43rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100271536 | Blended autofocus using mechanical and softlens technologies - A blended approach to achieving best system-level autofocus in a camera module where conventional mechanical autofocus techniques (and their associated filter algorithms) are used in conjunction with softlens autofocus techniques. In this manner, the mechanical autofocus approach needs only get close to the best focus position (thereby relaxing its tolerances) and then the softlens autofocus approach takes over and completes the fine tuning of the best focus (thereby relaxing its capabilities requirements). | 2010-10-28 |
20100271537 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREIN - An imaging apparatus is equipped with a voltage control section, which individually controls the focus distance of a lens managed on the basis of each of a plurality of pieces of management information in accordance with a predetermined control condition corresponding to each of the pieces of management information and switches the focus distance of the lens at the time of imaging at a predetermined switching period in accordance with the focus distance indicated by each piece of management information while switching the plurality of pieces of management information at the predetermined switching period. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271538 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor including a plurality of charge storage-type photoelectric conversion elements disposed along a first and a second direction; a rolling shutter control unit that executes storage control to store electrical charges in a first element row and in a second element row with different timing for electrical charging, the first element row including a plurality of the charge storage-type photoelectric conversion elements along the first direction and the second element row including a plurality of the charge storage-type photoelectric conversion elements along the first direction at a different position along the second direction; a detection unit that detects light emission timing indicating a light emission cycle of each of a plurality of color components in light entering the image sensor; and a start instruction unit that engages the rolling shutter control unit to start the storage control based upon the light emission timing. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271539 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An electronic device (e.g., an imaging apparatus) is implemented to obtain excellent sound effects while miniaturization and slimming down are achieved. An electronic device (e.g., an imaging apparatus) has a casing; a sound emitting device that has a sound emitting portion and is provided inside the casing; a movable member provided to the casing to have a gap between the movable member and the casing; and a communicating portion that communicates between the sound emitting portion of the sound emitting device and the movable member inside the casing. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271540 | EYEBALL DEVICE FOR USE IN ROBOTS - Various embodiments of an eyeball device for use in robots are provided. In one embodiment, the eyeball device has an eyeball, a main part having a camera, a frame having first and second sections, first and second actuators, a first connecting member and a second connecting member. The first section is horizontally pivotally coupled to the main part relative to the main part, while the second section vertically pivotally supports the eyeball. The first and second actuators produce rotary motions. The first connecting member is coupled to the first section and the first actuator to connecting the rotary motion of the first actuator to the first section. The second connecting member is coupled to the eyeball and the second actuator to transmit the rotary motion of the second actuator to the eyeball. The eyeball horizontally pivots through the first connecting member and vertically pivots through the second connecting member. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271541 | CAMERA MODULE WITH PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A camera module includes a positioning plate, a positioning frame, a spring member, a lens holder, and a piezoelectric actuator. The positioning frame is fixed to the positioning plate and defines a positioning through hole. The spring member is disposed on the positioning plate and in a compressed state. The lens holder is received in the positioning through hole and movably engaged with the positioning frame. The piezoelectric actuator is sandwiched between the compressed spring member and the lens holder. The piezoelectric actuator is operable to drive the lens holder to rotate about a central axis of the positioning frame, thereby move along the central axis relative to the positioning frame. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271542 | Stroke-to-raster video conversion method having error correction capabilities - Methods of performing stroke-to-raster video conversion having leading-edge error correction and/or falling-edge error correction are provided. Incoming data is pipelined before being written into a frame buffer. This allows each sample of data to be manipulated based on information obtained in samples that occur both before and after it. Highly accurate digital conversion of stroke video into a raster format having significantly reduced or eliminated noise and stray pixels from the video is therefore achieved. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271543 | Portable Electronic Device and Image Data Communication Method Thereof - A portable electronic device and an image communication method thereof are provided. The portable electronic device includes a display, a processing module and a memory. The processing module provides frame data of a corresponding frame for the display to show, enables the portable electronic device to emulate a virtual storage device under a communication link, and produces image data compliant with a file format according to the frame data of the frame. The memory stores the image data, which can be read through the communication link. The processing module provides a frame data update for the display to show and updates the image data according to the frame data update. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271544 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUT SETTING IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for providing an output setting in a portable terminal includes an external output setting unit and a controller. If a connection with an external device is determined, the external output setting unit determines an output format supported by the external device. The controller automatically changes system setting suitably to the determined output format of the external device. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271545 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a conversion unit for converting first video data having a first frame rate to second video data having a second frame rate which is “n” times as high as the first frame rate (“n” is an integer of two or larger), and a display unit for displaying the second video data. When the first video data is video data of two successive frame images having different brightness, the conversion unit performs a first frame rate converting process for converting the first video data to the second video data by outputting a frame image group made of two successive frame images in the first video data “n” times in a row at the second frame rate. Consequently, the frame rate converting process can be performed without deteriorating a visual effect such as an HDR effect, and viewing environment comfortable for the user can be realized. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271546 | Flat High Panoramic Display - Apparatus and method for showing images and text separately and simultaneously on a common screen having a first display for showing TV images and a second display for showing text where the first and second displays are located adjacent to each other. The first display is a flat high resolution LCD or plasma TV showing images which are free of interwoven text, and the second display which shows only the titration text of the actors talking in the first display. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271547 | HISTORY INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE SAME - A history information recording device is provided to an image display equipment, for recording, as history information, information about operations that have been executed in the image display equipment up to a present time. The history information recording device includes a connection terminal to which an external storage medium is connected, in which the history information is transmitted to and recorded on the external storage medium connected to the connection terminal in response to a given instruction. Therefore, it is possible to check the history information of the image display equipment without displaying the history information on a screen of the image display equipment. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271548 | Video Apparatus - A video apparatus includes plural interface sections such as HDMI (Registered Trademark) sections for connection with plural video signal sources, a function transferring section which transfers functions of the interface sections, and one or more function blocks for use in common to the plural interface sections. The functions are assigned to the interface sections such as HDMI sections connected with the video signal sources, via switches for example, to minimize the number of the function blocks to be provided. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271549 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display device includes: a display part | 2010-10-28 |
20100271550 | CRT TO LCD CONVERSION - A method and apparatus are provided for providing a cockpit display in an aircraft. The method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of independent signals formatted for generating a cockpit image on a cathode ray tube of the aircraft, converting the received plurality of analog signals into an equivalent low voltage digital signal and displaying the cockpit image on a flat panel display of the aircraft using the equivalent low voltage digital signal. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271551 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method - An image processing apparatus comprises an image decoding unit and a static noise reducing unit. The image decoding unit decodes a data stream and generates a plurality of image comprising a current image. The static noise reducing unit, coupled to the image decoding unit, generates a first adjustment value of a target pixel of the current image according to an original luminance value of the target pixel and at least one original luminance value of a neighboring pixel associated with the target pixel. The static noise reducing unit also determines a static adjustment luminance value of the target pixel according to the original luminance value, the first adjustment value, and a first weight. The first weight is associated with the chrominance value of the target pixel. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271552 | INTELLIGENT DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME - A digital photo frame (DPF) includes a power management unit connected to a power source, configured for distributing power from the power source to the DPF; a display panel configured for displaying displayable media; a sound sensor configured for detecting sound waves around the DPF and generating a sound signal according to the detected sound wave; a light detector configured for detecting current ambient light level and producing a light signal corresponding to the detected ambient light level; and a processing unit configured for adjusting brightness of the display panel according to the sound signal and the light signal. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271553 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR PERFORMING CORRECTION PROCESSING ON INPUT VIDEO - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention extracts a characteristic value of a luminance in relation to respective fields of an input video, and determines the presence of a scene change between adjacent fields. A gamma curve is then generated on the basis of the magnitude of the characteristic value. When a difference in the characteristic value between fields is larger than a predetermined value and a scene change does not exist, the gamma curve to be applied to a subsequent field is modified such that the correction characteristic of the gamma curve does not vary rapidly. The luminance is then corrected using the modified gamma curve. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271554 | Method And Apparatus For Motion Estimation In Video Image Data - The present invention is related to a method and an apparatus for motion estimation using a vector histogram providing a ranking of most and less used vectors and motion compensation in video image data and especially for line based field rate up-conversion motion estimation and motion compensation of video image data. The present invention is further related to TV-set, a computer program product and a data carrier comprising a computer program. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271555 | ENHANCED VSB VITERBI DECODER - An enhanced VSB receiver includes a tuner which tunes an RF signal and converts it into an IF signal, an IF mixer which converts the IF signal into a baseband signal, and a demodulator which demodulates the baseband signal signal into a VSB signal. The enhanced VSB receiver further includes a map recovery unit which recovers VSB map information of the VSB signal, an enhanced equalizer for compensating channel distortion of the VSB signal and outputting an equalized symbol, and an enhanced Viterbit decoder for estimating whether polarity inversion occurred during a symbol period of the equalized symbol and Viterbi-decoding the equalized symbol based on the polarity estimation. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271556 | Mobile electronic device having content transmission interface - The mobile electronic device for reproducing digital content includes a body and a content transmission interface connector. The body is configured to store and process the digital content, where the digital content includes high-quality uncompressed video data. The content transmission interface connector includes a male connector configured to be connected directly to an external display device and configured to output the digital content to the external display device. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271557 | DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER - A digital television (DTV) transmitter and a method of processing data in the DTV transmitter/receiver are disclosed. In the DTV transmitter, a pre-processor pre-processes the enhanced data by coding the enhanced data for forward error correction (FEC) and expanding the FEC-coded data. A packet formatter generates one or more groups of enhanced data packets, each enhanced data packet including the pre-processed enhanced data and known data, wherein the data formatter adds burst time information into each group of enhanced data packets. And, a packet multiplexer generates at least one burst of enhanced data by multiplexing the one or more groups of enhanced data packets with at least one main data packet including the main data, each burst of enhanced data including at least one group of enhanced data packets. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271558 | HYBRID RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE USING UPCONVERSION FOLLOWED BY DIRECT DOWNCONVERSION - A receiver configured to selectively receive an RF signal from an operating band having a plurality of RF channels. The receiver is configured to upconvert the desired RF channel to an intermediate frequency (IF) greater than the RF channel frequencies. The upconverted RF channel is downconverted to baseband or a low IF. The receiver can perform channel selection by filtering the baseband or low IF signal. The baseband or low IF signal can be upconverted to a programmable output IF. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271559 | NETWORK ACCESSIBLE DISPLAY - An apparatus for playing visual content and audio content to a user. A display screen is provided that is physically integrated into the apparatus. A video-image processing circuit is provided to play visual content on the display screen and an audio processing circuit is provided to play audio content on one or more speakers that are physically integrated into or externally connected to the apparatus. In the respects stated so far, the apparatus may resemble a monitor (including but not necessarily a computer monitor) or a television. In particular, a communications circuit is further provided to wirelessly connect the apparatus to a local area network to receive instances of the visual content and audio content via the local area network for playback to the user by the apparatus. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271560 | Audio processing apparatus and audio processing method - An audio processing apparatus includes: a transmission signal input/output unit that inputs or outputs a video signal, an audio signal, and a control signal; a reproduction processing unit that reproduces the audio signal inputted to the transmission signal input/output unit or an audio signal inputted to any other audio signal input unit; an output unit that outputs the audio signal, which is processed by the reproduction processing unit, through a loudspeaker; and a control unit that when detecting that a control signal signifying that a predetermined mode concerning the display image quality represented by the video signal should be designated is inputted to the transmission signal input/output unit, instructs the reproduction processing unit to perform predetermined sound-field processing or sound-quality processing during the reproduction. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271561 | AUDIO BASED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A CHANNEL CHANGE EVENT - Methods and apparatus for detecting a channel change event are disclosed. capturing a television audio signal having first, second, and third portions, the first portion occurring earlier in time than the second portion and the second portion occurring earlier in time than the third portion, identifying at least one of a first muted audio condition or a first transient audio condition in the second portion of the television audio signal, and identifying a channel change event in response to: 1) identifying the at least one of the first muted audio condition or the first transient audio condition, 2) failing to identify a second muted audio condition or a second transient audio condition in the first and third portions of the television audio signal, and 3) determining that a time domain length of the second portion of the television audio signal is greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271562 | MODULAR LED ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention is directed to an illumination system. The illumination system comprises a plurality of modules comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) adapted to emit light signals. The illumination system further comprise a plurality of lens elements disposed subsequent to the modules, such that the plurality of lens elements is adapted to redirect the light emitted by the LEDs of the modules onto a plurality of lenses. Further, the illuminations system includes a light combining element, such as an X-cube, disposed subsequent to the plurality of lenses, wherein the combining element combines the light provided by each of the plurality of lenses to form a single image across an aperture. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271563 | FILTER AND VIDEO PROJECTOR INCLUDING FILTER - A slide-type filter for detachably attaching to a housing of an electrical device. The filter includes a filter element. A support frame portion supports the filter element. A finger insert portion extends from the support frame portion and includes an insertion opening into which a finger is insertable. A lid portion is connected to the finger insert portion so as to cover the insertion opening. The lid portion resiliently bends with respect to the finger insert portion to open the insertion opening. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271564 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SUBSTRATE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - The manufacturing method of the present invention is a manufacturing method for an active matrix substrate with use of photolithography. The method includes the steps of: (i) removing, in a region where each of terminal sections is to be formed in a non-display region (peripheral region), at least a part of a gate insulating film GI (first interlayer insulating layer) deposited on a gate metal film (first metal film), followed by depositing a source metal film (second metal film) so as to form a plurality of signal wirings (Step (2)); and (ii) etching, in a display region, a passivation film Pas (second interlayer insulating layer) deposited on a plurality of source wirings (signal wirings) and a semiconductor layer (i layer) formed into TFTs so that the passivation film Pas and the semiconductor layer (i layer) have a same pattern except a part of a drain electrode ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100271565 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An illumination device includes an LED package, an LED driver including an FET, and a thermistor disposed on a substrate. A plurality of such LED packages are disposed on the substrate such that a first area and a second area, each determined by vertices corresponding to LED packages, are defined on the substrate. The thermistor is disposed in the first area, and the FET is disposed in the second area, which is outside of the first area. The thermistor detects a temperature in the first area. Such a configuration allows the thermistor to detect, in accordance with the temperature in the area, the temperature of heat transferred from the LED packages, without being affected by heat generated by the FET. This makes it possible to efficiently make temperature corrections to stabilize color temperature and luminance. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271566 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light emitting diode for a backlight module and/or a liquid crystal display apparatus includes a semiconductor structure, a first electrode and a second electrode. The semiconductor structure includes a first type doped semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, and a second type doped semiconductor layer. The light emitting layer is disposed between the first type doped semiconductor layer and the second type doped semiconductor layer. The first electrode is electrically connected to the first type doped semiconductor layer. The second electrode is electrically connected to the second type doped semiconductor layer. The second electrode is an optical grating which allows light with a first polarization direction to pass through and is capable of reflecting light with a second polarization direction perpendicular to the first polarization direction. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271567 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An illuminator | 2010-10-28 |
20100271568 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed herein are a backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display (LCD) having the same, wherein the backlight assembly includes a light guide panel having a plurality of lateral sides; and a plurality of light source units each emitting light to a respective lateral side of the plurality of lateral sides, wherein at least two lateral sides of the plurality of lateral sides, which receive light emitted from two respective light source units of the plurality of light source units, are neighboring lateral sides, and wherein at least one lateral side is longer than an incident surface which receives light emitted from the light source unit. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271569 | Liquid crystal display device and color filter for liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device which includes a backlight device provided with an LED, and a color filter having colored layers of plural colors including a green layer, wherein the green layer of the color filter contains brominated zinc phthalocyanine green pigment and a dielectric loss tangent of the green layer at a driving frequency of a liquid crystal display device is confined to not more than 0.02. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271570 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY HAVING AN EMI SHIELD AND THERMAL SENSORS - A flat panel display having a black mask EMI layer isolated from Vcom and tied to zero potential. The flat panel display has an integral metal heater layer and thermal sensor that are in close proximity to the liquid crystals to provide efficient heating and temperature sensing. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271571 | POLYMERIC DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL LIGHT SHUTTER DEVICE - A polymer dispersed liquid crystal light shutter device and method for use of the same are disclosed. First and second substrates are disposed substantially parallel. A polymer binder system is interposed between the first and second substrates and a plurality of liquid crystals are dispersed in the polymer binder system. The liquid crystal shutter device is able to switch between a high light absorbing dark state and a low light absorbing transparent state, and visa versa, with a low driving voltage. The liquid crystal shutter device includes formulations of liquid crystal mixtures having nematic liquid crystals and polymer systems to provide a wide viewing angle, low driving voltage, high contrast ratio, for example. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271572 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a polarizer plate attached to at least one of outer surfaces opposed to the inner surfaces of a counter substrate and an array substrate. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the inner surfaces. Active areas are formed on the respective array substrate and the counter substrate to form a plurality of pixels in a matrix by a shield element. The shield element is formed to surround the active area on the counter substrate and extending to a corner portion of the counter substrate. A polarizer plate fiducial mark including a first mark formed on the counter substrate by the same material as the shield layer and a second mark formed of an aperture made in the shield layer is formed to check alignment error of the attached polarizer plate. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271573 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device comprising: a first polarizer; a second polarizer; a liquid crystal cell; a first birefringent layer; and a second birefringent layer, the second polarizer having an absorption axis orthogonal to an absorption axis of the first polarizer, the liquid crystal cell being disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, the first birefringent layer being disposed between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal cell, satisfying 0.6≦Nz(550)≦6, and having an in-plane slow axis orthogonal to the absorption axis of the first polarizer, the second birefringent layer being disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizer, satisfying −5≦Nz(550)≦0.4, and having an in-plane slow axis parallel to the absorption axis of the second polarizer, and at least one of the first and second birefringent layers satisfying |Rxy(450)|≦|Rxy(550)|≦|Rxy(650)|. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271574 | CELLULOSE ACYLATE LAMINATE FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE ACYLATE LAMINATE FILM, POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose acylate laminate film, which comprises a low-substitution layer comprising a non-phosphate compound and a cellulose acylate having a total degree of acyl substitution of more than 2.0 and less than 2.7 and a high-substitution layer comprising a cellulose acylate having a total degree of acyl substitution of more than 2.72010-10-28 | |
20100271575 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a substrate ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100271576 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS AND INVENTIONS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - Compensation films for liquid crystal displays, polarizer plates having at least one such compensation film, liquid crystal displays having compensation films, and a method for producing compensation films, polarizer plates, and liquid crystal displays, as well as the use of compounds of the formula (I) described below in more detail as additives to compensation films for liquid crystal displays is provided. The optical compensation films include one or more rod-shaped liquid crystals of the formula (I) as additives, wherein the radicals have the meanings provided in the description for adjusting suitable retardation values Re and Rth. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271577 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a base substrate and first, second and third color filters. The first, second and third color filters are disposed on the base substrate adjacent to each other and convert incident light into color light. At least one of the first, second and third color filters includes pigment particles which are regularly arranged to have refractive index anisotropy. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271578 | Blue color composition containing dye, color filter and liquid crystal display device and organic EL display provided with the color filter - Disclosed is a dye-containing blue color composition for color filter, including a triarylmethane-based dye having a structure represented by the following formula (1): | 2010-10-28 |
20100271579 | TRANSFLECTIVE TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A transflective type liquid crystal display device according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first sub-pixel electrode that is constituted of a transmissive region transmitting light from a back surface side to a display surface side; a second sub-pixel electrode that is constituted of a reflective region reflecting light being incident from the display surface side; and a connecting portion that electrically connects the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode to each other. The second sub-pixel electrode being constituted of the reflective region that is adjacent to the first sub-pixel electrode being constituted of the transmissive region has a reflective conductive thin film in which a hollowed out cutout portion is formed, in a region extending from the connecting portion connecting the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode to each other. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271580 | LIQUID CRYSTAL CELL SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL CELL, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention provides a liquid crystal cell substrate, a liquid crystal panel, and a liquid crystal display whose thicknesses and weights can be reduced and optical characteristics at the time of producing them are easily controlled. The liquid crystal cell substrate | 2010-10-28 |
20100271581 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a first field-generating electrode and a second field-generating electrode formed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrates, a homeotropic alignment layer formed on the first field-generating electrode and the second field-generating electrode and a liquid crystal material formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal display panel further includes a polymer fixing a pre-tilt angle of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal material, wherein the polymer is formed by polymerizing at least one selected from monomers represented by Chemical Formulas (I), (II), (III), and (IV). | 2010-10-28 |
20100271582 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a technology for preventing current leak of a charge holding capacitor which constitutes a pixel of a display device so as to prevent deterioration of display image quality of the display device. The display device includes a first contact hole connecting a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer which is formed over the first wiring layer, a second contact hole connecting the second wiring layer and a third wiring layer which is formed over the second wiring layer, and an electrode layer formed between the plurality of insulating films disposed between the second wiring layer and the third wiring layer, wherein at a position in a substrate surface direction, a distance between a electrode layer and the second contact hole is larger than a distance between the electrode layer and the first contact hole. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271583 | Liquid crystal display devices with high transmittance and wide viewing angle - Apparatus, methods, systems and devices for high aperture ratio, high transmittance, and wide viewing angle liquid crystal display having first and second substrates each with an alignment layer and polarizer on the interior and exterior surface thereof and a liquid crystal material therebetween forming plural pixels each having a common electrode group and a pixel electrode group each having at least one common and pixel electrode. A fringe field drives the molecules in the regions above and below the electrodes and a horizontal field drives the molecules between the electrode groups to achieve high transmittance. In an embodiment an insulating layer separates the substrate and alignment layer and the pixel electrodes are on the substrate and the common electrodes are on the insulating layer. In another embodiment a compensation film is layered between one of the substrates and corresponding polarizer. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271584 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND APPLICATOR - A liquid crystal panel | 2010-10-28 |
20100271585 | Eyewear - Eyewear includes a pair of glasses with an eyeglass frame having eyeglass temples but no earpieces, the distal ends of the temples operable as pivots to allow the eyeglass frame to pivot between use and non-use positions. The eyewear also includes a retainer member connected to the eyeglass temples as well as articles releasably connected to the eyeglass frame while in recesses formed by the frame. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271586 | EYEGLASSES - There are provided eyeglasses in which an elastically deformable locking member comprising a pair of locking claws is projectingly provided in at least one location of an outer peripheral edge of a lens. An angle at which a centerline of one locking claw intersects with a centerline of the other locking claw is 10 to 120 degrees. The locking member is locked to at least either of a lens frame and a nose pad. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271587 | EYEWEAR COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE DISPLAY DEVICE - An eyewear comprising at least one region for receiving at least one vision lens, and at least one display device for displaying data to a person wearing the eyewear, the at least one display device comprising a display surface located in an upper portion of the at least one region. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271588 | ELECTRONIC EYEGLASS FRAME - The present invention generally relates to integrating electronic components into an electro-active frame for driving electro-active focusing lenses. This is accomplished in a cosmetically pleasing manner that allows a platform of frame systems to be built from a single electronic module. Specifically, the present invention discloses controlling an electro-active lens in a deliberate, hands free manner that gives the user control of the electro-active lens. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271589 | SCLERAL CONTACT LENS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME - In accordance with exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides scleral lenses comprising a central zone and at least one peripheral zone defined by an angle. In an exemplary embodiment, a peripheral zone is curved in either a concave or convex direction or is uncurved. In an exemplary embodiment, the angle for a plurality of semi-meridians or transverse sections can be varied to create a transverse undulation of a peripheral zone. In accordance with exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides scleral lenses that do not demonstrate excessive pressure on the sclera and that allow for post lens tear exchange. The present invention also provides kits of scleral lenses. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271590 | PAIR OF PROGRESSIVE POWER LENS AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SAME - An object is to reduce the inconvenience given to the binocular vision function when wearing and using spectacles making use of a pair of progressive power lenses having different distance dioptric power for right and left. For this reason, the present invention associates, in a pair of progressive power lenses corresponding to the right and left eyes, an average dioptric power distribution and an astigmatism distribution determined from prescribed dioptric power and a wear state of one of the progressive power lenses with an average dioptric power distribution and an astigmatism distribution determined from prescribed dioptric power and a wear state of the other progressive power lens, and thereby average dioptric power distributions and astigmatism distributions of the respective progressive power lenses are changed. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271591 | ANALYTICAL DESIGN OF INTRAOCULAR LENSES - The invention relates to a method for designing intraocular lenses, comprising: the definition of a pseudoaphakic eye model; the definition of a merit function in multiple dimensions, which analytically connects the quality of the image on the retina to the optical and geometric parameters of the pseudoaphakic eye model; and the algorithm optimisation of the previous merit function using analytical and numerical methods in order to obtain one or more minimum globals which provide the optimal parameters of the intraocular lens for the pseudoaphakic eye model. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271592 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION FREQUENCY AND METHODS OF USING SAME - Apparatuses and methods are provided for measuring the critical flicker fusion frequency of a subject. The apparatus in one aspect comprises two or more light sources, each flickering at a different predetermined frequency. The subject selects one light source from an array of light sources defining a first range of frequencies, the selection representing the light source of lowest frequency that appears as fused to the subject. The frequencies of the light sources are adjusted to second predetermined frequencies defining a second range. The subject selects the light source of lowest frequency that appears as fused to the subject. The frequency value of the second selection can be assigned as the subject's critical flicker fusion frequency. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271593 | Apparatus for photographing the anterior segment and retina of the eye through the use of a camera attachment designed to fit onto a Welch Allyn PanOptic Ophthalmoscope - Apparatus for photographing the anterior segment and retina of the eye through the use of a camera attachment designed to snap-fit onto a Welch Allyn PanOptic Ophthalmoscope without permanently altering the ophthalmoscope itself. The plastic attachment houses a digital camera with video and still photo capabilities. A button on the camera allows for snapshots to be taken. The camera is connected to a laptop or stationary computer via a USB cable. The camera, which utilizes software for photo and video management, relays views to a computer and monitor, projecting the same view on the screen as a practitioner would see when using the Welch Allyn PanOptic traditionally. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271594 | Device and Method for Axial Length Measurement Having Expanded Measuring Function in the Anterior Eye Segment - The present invention is directed to a solution for measuring geometric parameters in the eye which are required for calculating the refractive power of intraocular lenses. The device according to the invention for axial length measurement which acquires axial length, anterior corneal radii, anterior chamber depth, and other parameters in the anterior eye segment includes a control unit, a first measuring device for determining axial length, and an additional measuring device which acquires a plurality of structures in the anterior segment (such as the cornea, anterior chamber, and lens) and which has at least one illumination unit and at least one image recording unit. By determining additional partial-distance parameters of the anterior eye segments, the IOL can be calculated with high precision even after refractive surgery in which the natural relationship between the radii of the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces is extensively altered by corneal surgery. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271595 | Device for and method of ray tracing wave front conjugated aberrometry - Two stages of ray tracing aberrometry include preliminary stage of measurement with probing beams successively entering the eye in parallel to the optical axis and the main stage of measurement with probing beams successively entering the same points of the eye but tilted in the way to compensate for the refraction variations over the entrance aperture measured in the preliminary stage. The main stage of measurement may be implemented in the combination of units, one compensating for defocus another—compensating for higher order aberrations. In one embodiment, the probing channel contains two two-coordinate acousto-optic deflectors with a collimating lens between them. The procedure of main stage of measurement may be iteratively repeated until the wave front conjugation is achieved with a prescribed accuracy. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271596 | MULTIFOCAL CONTACT LENS - The present invention provides a multifocal contact lens comprising a central contact lens area having a size, a position, and an optical power; an outer contact lens area having a size, a position, and an optical power; wherein the size, the position, and the optical power of the central contact lens area and the outer contact lens area are determined according to a measurement of the size of the pupil under a first light condition, a measurement of the reactivity of the pupil under a varying light condition or a varying focal demand, and a measurement of movement of the pupil under a varying light condition or a varying focal demand. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271597 | SYSTEMS & METHODS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES TO VIEWERS IN MOTION OR VIEWING FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES - Systems and methods for displaying images to viewers in motion are provided. According to some embodiments, an image display system generally comprises an image source and a lensboard. The image source can be configured to present one or more images outwardly from the image source. The lensboard can comprise at least one curved lens. The curved lens can have a generally curved cross section and a focal distance. The curved lens may also be a cylinder. The lensboard can be spaced apart from the image source at a distance less than the focal distance. A method to display images that appear animated to a viewer in motion relative to the can generally comprise providing an image source configured to direct one or more images outwardly from said image source, and providing a lensboard having a focal distance spaced apart from the image source at a distance less than the focal distance. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271598 | Projection display device - A projection display device which displays an image by projecting the image on a screen includes a laser light source for emitting coherent light, a display device for forming an image to be displayed on a screen in an area illuminated by a luminous flux from the laser light source, a first diffusion plate for diffusing a luminous flux, and a second diffusion plate for diffusing a luminous flux. The first diffusion plate is provided in at least one of a conjugate position of the laser light source or the vicinity of the conjugate position in the optical path of the optical system including the laser light source through the screen. The second diffusion plate is provided in at least one of a conjugate position of the display device and the vicinity of the conjugate position. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271599 | Projection display device - A projection display device which displays an image by projecting the image on a screen includes a laser light source | 2010-10-28 |
20100271600 | ILLUMINANCE DEVICE AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - An illuminance device including a gas discharge lamp, an airflow generator, and a distributing duct is provided. The lamp has a reflector, a base connected to the reflector, a burner installed in the reflector, and the base, a first opening located at the reflector and a front part of the lamp, and a second opening located at a rear part of the lamp and exposing the burner. The distributing duct has an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet, and an opening area of the first outlet is larger than that of the second outlet. A cooling airflow provided by the airflow generator enters the distributing duct via the inlet, the distributing duct guides a part of the cooling airflow to the first opening via the first outlet, and the distributing duct guides another part of the cooling airflow to the second opening via the second outlet. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271601 | PROJECTING ZOOM LENS AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The projecting zoom lens includes, sequentially from its magnification side, a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, a negative third lens group, a positive fourth lens group, a positive or negative fifth lens group, and a positive six lens group, while the reduction side of the projecting zoom lens is formed as a telecentric system. When the power of the zoom lens is varied, the first lens group and sixth lens group are fixed, while the second to fifth lens groups move. In such power varying operation, the movement of the third lens group advances from the magnification side to the reduction side as the zoom lens goes from the wide angle end toward the tele end. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271602 | PROTECTIVE APPARATUS, MASK, MASK FORMING APPARATUS, MASK FORMING METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, DEVICE FABRICATING METHOD, AND FOREIGN MATTER DETECTING APPARATUS - A protective apparatus protects a predetermined area on a surface of a substrate. The protective apparatus includes: a frame portion that includes a pair of flexible portions which are disposed along a first direction and oppose each other, and is connected to the surface of the substrate to surround the predetermined area; and a thin film portion that is stretched across the frame portion to oppose the predetermined area and closes an opening portion formed by the frame portion. An end surface of the flexible portion on the thin film portion side has a curved shape which is concave toward a connecting portion with the substrate. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271603 | STAGE FOR SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A stage for substrate temperature control apparatus in which an extent of a transient temperature distribution that occurs when a substrate is heated or cooled can be reduced in comparison with the conventional one. The stage for substrate temperature control apparatus is a stage to be used for mounting a substrate having a predetermined diameter in a predetermined position in a substrate temperature control apparatus for controlling a temperature of the substrate, and includes: a plate formed with a step part, which is lower than a center part, on a first surface facing the substrate in a region including a position corresponding to an edge of the substrate; and a temperature control unit provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the plate. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271604 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INCREASE SURFACE TENSION AND CONTACT ANGLE IN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY - A system and method to allow organic fluids to be used in immersion lithographic systems. This is done by providing a showerhead portion of a liquid supply system that is partially coated or made from a TEFLON like material. The TEFLON like material reduces wetness effect, and thus increases containment, when using an organic immersion fluid in a space between the last optic and the substrate. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271605 | Side Seal for Wet Lens Elements - A method for protecting a wet lens element from liquid degradation is provided. The method includes applying a thin coating of an organoxy-metallic compound to the side portions of a wet lens element to leave behind an optically inert, light absorbing metal oxide film. A liquid shield coating is applied on top of the metal oxide coating. The two coating layers protect the wet lens element from liquid degradation when the side portion of the wet lens element is submerged into a liquid. In an embodiment, the wet lens element is an immersion lithography wet lens element and the liquid is an immersion lithography liquid. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271606 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE APPARATUS - An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, the projection system having a lower surface. The apparatus also has a liquid confinement structure defining, in use, in part with the lower surface and the substrate and/or substrate table, an immersion space, the immersion space comprising, in use, a liquid meniscus between a part of the lower surface facing a surface of the liquid confinement structure and a facing surface of the liquid confinement structure facing the part of the lower surface. The apparatus also has a pinning surface comprising a plurality of meniscus pinning features, the pinning surface being part of or on the part of the lower surface, or part of or on the facing surface of the liquid confinement structure, or part of or on both. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271607 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - An optical assembly supported in an arrangement, especially in an objective or in an illuminating or exposure system, in the interior of a housing comprising at least one optical element, especially a lens, a mirror, or an aperture, wherein the at least one element is influenceable by at least one manipulator is characterized in that the at least one manipulator is arranged either outside of the housing or in a holding means that is separated entirely or to a large extent by the help of a decoupling means, and that there is provided an effective coupling between the manipulator and the element to be influenced by the manipulator in the interior of the arrangement. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271608 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING APPARATUS CALIBRATION - A system is disclosed including an image sensor positioned at a first specified angle relative to a projected image plane. The system includes a projector that projects a test pattern onto the projected image plane. A controller is structured to iteratively adjust the projector focus until an image focus index is maximized, where the image focus index is a function of an amplitude of at least one harmonic frequency of a scan of the test pattern. The controller is further structured to determine a skew indicator value and adjust a projector skew adjustment. The controller is further structured to compare a current zoom level to a target zoom level and adjust a projector zoom. The projected image plane is a manufacturing surface, where the projected image is utilized in a manufacturing process. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271609 | MARK POSITION DETECTION DEVICE AND MARK POSITION DETECTION METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS USING SAME, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The mark position detection device of the present invention, which detects a position of a mark provided on a substrate, includes an image sensor with changeable resolution and readout area, an optical system that directs light reflected from the mark to the image sensor, and a control unit configured to detect the position of the mark based on an output of the image sensor. The control unit performs a first position detection based on the output of the image sensor with a first resolution and a first readout area, and a second position detection based on the output of the image sensor with a second resolution, which has higher resolution than the first resolution, and a second readout area, which is determined to be narrower than the first readout area and lies within the first readout area based on the first position detection. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271610 | LITHOGRAPHIC RADIATION SOURCE, COLLECTOR, APPARATUS AND METHOD - A collector assembly for use in a laser-produced plasma extreme ultraviolet radiation source for use in lithography has a collector body having a collector mirror and a window in the collector body. The window is transmissive to excitation radiation, which may be an infrared laser beam, so that it can pass through the window to excite the plasma, and the window has an EUV minor on its surface which is also transmissive to the excitation beam but which can reflect EUV generated by the plasma to the collector location of the collector mirror. The window may improve the collection efficiency and reduce non-uniformity in the image at the collector location. Radiation sources, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing methods may make use of the collector. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271611 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS HAVING A SUBSTRATE SUPPORT WITH OPEN CELL PLASTIC FOAM PARTS - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam, a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam, a substrate support constructed to hold a substrate, and a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, wherein the substrate support includes parts that are made of an open cell plastic foam material. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271612 | METHOD AND PELLICLE MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PELLICLE INDUCED DISTORTION - An apparatus for mounting a pellicle onto a mask is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a base provided with a track; a dummy plate holder coupled to the base, the dummy plate holder for receiving a dummy plate having an elevated portion on one side thereof; a mask holder for receiving a mask, the mask holder slidably coupled to the base; a pellicle holder for receiving a pellicle frame, the pellicle holder slidably coupled to the base; and drive means being adapted to drive the pellicle holder along the track towards the dummy plate holder, wherein during operation when the pellicle frame is mounted onto the mask causing the mask to contact the dummy plate, the mounting pressure in the mask is distributed by way of the elevated portion in the dummy plate, thus reducing distortion in the mask. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271613 | BEARING DEVICE, STAGE DEVICE, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A sufficient moving stroke can be secured without connecting a tube, etc. for supply of air. A movable body ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100271614 | LIDAR system utilizing SOI-based opto-electronic components - A compact, integrated LIDAR system utilizes SOI-based opto-electronic components to provide for lower cost and higher reliability as compared to current LIDAR systems. Preferably, an SOI-based LIDAR transmitter and an SOI-based LIDAR receiver (both optical components and electrical components) are integrated within a single module. The various optical and electrical components are formed utilizing portions of the SOI layer and applying well-known CMOS fabrication processes (e.g., patterning, etching, doping), including the formation of additional layer(s) over the SOI layer to provide the required devices. A laser source itself is attached to the SOI arrangement and coupled through an integrated modulation device (such as a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, i.e., MZI) to provide the scanning laser output signal (the scan controlled by, for example, an electrical (encoder) input to the input to the MZI). The return, reflected optical signal is received by a photodetector integrated within the SOI arrangement, where it is thereafter converted into an electrical signal and subjected to various types of signal processing to perform the desired type(s) of signal characterization/signature analysis. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271615 | System and Method for Generating Three Dimensional Images Using Lidar and Video Measurements - A system uses range and Doppler velocity measurements from a lidar system and images from a video system to estimate a six degree-of-freedom trajectory of a target. The system estimates this trajectory in two stages: a first stage in which the range and Doppler measurements from the lidar system along with various feature measurements obtained from the images from the video system are used to estimate first stage motion aspects of the target (i.e., the trajectory of the target); and a second stage in which the images from the video system and the first stage motion aspects of the target are used to estimate second stage motion aspects of the target. Once the second stage motion aspects of the target are estimated, a three-dimensional image of the target may be generated. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271616 | SHAPE MEASURING INSTRUMENT WITH LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL - An optical system of a shape measuring instrument includes a laser diode, a first optical system irradiating an object to be measured with laser beam, a second optical system focusing reflected light from the object to be measured, and a CCD line sensor portion for detecting a laser beam from the second optical system, where the first optical system includes an optical path displacing unit for displacing an optical path for laser beam, the optical path displacing unit includes a glass plate rotating about a rotating axis extending in a direction perpendicular to a displacement plane of the optical path, a rotating unit for the glass plate, and a rotating unit controller, and the rotating unit controller causes a rotation angle of the rotating unit to coincide with a rotation angle of the rotating unit obtained when the maximum value of an amount of light received by the CCD line sensor according to rotation of the rotating unit is measured by the rotating unit controller. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271617 | VEHICLE POSITIONING MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle position measurement system ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100271618 | CARRIER CONCENTRATION MEASURING DEVICE AND CARRIER CONCENTRATION MEASURING METHOD - A nondestructive carrier concentration measuring device ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100271619 | SENSOR FOR CHECKING VALUABLE DOCUMENTS - In value-document processing apparatus documents of value, such as e. g. bank notes, checks, etc. are conveyed by a transport system along one or more sensors. The bank notes guided past the sensors touch the sensor surface at least temporarily. To improve the transport the sensor surface past which the bank notes are transported is provided with a plurality of elevations or depressions. Through the structured surface the friction is decreased between the sensor surface and the document of value transported past, so that the transport of the document of value is stabilized and the proneness to jamming is reduced. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271620 | Detection system and user interface for a flow cytometer system - The detection system of the first preferred embodiment includes a detector, having a wide dynamic range, that receives photonic inputs from the interrogation zone and produces an analog signal; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), having a high bit resolution, that is coupled to the detector and converts an analog signal to a digital signal. The digital signal includes an initial data set of the full dynamic range of the input signals from the flow cytometer sample. The method of extracting and analyzing data from a flow cytometer system of the first preferred embodiment preferably includes the steps of: collecting a full dynamic range of input signals from a flow cytometer sample; recognizing and annotating aggregate particle events; and storing an initial data set and an annotated data set of the full dynamic range of the input signals from the flow cytometer sample. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271621 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A CRITICAL DIMENSION AND OVERLAY OF A SPECIMEN - Methods and systems for monitoring semiconductor fabrication processes are provided. A system may include a stage configured to support a specimen and coupled to a measurement device. The measurement device may include an illumination system and a detection system. The illumination system and the detection system may be configured such that the system may be configured to determine multiple properties of the specimen. For example, the system may be configured to determine multiple properties of a specimen including: but not limited to, critical dimension and overlay misregistration; defects and thin film characteristics; critical dimension and defects; critical dimension and thin film characteristics; critical dimension, thin film characteristics and defects; macro defects and micro defects; flatness, thin film characteristics and defects; overlay misregistration and flatness; an implant characteristic and defects; and adhesion and thickness. In this manner, a measurement device may perform multiple optical and/or non-optical metrology and/or inspection techniques. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271622 | Optical time domain reflectometer and method for testing optical fiber using optical pulse - When a measurement position is specified by a marker during real time measurement, a marker level acquisition unit acquires a waveform level from waveform data stored in a waveform memory. A level comparison unit judges whether the waveform level acquired by the maker level acquisition unit is within an effective measurement level range set in accordance with a currently selected attenuator (ATT) value. If the level comparison unit judges that the waveform level is out of the effective measurement level range, an ATT value modification unit modifies the ATT value to a new ATT value so that the waveform level is contained in the corresponding effective measurement level range. According to the new ATT value, a control performs measurement of an optical fiber to be measured so that a waveform can be observed with a preferable SN ratio above a predetermined value according to the measured waveform displayed on a screen of a display unit. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271623 | Method and Apparatus for Characterizing a Multilayered Structure - An apparatus and method for characterizing the complex coupling coefficient of a multilayered periodic structure either during or after inscription is described. This apparatus is capable of continuously measuring the complex reflectivity at single or multiple wavelengths to a resolution limited by Rayleigh scattering in the waveguide section where the structure is inscribed. The apparatus is also capable of rejecting undesired signals associated with stray reflections in the system and unwanted environmentally induced change in optical path lengths during the inscription procedure. The complex coupling coefficient of the multilayered periodic structure can be derived from the measured complex reflectivity and can reveal errors present in the structure. The complex coupling coefficient can also be used to derive an error signal to enable implementation of a closed loop inscription system capable of inscribing error free multilayer structures. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271624 | SCALE WITH CORNER LOAD SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TILTS RESULTING FROM CORNER LOADS - A weighing scale, e.g. a top-pan scale, having a scale pan ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100271625 | Surface Inspection Method and Surface Inspection Apparatus - A surface inspection method and a surface inspection apparatus in which a plurality of photodetectors are arranged in a plurality of directions so that light scattered, diffracted or reflected on a surface of an object to be inspected or in the vicinity of the surface is detected and a plurality of signals obtained by this are subjected to weighted addition processing or weighted averaging processing by linear combination. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271626 | INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION DEVICE - An inspection method and an inspection device, or apparatus each capable of conducting composition analysis of a defect detected by elastic or stokes scattered light, an inspection surface or defect on the surface of the inspection surface, or a defect on the surface of the inspection object and its internal composition. A surface inspection method for optically detecting elastic or stokes scattering or inelastic or anti-stokes scattered light from inside the surface of the inspection object, for detecting existence of defects of the inspection object and features of the defects, for detecting positions of the detected defects on the surface of the inspection object, classifying and analyzing the detected defects in accordance with their features on the basis of the positions of the defects and the features of the defects or the classification result of the defects. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271627 | Defect Inspection Method and Defect Inspection Apparatus - Provided are a defect inspection apparatus having a large range for receiving light scattering from fine defects while securing a sufficiently large signal strength; and a defect inspection method for the same. The defect inspection apparatus includes: a stage part capable of traveling relative to optical systems with a substrate to be inspected mounted on the stage part; an illumination optical system for illuminating an inspection area on the substrate; a detection optical system for detecting light coming from the inspection area on the substrate; an image sensor for converting, to a signal, an image which is formed on the image sensor by the detection optical system; a signal processor for detecting defects by processing the signal from the image sensor; and a plane reflecting mirror, arranged between the detection optical system and the substrate, for transmitting the light, which comes from the substrate, to the detection optical system. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271628 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DEFECTS - A method and apparatus for detecting defects are provided for detecting harmful defects or foreign matter with high sensitivity on an object to be inspected with a transparent film, such as an oxide film, by reducing noise due to a circuit pattern. The apparatus for detecting defects includes a stage part on which a substrate specimen is put and which is arbitrarily movable in each of the X-Y-Z-θ directions, an illumination system for irradiating the circuit pattern with light from an inclined direction, and an image-forming optical system for forming an image of an irradiated detection area on a detector from the upward and oblique directions. With this arrangement, diffracted light and scattered light caused on the circuit pattern through the illumination by the illumination system is collected. Furthermore, a spatial filter is provided on a Fourier transform surface for blocking the diffracted light from a linear part of the circuit pattern. The scattered and reflected light received by the detector from the specimen is converted into an electrical signal. The converted electrical signal of one chip is compared with that of the other adjacent chip. If these signals are not identical to each other, the foreign matter is determined to exist on the specimen in detection. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271629 | Method and system for combined raman and libs detection - In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for interrogating a sample by: illuminating a first region of the sample with a first illumination pattern to obtain a plurality of first sample photons; illuminating a second region of the sample with a second illumination pattern to obtain a plurality of second sample photons; processing the plurality of first sample photons to obtain a characteristic atomic emission of the first region and processing the plurality of second sample photons to obtain a Raman spectrum; and identifying the sample through at least one of the characteristic atomic emission of the first region or the Raman spectrum of the second region of the sample. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271630 | HIGHLY COMPACT DESIGN FOR RAMAN SPECTROMETRY - There is provided a Raman signal detection including a laser emitter and an optical element. The optical element includes an optical element body, an emitter face with a short pass optical coating, a Raman signal face with a long pass optical coating and a sample face. The optical element is positioned with a laser emitter output beam incident upon the emitter face. The emitter face receives the laser emitter output beam and transmits an emitter face output beam through the optical element body and the sample face to emit a sample face output beam. The sample face receives and transmits a sample reflection beam generated from the sample face output beam to the emitter face. The emitter face reflects and transmits the sample reflection beam the sample reflection beam through the Raman signal face to emit a Raman signal output beam to a Raman signal detector. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271631 | Sample Excitation Apparatus and Method for Spectroscopic Analysis - Sample excitation apparatus for a spectrometric analyser, the apparatus comprising a sample introduction stage comprising an electrospray nebuliser for generating a nebulised sample; and a sample excitation stage arranged to operate in an atmospheric pressure environment and to receive and excite the nebulised sample in a sample excitation region for spectrometric analysis thereof. ‘Excitation’ includes ionisation in ICP and MIP, flame excitation in AES, and optical excitation in AAS. For example, analyte solution ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100271632 | SPR APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus with a radiation source | 2010-10-28 |
20100271633 | SEMICONDUCTOR TEST INSTRUMENT AND THE METHOD TO TEST SEMICONDUCTOR - A semiconductor examination apparatus includes an energy source device that supplies a semiconductor substrate having a pn junction with excitation energy that causes luminescence in the semiconductor substrate, an image capturing device that captures a first luminescence image of the semiconductor substrate supplied with first excitation energy and a second luminescence image of the semiconductor substrate supplied with second excitation energy that is different in magnitude from the first excitation energy, a luminescence image processing device that calculates the difference in luminescence intensity between the first luminescence image and the second luminescence image at positions on the semiconductor substrate and generates intensity difference image data, and a detecting device that detects a crack position of a crack occurring in the semiconductor substrate on the basis of determination values based on the magnitude of the difference on the intensity difference image data. | 2010-10-28 |
20100271634 | INTERFEROMETER AND SENSOR BASED ON BIMODAL OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES, AND DETECTION METHOD - Planar optical waveguide interferometer ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100271635 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHRIPED PULSE INTERFEROMETRY - The device is based on a cross-correlator which measures the signal between a pair of oppositely chirped laser pulses. Two laser pulses, one with a positive chirp and one with a negative chirp, are mixed on a beamsplitter. The two resulting beams pass through a reference or a sample arm and are subsequently mixed on a non-linear crystal. The signal from the interferometer is the sum frequency generation produced in that crystal. The reference arm contains a moveable delay which is used to change the relative timing of the two beams in the interferometer. The sum frequency generation in the narrow band of frequencies is the signal from the device and is measured as a function of the delay. Alternatively, a pure dispersive phase shift could be used in place of the two laser pulses. | 2010-10-28 |