42nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120262589 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Upon correcting blur of image capture data of an image capturing device by coded exposure processing, an exposure time and aperture value, which are set by a photometry unit of the image capturing device according to an object, are input, and the exposure time or aperture value is adjusted based on a ratio of shutter open periods in an opening and closing pattern of a shutter used in the coded exposure processing. Then, a gain adjustment value of the image capture data corresponding to a deficiency of an exposure amount by the adjusted exposure time or aperture value is set, image capture by an image capturing unit of the image capturing device is controlled based on the opening and closing pattern, exposure time, and aperture value. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262590 | DIGITAL SINGLE-LENS REFLEX CAMERA - A digital single-lens reflex camera that can reduce deterioration in image quality due to a camera shake or an object movement and easily pick up an image with a good image quality. In the digital single-lens reflex camera, when a body microprocessor judges that an object speed detected based on a detected object movement is smaller than a threshold value, a conversion lens camera shake correcting device in a conversion lens or a camera body shake correcting device in a camera body is controlled to carry out camera shake correction. If the object speed is equal to or more than the threshold value, the body microprocessor makes a digital signal gain setting unit high in gain so as to increase the ISO sensitivity or makes a shatter speed faster to set a shorter exposure time and has a plurality of images continuously picked up under different exposure conditions. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262591 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and method in which auto-selecting of an object to be prioritized from among a plurality of detected objects is capable more appropriately. A characteristic detecting unit detects a previously set characteristic portion of an object from an image signal constituting a moving image. A control unit sets a priority to each characteristic portion when a plurality of the characteristic portions are detected by the characteristic detecting unit and also sets a high priority to a characteristic portion being detected for a long period of time. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262592 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SAVING POWER BY ADAPTING FEATURES OF A DEVICE - Present embodiments contemplate systems, apparatus, and methods to reduce power consumption of devices. Particularly, present embodiments contemplate modifying parameters of embedded components, including imaging sensors and electronic displays, to reduce power consumption. By modifying parameters of these components in an intelligent manner, the full capabilities of these components are available when needed by a device user, while power is conserved by reducing the capabilities of the components when those capabilities are not needed to support a current use of the device. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262593 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING SUBJECT IN PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE - An apparatus and method for photographing a subject in a photographing device are provided. The method includes determining a capture pose; determining a pose of a subject for photographing; and photographing the subject automatically based on a similarity between the capture pose and the pose of the subject. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262594 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS - In a motion picture capturing system for generating a virtual viewpoint image by a plurality of cameras, if image-capturing is performed with timing being shifted to improve frame rate performance, estimation accuracy is deteriorated due to an error in corresponding point detection between images or the presence of a moving subject. The image-capturing timing is controlled such that two or more of a plurality of image-capturing units perform simultaneous image-capturing, and motion of the whole of an image-capturing apparatus is estimated from a plurality of images captured by the simultaneous image-capturing. The virtual viewpoint image is synthesized from the images captured by the simultaneous image-capturing by the plurality of image-capturing units and the estimated motion. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262595 | FOCUSING SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE - A focusing system includes an optical system including first and second focus lenses for regulating a focus state of a subject image and is capable of performing a focus operation for automatically controlling the first and second focus lenses on a focus position. The focusing system includes a first drive unit for driving the first focus lens along the optical axis, a second drive unit for driving the second focus lens along the optical axis, a determining unit for periodically detecting a focus state of the subject image formed via the optical system and determining a focus position of the optical system based on the detected result, and a control unit for controlling the first and second drive units according to a result of determining the focus position of the optical system by the determining unit. The control unit controls the second drive unit to drive (such as drive at a constant speed, or stop) the second focus lens independently of the first focus lens, in the focus operation. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262596 | IMAGE FOCUSING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE FOCUSING DEVICE - According to various embodiments, an image focusing device may be provided. The image focusing device may include an image acquirer configured to acquire digital data representing an image. The image focusing device may further include a region selector configured to receive information indicating a first region of the image and indicating a second region of the image. The second region may be different from the first region. The image focusing device may further include an image deconvolver configured to iteratively apply deconvolutions to the first region and to the second region. A stopping criterion for the iterative application of the deconvolutions may be based on a focusing quality of the deconvolved first region and is independent from the deconvolved second region. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262597 | METHOD FOR CAPTURING WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE IN A 16 BIT FLOATING POINT FORMAT - Embodiments of the invention provide a 16 bit floating point signal processor will typically give an order of magnitude more performance than a 32 bit floating point signal processor and about twice as much performance as a 16 bit fixed point processor. Capturing wide dynamic range images in 16 bit floating point format entails representing an iris of a imaging device as an exponent of a floating point number and representing the precision of said imaging device as a mantissa of said floating point number. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262598 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - An object of this invention is to effectively reduce a luminance flicker caused by noise while suppressing an adverse effect such as an afterimage and a decrease in the resolution upon smoothing as much as possible even when the S/N ratio of an image photographed at an increased gain is low. An image signal processing apparatus includes a smoothing circuit ( | 2012-10-18 |
20120262599 | Dynamic Exposure Metering Based on Face Detection - A system, computer readable medium, and method for dynamically setting a camera's exposure parameters based on face detection are disclosed. When taking a picture or video of a person in front of a bright background, standard exposure algorithms tend to overexpose the background. In one embodiment disclosed herein, a face detection algorithm is run on the current picture or video frame, and the exposure metering region is inset over the detected face. Exposure time, gain, or other exposure parameters may be set based on the pixels within the exposure metering region. In another embodiment, the exposure metering region tracks a moving face according to lag parameters so that the exposure metering region remains substantially over the face. In yet another embodiment, a plurality of faces may be tracked, with the exposure parameters set based on a weighted average of the pixels within the plurality of face-containing exposure metering regions. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262600 | WHITE BALANCE OPTIMIZATION WITH HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES - Systems and methods to improve the white balance of a high dynamic range image are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, an imaging device includes a camera sensor and a processor, the processor configured to capture a lighter image and a darker image of a scene. The processor is then configured to white balance the lighter image based on the lighter regions of the image, and to white balance the darker image based on the darker regions of the image. The two images can then be combined to produce a final image. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262601 | QUANTUM DOT IMAGE SENSOR WITH DUMMY PIXELS USED FOR INTENSITY CALCULATIONS - An image sensor of a camera unit comprises raw image pixels for generating raw image color representing the exposed scene image. The sensor also comprises dummy pixels for supplemental data pertaining to characteristics of light exposing the scene image. A image sensor processor generates a processed digital image by adjusting component color values, obtained from raw image color data, by one or more adjustment factors calculated from supplemental image data. The adjustment factors are calculated according a selected mode of operation. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262602 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Shutter operation information of a user is input and an audio-recording start and end are controlled according to the input shutter operation information. Audio-recording start and end timings are determined by identifying independent shutter operation information corresponding to audio-recording start and end requests. Specifically, for example, the audio-recording start and end timings are controlled by identifying a half pressing/release process or a full pressing/release process of the shutter different from shutter operation information used in automatic exposure control (AE) or automatic focus control (AF) start control. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262603 | Image Capturing Device and Image Processing Method Thereof - An image capturing device and an image processing method thereof are disclosed. The image capturing device comprises an image capturing module, a storage module and a processing module. The processing module, comprising a plurality of buffers, controls the image capturing module to capture the first image data, saves the first image data in the plurality of buffers sequentially, conducts image processing correspondingly, and generates processed data. Soon, the processing module conducts an image compression on the processed data and saves the processed data in the storage module. In addition, while conducting the image compression, the processing module controls the image capturing module to capture the second image data, saves the first image data in the plurality of buffers sequentially, and conducts image processing correspondingly. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262604 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM CAPABLE OF IMPROVING CALCULATION ACCURACY OF DEFOCUS AMOUNT - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element that includes imaging pixels and focus detection pixels and that performs a photoelectric conversion of an object image, a readout unit that reads a pair of image signals from the focus detection pixels with a predetermined period, a storage unit that stores the pair of image signals read by the readout unit and optical information of the pair of image signals, an addition unit that adds a plurality of signals of time-series continuous frames of the pair of image signals, and a conversion coefficient determination unit that determines a conversion coefficient that converts an image shift amount of a pair of image signals of an addition frame obtained by the addition unit into a defocus amount, and the conversion coefficient determination unit determines the conversion coefficient of the addition frame based on the time-series continuous optical information. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262605 | DIGITAL CAMERA AND IMAGE COMBINATION DEVICE - The digital camera includes: a storage unit that stores a plurality of images captured by an image sensor when a multiple exposure photographic mode is set; a gain impartation unit that imparts, to the plurality of captured images, gains based upon the number of shots of multiple exposure photography and determined so that their sum equals unity; and a combination unit that creates a multiple exposure photographic image by combining the plurality of images, after the gains have been imparted by the gain impartation unit. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262606 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - An image pickup device includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a first light-shielding portion and a first light-receiving portion in order from an object. The first pixel outputs a first image signal, and the first light-shielding portion includes a first opening. The second pixel includes a second light-shielding portion and a second light-receiving portion in order from the object. The second pixel outputs a second image signal, and the second light-shielding portion includes a second opening that has area smaller than area of the first opening. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262607 | MULTOCULAR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND MULTOCULAR IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - A multocular image pickup apparatus includes: a distance calculation unit that calculates information regarding the distance to a captured object from an output video of a first image pickup unit, which is to be the reference unit of a plurality of image pickup units that pick up images, and from an output video of an image pickup unit that is different from the first image pickup unit; a multocular video synthesizing unit that generates synthesized video from the output video of the plurality of image pickup units based on the distance information for regions where the distance information could be calculated; and a monocular video synthesizing unit that generates synthesized video from the output video of the first image pickup unit for regions where the distance information could not be calculated. The distance calculation unit calculates a first distance information that is the distance to the captured object from the output video of the first image pickup unit and the output video of a second image pickup unit that is different from the first image pickup unit, and in case that there is a region where the first distance information could not be calculated, for the region where the first distance information could not be calculated, the distance calculation unit recalculates information regarding the distance to the captured object from the output video of an image pickup unit that was not used for calculating the distance among the plurality of image pickup units, and from the output video of the first image pickup unit. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262608 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power which moves during zooming; a third lens unit having a negative refractive power which moves during zooming; a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power which moves during zooming; and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming. Air intervals (L | 2012-10-18 |
20120262609 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device including a plurality of pixel units configured and disposed in an imaging area in such a way that a plurality of pixels corresponding to different colors are treated as one unit, the amount of shift of a position of each of the pixels in the pixel unit being set as to differ depending on distance from a center of the imaging area to the pixel unit and a color. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262610 | Pixel Information Reproduction Using Neural Networks - The invention relates to forming an image using binary pixels. Binary pixels are pixels that have only two states, a white state when the pixel is exposed and a black state when the pixel is not exposed. The binary pixels have color filters on top of them, and the setup of color filters may be initially unknown. A neural network may be used to learn the color filter setup to produce correct output images. Subsequently, the trained neural network may be used with the binary pixel array to produce images from the input images that the binary pixel array records. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262611 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING SHIFT AMOUNT OF IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT - A method for calculating a shift amount of a microlens from a position of a light receiving element arranged in a pixel of an image pickup element is provided. The microlens collects incident light from an image pickup lens. The method comprises: acquiring an incident angle characteristic value indicating a relation between an arranged position of the pixel and an incident angle of the incident light to the pixel; calculating a sampled shift amount of the microlens from the position of the light receiving element corresponding the incident angle characteristic value based on light collection efficiency of the incident light; approximating the sampled shift amount by a second or higher order function to calculate a shift amount characteristic function indicating a relation between the arranged position and the shift amount; and calculating the shift amount of the pixel using the shift amount characteristic function. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262612 | ELECTRO OPTICAL MODULATOR, ELECTRO OPTICAL SENSOR, AND DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure relates to an electro optical sensor, which comprises a light source generating device, an electro optical modulator, a supporting module, and an image capturing module. The light source generating device emits a light beam. After the electro optical modulator modulates the light beam, the modulated light beam emits onto a subject. The supporting module includes a transparent substrate, supporting the subject and allowing the modulated light beam to incidentally emit into the transparent substrate. The image capturing module converts the light beam reflected from the supporting module into a video signal. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262613 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix; a signal line connected to the pixels; and the mechanical shutter for shielding the pixels. The pixel includes: a photoelectric conversion unit generating a signal by photoelectric conversion; a reset unit resetting a signal of the photoelectric conversion unit; and a selecting unit for switching between a selecting state and a non-selecting state. The reset unit terminates the reset operation at different timing for each row of the pixels, thereby starting the charge accumulation period in the photoelectric conversion unit. The mechanical shutter shields the photoelectric conversion unit, thereby terminating the charge accumulation period. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262614 | MISSING CODE REDISTRIBUTION IN PIPELINE ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - A stage of pipeline analog to digital converter (ADC) includes a multiplying digital to analog converter (MDAC) and a sub-analog to digital converter (sub-ADC). The sub-ADC includes a comparator and a random offset controller. The comparator is coupled to compare a first analog signal received by the stage with a reference signal. The random offset controller is coupled to the comparator to apply a random offset to an input of the comparator to randomly distribute errors by the sub-ADC in a digital output of the pipeline ADC. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262615 | Optical system consisting of digital optical attachment unit and basic day-vision optical device - An optical system consisting of a basic day-vision optical device, such as an optical sight, and a digital optical attachment unit, such as a CCD module, a thermovisor, a range finder, or the like. A distinguishing feature of the system is the optical attachment unit which does not have an eyepiece and contains a power supply unit for the basic day-vision optical device. On the other hand, the basic day-vision optical device does not have a power supply unit but among other things contains a beam splitter and an electronic microdisplay. When the digital optical attachment unit is attached to the basic day-vision optical device and electrically connected to the latter, the electronic microdisplay receives a target image from the digital attachment unit and through the beam splitter a target and reticle image obtained by the basic day-vision device. As a result, a viewer can see an enhanced fused image of both image components reproduced on the electronic microdisplay. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262616 | PIXEL, PIXEL ARRAY, IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE IMAGE SENSOR - Disclosed are a pixel, a pixel array, an image sensor and a method for operating the image sensor. The pixel includes a photo-electro conversion unit; a first charge storage unit for storing charges converted by the photo-electro conversion unit; a first switching unit for transferring the charges from the photo-electro conversion unit to the first charge storage unit; a second charge storage unit for storing the charges converted by the photo-electro conversion unit; a second switching unit for transferring the charges from the photo-electro conversion unit to the second charge storage unit; a third switching unit for connecting the second charge storage unit with the first charge storage unit; and an output unit for outputting information about quantity of the charges stored in the first and second charge storage units. The light having the high intensity of illumination or the low intensity of illumination is sensed in the wide range. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262617 | WIRELESS IMAGE SHOOTING DEVICE - A wireless image shooting device includes a main body and a controlling display module. The main body includes a first central processing unit (CPU), a first wireless transmission unit, a first memory unit and an image shooting unit. The controlling display module includes a second CPU, a second wireless transmission unit, a second memory unit and a touch display unit. When the controlling display module is connected to the main body, data is transmitted between the first and the second CPU via cables; and when the controlling display module is separated from the main body, data is wirelessly transmitted between the first and the second wireless transmission unit. With these arrangements, the main body can be wirelessly controlled by the controlling display module to shoot images, so that the wireless image shooting device has increased functionality. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262618 | WATERPROOF CASE FOR HAND HELD COMPUTING DEVICE - The invention comprises a waterproof housing, which protects and allows operation of a hand held computer | 2012-10-18 |
20120262619 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND OPERATION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an operation device which has a pushbutton function and a touch switch function, and which offers excellent ease of operation. A hole is provided in a transparent substrate ( | 2012-10-18 |
20120262620 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CAMERA ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An electronic device includes an acceleration sensor, an electronic compass, a comparing unit, and a display. The comparing unit compares first displacement information and second displacement information of the electronic device with an initial displacement information of the electronic device, and determines a difference between the first displacement information, the second displacement information and the initial displacement information. Angle of the lens of a camera is adjusted according to the difference. The display is used to display an image captured by the lens of the camera. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262621 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - Enabling an ordinary image-capturing apparatus to achieve all-around image-capturing without having a user to perform particularly difficult setting operation. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262622 | IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An image sensor includes first pixels in an active region and second pixels in an optical black region of a pixel array. The first pixels have a gate that receives an active transfer control signal, and the second pixels have a gate that receives a passive transfer control signal, like a ground voltage. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262623 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus includes: a first focus detection unit that detects a focusing condition of an image forming optical system through a first focus detection method and outputs a first focus detection signal; a second focus detection unit that detects the focusing condition of the image forming optical system through a second focus detection method different from the first focus detection method and outputs a second focus detection signal; a focus adjustment unit that executes focus adjustment for the image forming optical system based upon either the first focus detection signal or the second focus detection signal; and a notification unit that alters a focus detection method notification in correspondence to the focus adjustment that the focus adjustment unit executes. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262624 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes: a lens apparatus; and a camera apparatus that can be attached and removed from the lens apparatus, wherein the camera apparatus includes: an image pickup element; and an optical element configured to be inserted and removed from an optical path, the optical element is a ND filter, and the ND it has a surface with positive refractive power. A ratio of a thickness of the optical element on an optical axis and a thickness of the optical length adjustment unit on the optical axis is appropriately set. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262625 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ACTIVATION METHOD THEREFOR - An image capturing device includes a first controller operable to control image capturing; an operation section including a switch; a detector operable to detect a change to an image capturing mode and to send a signal representing the change; a second controller operable to monitor and process the sent signal, the second controller having a power consumption less than that of the first controller; and a power supply operable to supply power to the first controller, the second controller, and a functional section of the device. When the second controller receives the signal sent from the detecting section in a power saving state in which power is supplied from the power supply to the second controller, the power saving state is changed to a power supplying state capable of image capturing by supplying power from the power supply to portions of the device including the first controller. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262626 | OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM, OBJECT CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND ROTATIONAL CENTER POSITION SPECIFICATION DEVICE - An object control system prevents shifting an object to a target position from requiring a long time, even if, for example, the position of installation of an image capturing unit is deviated. And, according to the the present invention, an object control system includes: a first image capturing unit that captures a first image including a first reference mark that specifies a first object line determined in advance with respect to an object; an angle acquisition unit that, on the basis of said first reference mark within said first image, acquires a first differential angle that specifies the angle between a first target object line, determined in advance with respect to said first image, and said first object line; and an object control unit that controls a rotation mechanism that rotates said object, on the basis of said first differential angle. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262627 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING A DISPLAY HORIZONTAL SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL WITH AN EXTERNAL HORIZONTAL SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL - Adjust a vertical blanking interval of a display horizontal synchronization signal, according to a difference between an external horizontal synchronization signal and the display horizontal synchronization signal, for synchronizing the display horizontal synchronization signal to the external horizontal synchronization signal. This only requires one or two frames to synchronize the display horizontal synchronization signal to the external horizontal synchronization signal, and will not cause the user to perceive display pauses or flickers. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262628 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOME AUTOMATION - A home automation system and method are disclosed for configuring a device state including but not limited to receiving an input from the client device at the server, configuring the device state in the database at the server in accordance with the input, and sending the configured device state from the server to the client device. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262629 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a display apparatus and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; a video processor which processes an image for display on the display unit; a storage unit which stores status information related to at least one of a structure and a function of the display apparatus, and a plurality of manual information corresponding to a plurality of processes implementable in the display apparatus; and a controller which, when a process, among the plurality of processes, is performed, controls the video processor to display manual information corresponding to the process on the basis of a current status information of the display apparatus. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262630 | Minimal Decoding Method for Spatially Multiplexing Digital Video Pictures - A combined video image is created from a plurality of video images. Each video image has a plurality of video image components, and each video image component has an image component header. The image header is removed from each video image to be included in the combined video image, and a new image header is generated for the combined video image. The image component header of each video image component to be included in the combined video image is altered to set an image position for the video image component within the combined video image. The combined video image is generated by concatenating the new image header with the plurality of video images having no image headers and the video image components having the altered image component headers. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262631 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - The present invention aims to prevent uneven brightness in a lighting device. A backlight device | 2012-10-18 |
20120262632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOSED CIRCUIT BROADCASTING - A computer implemented method for closed circuit TV broadcasting which comprises selecting content e.g. Internet content to be broadcast, scheduling the content to be broadcast as a closed circuit TV broadcast via channels in a plurality of sites, and distributing the content to a plurality of sites. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262633 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An object is to provide a lighting device with improved workability in assembling a light guide plate, a display device and a television receiver using this lighting device. The lighting device according to the present invention has LEDs | 2012-10-18 |
20120262634 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a lighting device including a chassis housing a reflection sheet, the reflection sheet is reliably positioned with respect to the chassis and overcomes a flexure or wrinkle from the reflection sheet. In an edge light-type backlight unit | 2012-10-18 |
20120262635 | ELEMENTARY IMAGE ACQUISITION OR DISPLAY DEVICE - An elementary image acquisition or display device, including a focusing structure with microlenses, each microlens being shaped to focus incident light beams towards a substrate while avoiding intermediate conductive tracks and vias. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262636 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES AND POWER SUPPLYING METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional glasses including a glasses main body, a touch control circuit, a first and a second touch sensing interfaces, a glasses circuit system and a power supplying module is provided. The glasses main body has a first and a second sensing portions. The touch control circuit and the glasses circuit system are disposed in the glasses main body. The first and the second touch sensing interfaces are disposed at the first and the second sensing portions, electrically connected to the touch control circuit, and respectively transmit a first and a second input signals to the touch control circuit. After the touch control circuit receives the first and the second input signals, the touch control circuit transmits a power supplying signal to the power supplying module to drive the power supplying module to supply power to the glasses circuit system. Besides, a power supplying method is also provided. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262637 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - There are provided a display panel being both anti-static and resistant to corrosion, a display device provided with the display panel, and an electronic unit provided with the display device. The display panel includes a panel section including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; a barrier layer provided at an upper or lower part of the panel section, and the barrier layer including light-shielding regions and transmissive regions that are arranged systematically; and a transparent conductive layer provided at the upper part of the panel section. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262638 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAYS - Disclosed is a stereoscopic image display, including a liquid crystal display and a patterned retarder color filter structure disposed on the outside of the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display has a left eye image control region and a right eye image control region. The patterned retarder color filter structure has a right eye image retarder region substantially vertically aligning with the right eye image control region, and a left eye image retarder region substantially vertically aligning with the left eye image control region. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262639 | OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device is provided. The optical device according to one embodiment may be a light-dividing device, for example, a device that can divide incident light into at least two kinds of light having different polarization states. For example, the optical device can be used to realize a stereoscopic image. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262640 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an MVA type liquid crystal display device (LCD | 2012-10-18 |
20120262641 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An embodiment of this invention provides a liquid crystal display, which comprises a thin-film transistor substrate, an upper substrate, and a liquid crystal between the two substrates. The thin-film transistor substrate comprises data lines, gate lines, and a pixel array defined by the data lines and gate lines, characterized in that each data line connects to two columns of pixel, and another one or two columns of pixel are interposed between the connected two columns of pixel. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262642 | Active Matrix Substrate, Manufacturing Method Thereof, and Image Display Device - According to the first aspect of the present invention, a drain electrode and a pixel electrode are electrically connected to each other on a protective film formed on a semiconductor active layer, and thereby it is possible to easily connect the drain electrode and the pixel electrode to each other and to improve a yield. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262643 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A light emitting diode assembly includes: a light emitting diode (LED) printed circuit board (PCB) having a base layer, an insulating layer on the base layer and a circuit pattern layer on the insulating layer, the LED PCB including a plurality of through holes spaced apart from each other; and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) inserted into the plurality of through holes, respectively, from a bottom surface of the LED PCB, each of the plurality of LEDs including a lead contacting the circuit pattern layer. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262644 | Liquid Crystal Display and Backlight Module Thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a backlight module thereof is disclosed. The backlight module comprises a backplate and a light guide plate. The backplate comprises a bottom wall and a sidewall disposed at a periphery of the bottom wall and extending perpendicular to the bottom wall. The light guide plate is supported on the bottom wall. At least one positioning bent-piece is disposed to be bent from the bottom wall, and the positioning bent-piece abuts against a side edge of the light guiding plate to position the light guide plate. In this way, by using the positioning bent-piece disposed on the bottom wall of the backplate to position the light guide plate, the need of disposing an additional positioning structure on the light guide plate is eliminated, so the product yield of light guide plates can be improved. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262645 | Backlight Module and Liquid Crystal Display Employing Same - An exemplary backlight module includes two light guide plates, two first light sources, a diffusing plate, and a second light source. The two light guide plates are arranged apart from each other, and each of the light guide plates includes a first side surface and a second side surface. The first side surface is adjacent to the other light guide plate. The second side surface is opposite to the first side surface and is away from the other light guide plate. The two first light sources are arranged adjacent to the second side surfaces of the two light guide plates, respectively, and provide first light beams for the two light guide plates, respectively. The diffusing plate is arranged between the first side surfaces of the two light guide plates. The second light source is arranged below the diffusing plate and provides second light beams for the diffusing plate. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262646 | POLARIZING DIFFUSER FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZING DIFFUSER FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING POLARIZING DIFFUSER FILM - Disclosed are a film with excellent polarization selectivity and excellent diffusion properties, and a means for easily producing the same. The polarizing diffusion film has an intrinsic birefringence of at least 0.1 and substantially comprises one type of crystalline resin; and in the polarizing diffusion film, the total light transmittance is 50 to 90% in relation to visible light, the transmission haze is 15 to 90% in relation to visible light, and the degree of transmission polarization is 20 to 90% in relation to visible light. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262647 | Liquid Crystal Display and Backlight Module Employed Therein - The present disclosure provides a backlight module. The backlight module includes a light guide plate and a light bar. The light guide plate includes a light incident surface, and the light bar is adjacent to the light incident surface. The light bar includes a printed circuit board and a plurality of point light sources alternately located on the printed circuit board. Each point light source includes an illuminator and an encapsulation apparatus. The encapsulation apparatus encapsulates the illuminator and fixes the light guide plate for limiting a distance between the light incident surface and the illuminator. The present disclosure also provides a liquid crystal display employing the backlight module. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262648 | PHOSPHOR AND USE THEREOF - A phosphor which emits light having high brightness, serves as an excellent orange or red phosphor whose light brightness is less decreased when exposed to an excitation source contains a crystal phase having the chemical composition expressed by the general formula [1]: | 2012-10-18 |
20120262649 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS - According to example embodiments, a reflective display device includes a plurality of pixel units. Each of the plurality of pixel units may include a reflective plate having at least one concave reflective surface, a first electrode on the reflective plate, a second electrode separate from the first electrode, at least one light-absorbing member corresponding to the at least one concave reflective surface, and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal PDLC layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The PDLC layer includes a polymer and liquid crystals. The light-absorbing member may be at a focus position of the at least one concave reflective surface. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262650 | Cellulose Ester Optical Films - Regioselectively substituted cellulose esters having a plurality of aryl-acyl substituents and a plurality of alkyl-acyl substituents are disclosed along with methods for making the same. Such cellulose esters may be suitable for use in optical films, such as optical films having certain Nz values, −A optical films, and/or +C optical films. Optical films prepared employing such cellulose esters have a variety of commercial applications, such as, for example, as compensation films in liquid crystal displays and/or waveplates in creating circular polarized light used in 3-D technology. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262651 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal cell and a polarizer arranged on at least one outer side of the liquid crystal cell, wherein the liquid crystal cell includes a pair of substrates at least one of which has an electrode and which are arranged oppositely to each other, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, and at least one substrate includes at least three color pixels of B, G and R satisfying the following formula (1-1), and the polarizer includes a polarizing element and a film satisfying the following formula (1-2) and containing an optically-anisotropic layer: | 2012-10-18 |
20120262652 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a counter electrode ( | 2012-10-18 |
20120262653 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate and a counter substrate that face each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The array substrate includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an alignment sustaining layer. The first electrode has a comb-teeth shape. The second electrode has a comb-teeth shape, faces the first electrode, and includes a protruding portion protruding from the first electrode in a direction where comb teeth are arranged. The alignment sustaining layer is formed above a surface of the array substrate being in contact with the liquid crystal layer and gives liquid crystals a pre-tilt to a direction in which the second electrode protrudes from the first electrode, in a direction in which the comb teeth are arranged. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262654 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A color filter substrate includes a color filter layer, a light-transmissive layer and a light-shielding layer. The light-transmissive layer is disposed between pixels and includes a side surface that forms a reflection surface. The light-shielding layer is laminated on the light-transmissive layer. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262655 | ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL DIFFUSION FOR LUMINAIRES - An electrically adjustable optical diffusion panel for use in film or video production having a frame, diffusion material affixed to the frame, where the transparency of the material is continuously and variably changeable between a substantially transparent state and a substantially opaque state in response to an electric potential applied to electrodes of the material and a controller and battery. The electrically adjustable diffusion panel eliminates the need for manually changing diffusion papers or other filters and provides a continuous range of selectable levels of transparency/diffusion. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262656 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a liquid-crystal display apparatus including: a pair of substrates facing each other to sandwich a liquid-crystal layer; signal and scan lines laid out in a matrix form to sandwich a first insulation film on one of the substrates; a lower electrode created in each area enclosed by the signal and scan lines; a second insulation film created on a surface of the lower electrode; an upper electrode on which a plurality of slits are created in parallel all over an entire surface of the second insulation film; and an oriented film created to cover surfaces of the upper electrode and the second insulation film. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262657 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A polymerizable compound in a liquid crystal composition is polymerized in a state that liquid crystal molecules present in a gap between a pixel electrode and at least either one of signal electrodes and scanning electrodes are tilted in a direction from the at least either one of the signal electrodes and the scanning electrodes toward the pixel electrode. Preferably, the amount of the polymerizable compound remaining in the liquid crystal phase after the polymerization is not more than 0.05 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystal. In a seal section surrounding the liquid crystal layer, a second seal wall is preferably provided at a position opposite to the liquid crystal injection inlet in the non-display section. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262658 | LEAD LINE STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A lead line structure and a display panel having the same are provided. The lead line structure includes first and second lead lines. Each of the first lead lines has a first straight portion and a first oblique portion connected with the first straight portion. The second lead lines and the first lead lines are alternatively arranged, and each of the second lead lines has a second straight portion, a second oblique portion and a contact window. The contact window contacts with the second straight portion so as to electrically connect the second straight portion and the second oblique portion. The first straight portions of the first lead lines and the second straight portions of the second lead lines extend towards the driving device and are electrically connected to the driving device. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262659 | WIRING LAYER, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An electrode film, which is not peeled off from an oxide thin film and in which a copper atom does not diffuse into the oxide thin film, is provided. A wiring layer is composed of a high-adhesion barrier film | 2012-10-18 |
20120262660 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic EL display device ( | 2012-10-18 |
20120262661 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal composition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a liquid crystal compound represented by a below chemical formula (I) at about 10 wt % to about 15 wt %; and | 2012-10-18 |
20120262662 | BLUE PHASE LIQUID CRYSTAL NANOCOMPOSITES AND DEVICES CONTAINING THE SAME - A composition including nanocomposites formed from blue phase liquid crystals that are stabilized with dopants and nanorods such as metallic nanorods and/or carbon nanotubes. Devices including the compositions are disclosed that provide increases temperature ranges as well as reduction, in threshold voltage and turn on voltage, in addition to the inherent blue phase liquid crystal properties of sub-millisecond response time in the field induced Kerr effect. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262663 | ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS SET WITH CENTRAL ELECTRODE - A liquid crystal lens cell set includes a plurality of liquid crystal lenses overlapping to each other. Each of the liquid crystal lenses is supported between a pair of flat layers. One of the layers supports a planar electrode made of ITO. The other electrode, also formed of ITO, is supported in the center of the opposing substrate and projects toward the center of the liquid crystal layer. A power supply creates a potential difference between the electrodes and imposes a non-uniform electric field on the liquid crystal modules which aligns them in which a way as to act as a lens. By varying voltage between the electrodes the focal length of the lens may be controlled. A central electrode may be in the form of a beam or of a pointed tip. An electrode having a central hole may be associated with the central electrode or the planar electrode. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262664 | SCRATCH-RESISTANT-COATED POLYCARBONATES WITH HIGH TRANSPARENCY, PROCESS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION, AND THEIR USE - The present invention relates to a process for the coating of polycarbonate substrates, in particular of transparent polycarbonate substrates, by applying a transparent coating composition encompassing at least one radiation-curing binder resin (A) and/or reactive diluent (C), nanoparticles (B), optionally solvent and at least one light stabilizer (L), to a polycarbonate substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises at least one light stabilizer (L) which comprises, per molecule, an average of at least one ethylenically unsaturated group bonded by way of a urethane group. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262665 | CURVED LENSES AND RELATED METHODS - Curved lenses and methods for making curved lenses are described. One embodiment of a method of making a curved lens includes curving a lens blank made of a linear polarizer layer laminated together with a plurality of polymeric layers. The lens blank is curved by heating and pressing the lens blank between a convex member and a concave member at a first pressure, ramping the pressure sigmoidally to a higher pressure over a period of time, and maintaining the higher pressure for a time sufficient to allow the lens blank to conform to the shape of the convex member and concave member. Methods of the invention may be used to make curved lenses with different polarization properties and curvatures. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262666 | CURVED LENSES AND RELATED METHODS - Curved lenses and methods for making curved lenses are described. One embodiment of a method of making a curved lens includes curving a lens blank made of a linear polarizer layer laminated together with a plurality of polymeric layers. The lens blank is curved by heating and pressing the lens blank between a curved rigid member and a flexible member at a pressure and maintaining the pressure for a time sufficient to allow the lens blank to conform to the shape of the curved rigid member. Methods of the invention may be used to make curved lenses with different polarization properties and curvatures. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262667 | ELECTRONIC FRAMES COMPRISING ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS - In some embodiments, a first device may be provided. The first device may comprise a lens housing adapted to support a first lens and a second lens, a first temple movably coupled to the lens housing, a second temple movably coupled to the lens housing, an electronics module disposed at least partially within the first temple, and a first electrical conductor coupled to the first temple. A first conductive path may be provided from the first temple to the lens housing at least in part by the first electrical conductor. The first electrical conductor may be configured to couple the electronics module to the first temple. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262668 | Methods of designing progressive addition lenses - Embodiments of the invention pertain to a method for producing a spectacle lens with optimal correction across the entire lens that take the patient's complete measured wavefront into account. Specific embodiments also consider one or more additional factors such as vertex distance, intermediate power, add power, segmental fitting height, pantoscopic tilt, and use conditions. The lens wavefront can be achieved by optimizing a corrected wavefront, where the corrected wavefront is the effect of the patient's measured wavefront and/or the lens wavefront. The optimization of the corrected wavefront can involve representing the measured wavefront and/or the lens wavefront on a grid. In an exemplary embodiment, the grid can lie in a plane. During the optimization, a subset of the grid can be used for the representation of the measured wavefront at a point on the grid so that the portions of the measured wavefront that contribute to the corrected wavefront at that point on the grid are taken into account. The progressive addition lens can be utilized for distance, intermediate and reading use wherein the power progression is non-linear in any number or all of the near, intermediate, and far zones. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262669 | CURVED LENSES AND RELATED METHODS - Curved lenses and methods for making curved lenses are described. One embodiment of a method of making a curved lens includes curving a lens blank made of a linear polarizer layer laminated together with a plurality of polymeric layers. The lens blank is curved by engendering rotational motion about a rotational axis of a roller having a forming surface thereon and lateral motion of a belt in contact with the forming surface. The lens blank is heated and pressed between the belt and the forming surface at a pressure, the pressure being supplied by tension on the belt. The pressure is maintained for a time sufficient to allow the lens blank to conform to the shape of the forming surface. Methods of the invention may be used to make curved lenses with different polarization properties and curvatures. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262670 | CORRECTION OF HIGHER ORDER ABERRATIONS IN INTRAOCULAR LENSES - In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of designing an intraocular lens (IOL) to address variations of at least one ocular parameter in a population of patient eyes. The method can include establishing at least one eye model in which the ocular parameter can be varied over a range exhibited by the population. The eye model can be employed to evaluate a plurality of IOL designs in correcting visual acuity for eyes in the patient population. An IOL design that provides a best fit for visual performance over at least a portion of the parameter range can then be selected. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262671 | Operating Microscope System - An operating microscope system ( | 2012-10-18 |
20120262672 | DOUBLE PASS DEVICE FOR RETINAL IMAGE QUALITY MEASUREMENT - An optical system for measuring retinal-image quality has a light system constructed and arranged to provide light to be directed onto a retina of a subject's eye, a detection system arranged to receive at least a portion of the light after being reflected or scattered back from the retina of the subject's eye, and an afocal optical system arranged in an optical path of the light between the light system and the detection system. The afocal optical system is constructed and arranged to correct a refractive error of the subject's eye. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262673 | VEHICULAR INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exterior window of a vehicle has an array of opaque elements on at least a portion of its surface. The elements reflect light emitted by a video projector inside the vehicle to serve as a display screen for images visible to an occupant of the vehicle. The window is transparent in the spaces surrounding the opaque elements so that the exterior environment is simultaneously visible to the occupant. The displayed image is based on a geographical location of the vehicle and includes information about an actual geographic subject in the vicinity of the vehicle. The image may be projected on the display pattern in a location such that the image and the actual geographic subject are viewable simultaneously through the window. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262674 | OPTICAL DEVICE, PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes: a light transmissive first substrate; a light transmissive second substrate; a polarizing layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first bonding layer which bonds the first substrate to the polarizing layer; and a second bonding layer which bonds the second substrate to the polarizing layer, wherein the first bonding layer is an adhesive layer, and the second bonding layer contains a structure of siloxane (Si—O) and a leaving group. By forming the first bonding layer of an adhesive layer, a necessary strength can be ensured, and also the optical properties can be enhanced by absorbing the irregularities of the polarizing layer formed of a synthetic resin so as to prevent the contamination with air bubbles. Since the time of exposure of the polarizing layer to heat generated by a plasma can be decreased, the polarizing layer is not deteriorated. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262675 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - In a light source device, that obtains high light usage efficiency by projecting simultaneously two or more of three primary color lights X, Y and Z. Moreover, each color light X, Y and Z is divided into two in terms of time so that p-wave and s-wave linear polarization lights are formed, such that the synthesized light of the p-wave linear polarization lights enters a first spatial modulation element and the synthesized light of the s-wave linear polarization lights enters a second spatial modulation element to permit gradation control of each color light. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262676 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - In a light source device, in each division of an image frame, two or more of the color lights X, Y and Z (e.g., red, green and blue) can be projected simultaneously. Each of the color lights X, Y and Z is divided into two in terms of time so that synthesized light of one group of division color lights enters a first spatial modulation element. Synthesized light of another group of division color lights enters a second spatial modulation element, whereby gradation of each color light in each of the first and second spatial modulation elements is controlled. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262677 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND PROJECTOR - There is provided a light source unit comprising an excitation light shining device for emitting excitation light, a luminescent plate having a luminescent light emitting area on a base material and adapted to emit a luminescent light of a predetermined wavelength band by excitation light from the excitation shining device, two types of light source devices for emitting light of wavelength bands different from that of the light from the luminescent plate, a light guiding optical system for guiding the light from the luminescent plate and the rays from the light sources to a predetermined plane, and a light source control device for controlling the emission from the excitation light shining device and the light sources, wherein a synthetic light or a single-color light are emitted by controlling the emissions from the excitation light shining device and the light sources by the light source control device. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262678 | PROJECTOR APPARATUS USING PULSE-DRIVEN LIGHT SOURCES OF DIFFERENT COLORS - A projector apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light beams of a plurality of color components, emissions of the light beams being controlled individually, a projection unit configured to form images respectively corresponding to the color components using the light beams from the light source for each frame and to sequentially project the images, a driving unit configured to drive the light source so that the light beams are emitted as light pulses having respectively predetermined pulse widths for a period in which the projection unit projects each of the images, a detector configured to detect deterioration levels of the light source respectively for the color components, and a controller configured to control the pulse widths of the light beams emitted from the light source based on the deterioration levels. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262679 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination optical system include a first lens array including multiple lens cells that split a light beam emitted from a light source into multiple light beams, a second lens array including lens cells that the light beams split by the lens cells of the first lens array are incident thereon, and an optical element configured to illuminate an image display element by superposing light beams emerging from the second lens array on the image display element. At least one of the first lens array and the second lens array includes at least two lens cells each having a curved surface that is formed so as to be continuous with a curved surface of an adjacent lens cell, the at least two lens cells being decentered, and at least two lens cells of the first lens array have different radii of curvature. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262680 | Free Form Optical Redirection Apparatus and Devices Using Same - A projection system ( | 2012-10-18 |
20120262681 | MICROMECHANICAL PROJECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MICROMECHANICAL PROJECTION DEVICE - A micromechanical projection device includes: a carrier which has a first, a second, and a third section, the second section being situated between the first and the third sections and having a flexible design; a mirror, which is mounted on the first section; and a light source which is mounted on the third section. The second section is bent in such a way that a light beam from the light source is directable onto the mirror. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262682 | PROJECTION DEVICE WITH AN ILLUMINATION LAMP - A projection device includes a base, a desk lamp, a projector, a supporting member, and a fastener assembly. The desk lamp defines a first hole. The projector defines a second hole aligned with the first hole of the desk lamp. One end of the supporting member is connected to the base, and another end of the supporting member is connected to the desk lamp. The fastener assembly includes a bolt and a nut. The nut is fixed in the projector. The bolt is capable of passing through the first hole and being screwed into the nut via the second hole to connect the projector to the desk lamp. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262683 | EXPOSING METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATING METHOD - An exposure apparatus comprises: a first detection apparatus, which detects the temperature of a liquid after the liquid contacts a prescribed object; and a processing apparatus that detects the relationship between the temperature of the liquid and the temperature of the object based on the detection result of the first detection apparatus. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262684 | ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING VACUUM SCAVENGE FOR AN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A liquid immersion lithography apparatus exposes a wafer through a liquid in a space under a lens. The apparatus includes a containment member provided such that the containment member surrounds the space under the lens, and a seal member provided between the lens and the containment member. The containment member has a first fluid inlet. The first fluid inlet removes fluid from a gap between the containment member and the wafer during the exposure. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262685 | Double EUV Illumination Uniformity Correction System and Method - A lithographic apparatus includes a uniformity correction system located at a plane and configured to receive a substantially constant pupil when illuminated with the beam of radiation. The uniformity correction system includes fingers that move into and out of intersection with a beam so as to correct an intensity of respective portions of the radiation beam. According to another embodiment, a method includes for: focusing a beam of radiation at a first plane to form pupil; adjusting the intensity of the beam near the first plane by moving fingers located near the first plane into and out of a path of the beam of radiation, wherein a width of a tip of each of the fingers is larger than that of corresponding actuating devices used to move each corresponding one of the fingers; patterning the beam; and projecting the patterned beam onto a substrate. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262686 | Optical Imaging Writer System - System and method for applying mask data patterns to substrate in a lithography manufacturing process are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a parallel imaging writer system having a plurality of spatial light modulator (SLM) imaging units arranged in one or more parallel arrays, receiving a mask data pattern to be written to a substrate, processing the mask data pattern to form a plurality of partitioned mask data patterns corresponding to different areas of the substrate, identifying objects in an area of the substrate to be imaged by corresponding SLMs, selecting evaluation points along edges of the objects, configuring the parallel imaging writer system to image the objects using the evaluations points, and performing multiple exposures to image the objects in the area of the substrate by controlling the plurality of SLMs to write the plurality of partitioned mask data patterns in parallel. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262687 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR KEEPING IMMERSION FLUID ADJACENT TO AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY DURING WAFER EXCHANGE IN AN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY MACHINE - Apparatus and methods keep immersion liquid in a space adjacent to an optical assembly. An optical assembly projects an image onto a substrate supported adjacent to the optical assembly by a substrate table. An insertion member insertable into the space between the optical assembly and the substrate, the substrate table, or both, divides the immersion liquid into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion disposed between the optical assembly and the insertion member, and the second portion disposed between the insertion member and the substrate, the substrate table, or both. The insertion member keeps the optical assembly in contact with the first portion when the substrate is moved away from being disposed adjacent to the optical assembly. | 2012-10-18 |
20120262688 | Optical Apparatus for Conditioning a Radiation Beam for Use by an Object, Lithography Apparatus and Method of Manufacturing Devices - In an EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography apparatus, an illumination system includes a multifaceted field mirror and a multifaceted pupil mirror. A field facet mirror within mirror focuses EUV radiation onto a particular associated pupil facet mirror, from where it is directed to a target area. Each field facet mirror is modified to scatter unwanted DUV (deep ultraviolet) radiation into a range of directions. The majority of DUV falls onto neighboring pupil facet mirrors within the pupil mirrors, so that the amount of DUV radiation reaching target E is suppressed in comparison to the wanted EUV radiation. Because the distance between mirrors is much greater than the width of an individual pupil facet mirror, good DUV suppression can be achieved with only a narrow scattering angle. Absorption of EUV radiation in the scattering layer can be minimized. | 2012-10-18 |