one of which is moveably mounted on an assembly responsive to an input signal. | 2011-09-08 |
