45th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100283893 | PROCESSING INTERLACED VIDEO OVER DSI - Multiple systems and methods for accurately regenerating interlaced video signals that are transmitted using DSI is provided. In some embodiments, multiple types of VSYNC packets may be defined and used in encoding packets depending when the edge of a VSYNC pulse does or does not coincide with the start of a HSYNC pulse. These types of VSYNC packets may be distinguished in some embodiments by either create new VSYNC packet types, or encoding unused bits in existing DSI packets. In other embodiments, a filter may be used to detect and correct HSYNC frequency distortions caused during the regeneration of interlaced video signals decoded from DSI packets. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283894 | High-speed cable with embedded signal format conversion and power control - A High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable carries high speed encoded data which are transmitted differentially over data channels, along with a clock. A Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) cable carries high speed data which are multiplexed to achieve smaller connectors with fewer pins. A MHL-to-HDMI cable is proposed which includes an embedded MHL to HDMI format conversion device for demultiplexing the received MHL-formatted signal and outputting an HDMI-formatted signal. The embedded device is powered by a combination of power sources, the power being harvested from the high-speed HDMI signals themselves. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283895 | Methods and Systems for Picture Resampling - Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for picture up-sampling and picture down-sampling. Some aspects relate to a selective filter process whereby a filter is selected based on the position of a first resolution picture relative to a second resolution picture. Some aspects relate to an up-sampling and/or down-sampling procedure designed for the Scalable Video Coding extension of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283896 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOTION PICTURES - A circuit for detecting motion pictures includes a first-stage motion picture detecting unit and a second-stage motion picture detecting unit. The first-stage motion picture detecting unit analyzes a current image frame and a previous image frame to calculate a first motion value associated with the current image frame. The second-stage motion picture detecting unit receives the first motion value, compares the first motion value against an adjusted motion value, and outputs and stores a larger one as a second motion value. The adjusted motion value is a value derived by adjusting an adjacent previous second motion value. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283897 | De-interlacing system - A de-interlacing system includes a motion adaptive de-interlacer, a horizontal motion estimation device, a horizontal motion compensation device, a vertical motion detection device, a multiplexer, and a film signal detector. The film signal detector receives an input signal and decides whether the input signal is a video stream or a film stream to thereby select an output from the motion adaptive de-interlacer or the horizontal motion estimation and compensation device. Thus, a de-interlacing output has stable and smooth edges when a video stream is inputted, and the motion judder phenomenon is reduced when a film stream is inputted. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283898 | AUTOMATIC SETTINGS SELECTION BASED ON MENU LANGUAGE SELECTION - An exemplary electronic device comprises a language selection control logic and is adapted to receive a menu language selection setting from a user. The language selection control logic is adapted to set, based on the received menu language selection setting from the user, an alternate audio programming setting corresponding to the menu language setting, and at least one caption setting corresponding to the menu language setting, so that the menu language setting is applied to the playing of the audio data on an audio subsystem and video data on a display subsystem of the electronic device. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283899 | CONTOUR CORRECTION CIRCUIT - A contour correction circuit according to the present invention determines, for a CVBS signal (a), a correction range of an edge of an image, and changes a contour component correction coefficient in a WINDOW in accordance with a state of a quality of the image, thereby solving a problem of overshoot caused at an edge of a video screen, performing optimum contour correction without excessive contour correction on a video image border part, and increasing the sharpness of the image. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283900 | Temporal vector processing device and method for motion estimation - A temporal vector processing device includes a motion vector estimation device for performing a motion estimation on a first pixel to generate a first motion vector. A motion vector compensation device performs a motion vector compensation on the first pixel based on the first motion vector to obtain a second pixel. A buffer temporarily stores motion vectors of the pixels of the image. A motion vector determination device determines whether a second motion vector is stored in the buffer at a corresponding storage location of the second pixel. In determining that the second motion vector is stored in the buffer at the corresponding storage location of the second pixel, the corresponding storage location of the second pixel in the buffer is updated based on a determination mechanism, and otherwise the first motion vector is directly stored in the buffer at the corresponding storage location of the second pixel. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283901 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention provides a reproduction apparatus that is capable of suppressing a flicker or a picture distortion caused when an interpolation frame in which a false interpolation occurred is reproduced and output, by specifying effectively the interpolation frame in which the false interpolation might occur. A reproduction apparatus of the present invention includes a moving vector calculating section | 2010-11-11 |
20100283902 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND PROGRAM - In a receiving apparatus ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283903 | PSEUDO TONE-BASED SYMBOL TIMING RECOVERY AND CARRIER TRACKING LOOP DETECTORS FOR VESTIGIAL SIDEBAND RECEIVERS - A receiver is an ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee)-receiver and comprises a pseudo-tone based carrier tracking loop and symbol timing recovery loop comprising one, or more, detectors for providing at least two pseudo tone (PST) signals. The first PST signal drives the carrier tracking loop and the second PST signal drives the symbol timing recovery loop. The detector provides the first PST signal such that the first PST signal is determined as a function of carrier offset excluding symbol-timing offset; and provides the second PST signal such that the second PST signal is determined as a function of symbol timing offset excluding carrier offset. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283904 | RELAY CONNECTOR, MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF RELAY CONNECTOR AND CHASSIS, MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF RELAY CONNECTOR AND POWER SOURCE, MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF DISCHARGE TUBE AND POWER SOURCE TO RELAY CONNECTOR, LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A relay connector | 2010-11-11 |
20100283905 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 2010-11-11 |
20100283906 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - A backlight unit | 2010-11-11 |
20100283907 | LAMP HOLDER, MOUNTING MEMBER, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - A lamp clip | 2010-11-11 |
20100283908 | LAMP HOLDER, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - A lamp clip | 2010-11-11 |
20100283909 | DECOUPLED DATA-AIDED CARRIER TRACKING LOOP AND SYMBOL TIMING RECOVERY LOOP - A receiver is an ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee)-receiver and comprises a staggered quadrature amplitude modulator for providing an staggered quadrature amplitude modulated (SQAM) signal from a received signal; an equalizer and a data-aided symbol timing recovery (STR) loop. The equalizer operates outside of the data-aided symbol timing recover loop. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283910 | DECOUPLED DATA-AIDED TIMING AND CARRIER TRACKING LOOP - A receiver is an ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee)-receiver and comprises a staggered quadrature amplitude modulator for providing an staggered quadrature amplitude modulated (SQAM) signal from a received signal; a data-aided carrier tracking loop (CTL) and a data-aided symbol timing recovery (STR) loop. The data-aided CTL operates such that the data-aided CTL is now insensitive to timing phase offset. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283911 | DECOUPLED DATA-AIDED SYMBOL TIMING RECOVERY LOOP - A receiver is an ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee)-receiver and comprises a staggered quadrature amplitude modulator for providing an staggered quadrature amplitude modulated (SQAM) signal from a received signal; a data-aided carrier tracking loop (CTL) and a data-aided symbol timing recovery (STR) loop. The data-aided STR loop operates such that the data-aided STR loop is now insensitive to carrier phase offset. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283912 | Apparatus for Demodulating Digital Video and Associated Method - An apparatus for demodulating a digital video signal applied to a receiving end of an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system is provided. The apparatus receives a plurality of OFDM symbols, and stores a plurality of data sequences in an external memory. The apparatus includes a de-interleaver, that de-interleaves the data sequences to generate a plurality of de-interleaved data sequences; a decoder, coupled to the de-interleaver, that generates a plurality of data streams according to the de-interleaved data sequences; a reconstruction apparatus, coupled to the decoder, that reconstructs the data streams into a transport stream; and a memory interface unit, coupled to the external memory, that accesses the data sequences and the data streams from the external memory. The external memory includes a de-interleaving buffer that stores the data sequence, and a data reconstructing buffer that stores the data streams. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283913 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT EMISSION OF TELEVISION - A system for controlling light emission of a LCD or an OLED TV includes an infrared light sensing assembly for detecting human presence in front of a TV within a predetermined detection angle and a power control circuit electrically connected to the infrared light sensing assembly, the TV's power supply and a backlight module (LCD TV) or an OLED assembly (OLED TV). The infrared light sensing assembly transmits a first signal to the power control circuit when human presence is detected, and transmits a second signal to the power control circuit when no human presence is detected. The power control circuit allows power to be transmitted from the power supply to the backlight module or the OLED assembly when the first signal is received and disallow power to be transmitted from the power supply to the backlight module or the OLED assembly when the second signal is received. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283914 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - To provide a backlight device with which a color hue and a color purity of a display panel can be improved while suppressing the lowering of the brightness of the display panel. A backlight device ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283915 | Frequency Redirection for Inband Signaling - A channel remapping pre-notification (RPN) message is transmitted in each of multiple frequencies prior to movement of data associated with one or more virtual channels to one or more different frequencies. The RPN message is also sent prior to transmission of a Virtual Channel Table (VCT) reflecting channel movement. If a receiving device is unable to find data associated with a selected channel subsequent to the channel movement, the stored RPN information can be used to identify a new frequency for that selected channel. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283916 | TV Receiver, Associated TV System and TV Control Method - A television (TV) receiver includes a wireless module, a database, a user identification module and a channel selecting module. The wireless module receives a wireless signal carrying an identification (ID) data of a specific user. The database stores channel selecting information corresponding to a plurality of users. The user identification module retrieves channel selecting information corresponding to the specific user from the database according to the ID data of the specific user. The channel selecting module selects a channel according to the channel selecting information corresponding to the specific user. An associated TV system and TV control method are also provided. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283917 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, ELECTRIC APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system is provided which implements more comfortable user operation where an electric apparatus which is remotely controlled by a remote controller (remote control apparatus) carries out processing operation in which an information recording medium is used. Remote controller data, remote controller controlling commands and reader/writer commands are placed into and transmitted by command data cmdDATA in packets of the same format. Further, reader/writer command data rwDATA and a reader/writer communication footer (parity for an error check and so forth) rwFT which have a longer data length are divided and placed divisionally into and transmitted together with the command data cmdDATA in communication packets. The transmitted data are received and merged. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283918 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CARRIER FREQUENCY ERROR - A receiver is an ATSC receiver having at least two modes of operation. In a first mode of operation the ATSC receiver determines an initial carrier frequency offset with respect to a carrier frequency in the received signal as a function of a field sync signal in the received signal. In a second mode of operation, the ATSC receiver tracks a carrier frequency in a received signal using a carrier tracking loop. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283919 | METHODS FOR REDUCING ARTIFACTS IN NEAR-TO-EYE DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Provided are methods and systems for reducing visual distortion in near-to-eye (“NTE”) visual display systems that is worn, at least partially, on a viewer's head. The movement rate of the viewer's head is sensed while an image that comprises individual content frames is displayed on the NTE using a vertically based raster scan. A characteristic of the raster scan is varied to mitigate distortion of the content frames due to the viewer's head movement. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283920 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 2010-11-11 |
20100283921 | Multi-panel color projector using multiple light-emitting diodes as light sources - A color light projector utilizes color light-emitting diodes ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283922 | DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING DISPLAY DRIVING UNIT ON LOWER PART - A display apparatus having a display driving unit on a lower part is provided. The LCD display apparatus includes a signal processing unit which performs video decoding, video scaling, and conversion into high-quality video on an input video; and a driving unit which is disposed closer to a lower end of the LCD display apparatus than to an upper end of the LCD display apparatus, and drives a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel to display a video output from the signal processing unit on the LCD panel. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283923 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device which includes a first substrate having a plurality of reflective pixel electrodes on a surface thereof, an optically transparent second substrate opposing the surface having the reflective pixel electrodes of the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the first substrate has antireflection films on side ends of the reflective pixel electrodes. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283924 | Stereoscopic Display Device - A stereoscopic display device includes a stereoscopic display unit, a backlight module and an outer frame. The stereoscopic display unit includes an LCD panel and a parallax barrier opposite to each other. The backlight module is disposed on a side of the stereoscopic display unit and includes a light source and a rubber frame, wherein the rubber frame is disposed on an outer side of the light source. The outer frame encompasses the stereoscopic display unit and the backlight module. At least one of the rubber frame and the outer frame includes a light shielding component disposed on a side facing the light source to prevent light leakage form an edge of the stereoscopic display unit. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283925 | OLIGOSILOXANE MODIFIED LIQUID CRYSTAL FORMULATIONS AND DEVICES USING SAME - A liquid crystal formulation is described. The liquid crystal formulation comprises a first oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material; and at least one additional material selected from a second oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material, non-liquid crystalline oligosiloxane-modified materials, organic liquid crystalline materials, or non-liquid crystalline materials, wherein the liquid crystal formulation has an I→SmA*→SmC* phase transition, with a SmC* temperature range from about 15° C. to about 35° C., a tilt angle of about 22.5°±6° or about 45°±6°, a spontaneous polarization of less than about 50 nC/cm2., and a rotational viscosity of less than about 600 cP. Devices containing liquid crystal formulations are also described. The device has a stable bookshelf geometry, bistable switching, and isothermal electric field alignment, a response time of less than 500 μs when switched between two stable states, and an electric drive field of less than about 30 V/μm. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283926 | METHOD AND RESULTING CAPACITOR STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON DISPLAY DEVICES - In a specific embodiment, the present invention provides an LCOS device. The device has a semiconductor substrate, e.g., silicon substrate. The device has a transistor formed within the semiconductor substrate. The transistor has a first node, a second node, and a row node. A first capacitor structure is coupled to the transistor. The first capacitor structure includes a first polysilicon layer coupled to the second node of the transistor. The first capacitor structure also has a first capacitor insulating layer overlying the first polysilicon layer and a second polysilicon layer overlying the insulating layer. The second polysilicon layer is coupled to a reference potential, e.g., ground. The device has a second capacitor structure coupled to the transistor. The second capacitor structure has a first metal layer coupled to the reference potential, a second capacitor insulating layer, and a second metal layer coupled to the second node of the transistor. A pixel electrode comprises the first metal layer. The pixel electrode is coupled to the second node of the transistor. A mirror surface is on the pixel electrode. The device has a light shielding layer formed from a portion of the second metal layer. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283927 | OLIGOSILOXANE MODIFIED LIQUID CRYSTAL FORMULATIONS AND DEVICES USING SAME - A liquid crystal formulation is described. The liquid crystal formulation comprises a first oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material; and at least one additional material selected from a second oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material, non-liquid crystalline oligosiloxane-modified materials, organic liquid crystalline materials, or organic non-liquid crystalline materials, wherein the liquid crystal formulation is nano-phase segregated in the SmC* phase, has an I→SmC* phase transition, with a SmC* temperature range from about 15° C. to about 35° C., has a tilt angle of about 22.5°±6° or about 45°±6°, and has a spontaneous polarization of less than about 50 nC/cm2, and a rotational viscosity of less than about 600 cP. Devices containing liquid crystal formulations are also described. The device has a stable bookshelf geometry, bistable switching, and isothermal electric field alignment, a response time of less than 500 μs when switched between two stable states, and an electric drive field of less than about 30 V/μm. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283928 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal layer; two substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal layer; and electrodes respectively provided in the two substrates, the electrodes applying voltage across the liquid crystal layer. A first electrode ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283929 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR IN-PLANE SWITCHING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A fabricating method of an array substrate for an in-plane switching liquid crystal display device includes: forming a gate line and a common line on a substrate, the common line spaced apart from the gate line; forming a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; forming a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; forming a pixel electrode and a common electrode in the pixel region, each of the pixel electrode and the common electrode including an opaque metal layer; and irradiating ultraviolet rays onto the opaque metal layer to form a metal oxide layer on the opaque metal layer. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283930 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same, and more particularly, to a liquid crystal display device having enhanced transmittance and a method of fabricating the same. The present invention may be accomplished by providing a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate and a second substrate; a gate line and a data line formed to intersect vertically and horizontally with each other on the first substrate for defining a plurality of color display pixels and a viewing angle control pixel; a thin-film transistor having a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, which is formed at each region intersected by the gate line and the data line on the first substrate; a backlight shielding pattern formed at a circumferential region of the viewing angle control pixel; a first pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode of the thin-film transistor, which is formed at the color display pixels on the first substrate; a second pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode of the thin-film transistor, which is formed at the viewing angle control pixel on the first substrate; a protective film formed on the gate line, the data line, the thin-film transistor, the first electrode, and the second pixel electrode, wherein a first contact hole is formed to expose part of the backlight shielding pattern; a first common electrode connected to the backlight shielding pattern through a first contact hole of the protective film, which is formed to be overlapped with at least part of the first pixel electrode, part of the thin-film transistor, and part of the backlight shielding pattern, wherein a plurality of slits overlapped with the first pixel electrode are formed; and a second common electrode formed by corresponding to the first pixel electrode on the second substrate. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283931 | TFT ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a TFT array substrate ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283932 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a first metal pattern, a first insulating layer, a first electrode, and a second metal pattern. The first metal pattern includes a gate line and a signal line. The first insulating layer is disposed on a substrate having the first metal pattern formed thereon. A first opening passes through the first insulating layer to partially expose the signal line. The first electrode is disposed on the first insulating layer corresponding to a unit pixel. The second metal pattern includes a connection electrode contacting the first electrode and the signal line through the first opening and a data line. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283933 | HIGH EFFICIENCY BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR FLAT PANEL DISPLAY ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A backlight assembly is provided for deployment within a flat panel display assembly. In one embodiment, the backlight assembly includes a printed wiring board (PWB), a casing sidewall, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a reflective solder mask, and a first reflective silkscreen layer. The PWB includes a display-facing surface, and the casing sidewall disposed is around a peripheral portion of the PWB and cooperates with the display-facing surface to define a light cavity. The plurality of LEDs us electrically coupled to the PWB and illuminates the light cavity when energized. The reflective solder mask overlays the display-facing surface of the PWB, and the first reflective silkscreen layer overlays the reflective solder mask. The first reflective silkscreen layer cooperates with the reflective solder mask to increase the reflectivity of the light cavity over the visible color spectrum. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283934 | LCD ASSEMBLY - An LCD assembly includes an LCD, a support member, a sliding member and a bracket. The support member engages the LCD, and the LCD is rotatable about an axis of the support member about a first axis. The sliding member engages the support member, and is rotatable about an axis of the support member about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The bracket is configured for receiving the sliding member, and the sliding member is slidable in the bracket. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283935 | Liquid crystal device and method of fabricating liquid crystal display device module including the same - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel; a main frame surrounding sides of the liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit disposed under the liquid crystal panel and surrounded by the main frame, the backlight unit including a light guide plate, a lamp at a side of the light guide plate, a reflector under the light guide plate and an optical sheet on the light guide plate, wherein a rear surface of the reflector is exposed through an opening of the main frame; and a protection sheet attached to the rear surface of the reflector to protect the rear surface of the reflector and including a protruding part at a side of the protection sheet, the protection sheet has a rectangular shape. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283936 | Liquid crystal display device including LED light source - A liquid crystal display device includes a support main having a rectangular frame shape, a reflection sheet in the support main, a light guide plate over the reflection sheet, a light-emitting diode (LED) assembly including LEDs arranged along a light-incident surface of the light guide plate and a printed circuit board (PCB) on which the LEDs are mounted, an LED housing partially covering the LED assembly and including first and second portions, wherein the PCB is attached to the first portion, and the second portion is perpendicular to the first portion, a plurality of optical sheets over the light guide plate, a liquid crystal panel over the plurality of optical sheets, a cover bottom at a rear surface of the reflection sheet and having at least one side wall, and a top cover covering edges of a front surface of the liquid crystal and combined with the support main and the cover bottom. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283937 | LAMP HOLDER, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A lamp holder | 2010-11-11 |
20100283938 | Structure of light emitting device array and drive method for display light source - Array of light emitting device is provided as the backlight for a display apparatus. A control means and drive method are provided utilizing a multiple scan selection drive scheme and a relaxation operation to eliminate the flicker and to enhance the speed of LC response and contrast ratio. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283939 | Structure of light emitting device array and drive method for display light source - Array of light emitting device is provided as the backlight for a display apparatus. A control circuit and drive method are provided utilizing a multiple scan selection drive scheme and a charging-relaxation step to eliminate the flicker and to enhanced the speed of LC response. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283940 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An object of the invention is to provide a liquid crystal display having good contrast not only in oblique directions but also in the normal direction. The liquid crystal display of the invention includes at least a first polarizer | 2010-11-11 |
20100283941 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A vertically aligned type liquid crystal display panel with wide viewing angles and high display quality can be provided with high production efficiency. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283942 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An illuminator | 2010-11-11 |
20100283943 | ROLL OF OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE,AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A roll of optical-film laminate that increases accuracy, speed and yield in the production of liquid-crystal display elements. The roll of optical film laminate is for use in an apparatus for continuously producing liquid-crystal display elements. The optical film comprises a polarizing composite film of a laminate having a continuous web of polarizer and a protective film superposed on one side of the continuous polarizer, an adhesive layer disposed on one side of the laminate; and a carrier film superposed on the adhesive layer of the polarizing film in a peelable state. Defective and normal regions in the polarizing film are determined According to these determined regions, coded information that specifies positions of slit lines to be formed in the optical-film web are recorded on the continuous web. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283944 | OPTICAL SHEET - There is provided an optical sheet for use as a display device surface, which has a functional layer on at least one side of a transparent base material and has a diffusion factor on the outer surface and/or interior of the functional layer, wherein the relationship represented by the following formula (I) is satisfied. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283945 | OPTICAL SHEET - There is provided an optical sheet for use as a display device surface, which has a functional layer on at least one side of a transparent base material and has a diffusion factor on the outer surface and/or interior of the functional layer, wherein the relationship represented by the following formula (I) is satisfied. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283946 | POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING POLARIZING PLATE - The present invention provides a polarizing plate excellent in adherence (particularly, under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions) between a polarizer and a protective film. The polarizing plate of the present invention includes: a polarizer; an adhesive layer; an easy-adhesion layer formed of an easy-adhesive composition containing a urethane resin having a carboxyl group and a cross-linking agent; and a protective film containing a (meth) acrylic resin. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283947 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal display panel; and first and second light diffusing layers, each of which has a first major surface and a second major surface and each of which is arranged such that the first major surface opposes a viewer side surface of the liquid crystal display panel. Each of the first and second light diffusing layers includes a first region formed of a first substance which has a first refractive index N | 2010-11-11 |
20100283948 | Photo-Sensitive Element and Liquid Crystal Display with the Same - A photo-sensitive element, a readout pixel with the photo-sensitive element, and a liquid crystal display with the readout pixels are described. The photo-sensitive element includes a switch TFT and a photo detecting device. The gate electrode of the switch TFT is electrically connected to a switch line and the source electrode of the switch TFT is electrically connected to a readout line. The photo detecting device is connected between the switch line and the drain electrode of the switch TFT for detecting the brightness of a light incident thereon. The photo detecting device is preferably a photo TFT, a photo diode, or a light sensitive resistor. The photo TFT and the switch TFT are preferably amorphous silicon transistors. The switch line is preferably a gate line disposed on the TFT array substrate of the liquid crystal display. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283949 | RETARDATION FILM, LAMINATED POLARIZING FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention provides a retardation film which can remarkably improve the controllability of retardation, and can also sufficiently control the wavelength dependency of retardation. The retardation film of the present invention can achieve a widening of the viewing angle at a high degree, when it is applied to a liquid crystal display device. Further, the present invention provides a laminated polarizing which comprises the retardation film and enables widening the viewing angle. Furthermore, the present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having high performance, especially a widened viewing angle. The retardation film of the present invention comprises a structural body which simultaneously has form birefringence and molecular-orientation birefringence. Specifically, the retardation film comprises a periodic structure ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283950 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizer provided on a surface of the first substrate which is on the opposite side to the liquid crystal layer; a second polarizer provided on a surface of the second substrate which is on the opposite side to the liquid crystal layer; a first phase compensation element provided between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal layer; and a second phase compensation element provided between the second polarizer and the liquid crystal layer. A plurality of pixel areas are provided for display. The first substrate includes at least one transmissive electrode, and the second substrate includes a reflective electrode region and a transmissive electrode region in correspondence with each of the plurality of pixel areas. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283951 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND A LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a field generating electrode disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules and an alignment polymer. The alignment polymer is formed by light-irradiating the liquid crystal molecules and an alignment aid. The alignment aid includes a mesogen having halogen atoms and at least one photo-polymerizable group combined to the mesogen, and the alignment aid is electrically neutral or quasi-neutral. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283952 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A VA-mode liquid crystal display device which includes a pair of alignment sustaining layers | 2010-11-11 |
20100283953 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING ALIGNMENT CONTROL FOR BRIGHTNESS AND RESPONSE - A liquid crystal display apparatus including a pair of substrates having electrodes and vertical alignment layers. A liquid crystal having a negative anisotropy of dielectric is inserted between the substrates. Each substrate has linearly arranged alignment control structures for controlling the alignment of the liquid crystal. The alignment control structures are formed in the form of projections or slits. Each alignment control structure is formed of a plurality of constituent units. In addition, means for forming a boundary of alignment of liquid crystal (singular point in director field) to control the liquid crystal located on the alignment control structures. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283954 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING WIDE VIEWING ANGLE - A tetragonal ring shape aperture is formed in the common electrode on one substrate and a cross shape aperture is formed at the position corresponding to the center of the tetragonal ring shape aperture in the pixel electrode on the other substrate. A liquid crystal layer between two electrodes are divided to four domains where the directors of the liquid crystal layer have different angles when a voltage is applied to the electrodes. The directors in adjacent domains make a right angle. The tetragonal ring shape aperture is broken at midpoint of each side of the tetragon, and the width of the aperture decreases as goes from the bent point to the edge. Wide viewing angle is obtained by four domains where the directors of the liquid crystal layer indicate different directions, disclination is removed and luminance increases. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283955 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING FANOUT WIRING - A display device may include an insulating substrate, a pixel electrode formed on the insulating substrate, a circuit board connected to the insulating substrate, a first wiring connected to the circuit board, and a second wiring for transmitting a signal to the pixel electrode. The second wiring may be connected to the first wiring, and the second wiring may have a larger resistance than the first wiring. Portions of the first wiring or the second wiring may include a zigzag pattern, and a swing width of a zigzag pattern of the second wiring may be varied depending on the position of the second wiring. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283956 | ALL WEATHER SPORT GOGGLE - Embodiments of the present invention include a lens configured to adapt to varying light conditions. The lens comprises a first layer made of a transparent thermoplastic material and a second layer made of a transparent thermoplastic material. The lens also includes a polarized film and a photochromatic film that adjusts to vary the amount of light that is transmitted through the film in response to the amount of ultraviolet radiation received by the film. The lens is thermoformed to have a selected radius of curvature. Embodiments of the lens disclosed herein are adapted for use with a frame that is configured to receive the lens and position the lens proximate a user's face and eyes. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283957 | POLARIZED EYEWEAR - An article of polarized eyewear has a lens, with a first substrate lens material transparent to visible light and a pattern of elongated structures formed from at least a second material having a complex index of refraction, wherein the second material is deposited directly onto a curved surface of the first substrate lens material. A pitch between adjacent elongated structures is less than 300 nm and a width of each elongated structure is less than 90% of the pitch. A photochromic material is deposited onto the polarized eyewear. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283958 | SPECTACLES WITH CONTIGUOUS LENSES - So-called ‘rimmed’ or “half-rimmed” spectacles have two optical or sun lenses with contiguous edges between which is a bridge supporting the nose pads. The lenses are joined together by a central linking element and by a rigid full frame or a partial frame comprising a rigid upper part which is continued by a lower part in the form of two flexible and transparent cords housed in a groove running a the edge of each lens to support them. The spectacles are characterized in that the central linking means is a vertical bar inserted between the extreme adjoining flanks of the contiguous edges of the lenses, respective profiles being formed in the flanks to engage with, by housing, complementary profiles formed on the flanks of the linking bar, in such a way as to locate and secure it, and hence the lenses, without additional mechanical fixing devices. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283959 | EYEGLASS FRAME WITHOUT NOSE PAD AND EYEGLASS SUPPORTING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an eyeglass frame without nose pads that can adapt to difference in face size and can exert sufficient fixation force. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283960 | PENDANT EYEWEAR - An arrangement and usage method for eye-wear, either framed or un-framed, either non-foldable or foldable, for adults and for children. The foldable type enables the lenses to fold outwards, inwards and/or upwards. Both prior art conventional temples are duly replaced by one continuous or sectioned flexible temple with both terminals passing to the eye-wear opposite outer ends, affixed by retaining members. The temple is worn as a necklace holding the eye-wear as a pendant while not in use and partially encircles the head over the ears when fastened by pulling the retaining members. The resulting loose terminals of the fastened temple are consecutively pulled and fixed to releasably secure the eye-wear to the user's head, or either duly shortened to achieve the eye-wear in use position temple length by any appropriate device or mechanism. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283961 | Eyewear Retention Device - An eyewear retention device with a cable having sufficient strength so that, when worn on eyeglasses over the ears, the cable is suspended in an arc above the wearer's neck, shoulders or garments. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283962 | EYEWEAR RETENTION DEVICE - An adjustable eyewear retention device having two cables, two temple retainers, guiding means and grasping means which allow adjustment of the device to the dimensions of a user's head. In another embodiment, the guiding means is eliminated and the cables are connected by means of the grasping means. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283963 | PROGRESSIVE LENS FOR OPHTHALMIC SPECTACLES, HAVING AN ADDITIONAL ZONE FOR INTERMEDIATE VISION - A progressive lens for ophthalmic spectacles has an additional zone for intermediate vision. This additional zone is located beneath a near-vision zone. It enables objects located at a distance of between 1.0 and 1.5 meters, in a direction inclined at about 35 degrees to a line of sight passing through a cross mark (CM) on the lens, to be seen clearly. To achieve this, the optical power progression between a far-vision point (FV) and a near-vision point (NV) of said lens has a power-increase threshold which is located approximately at the cross mark. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283964 | PRODUCTION OF AN OPHTHALMIC EYEGLASS INTENDED FOR A WEARER - A method for producing an ophthalmic glass ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283965 | Method of Selecting a Semi-Finished Ophthalmic Lens According to a Given Spectacle Frame - A method of selecting a semi-finished ophthalmic lens according to a given spectacle frame comprising the steps of: providing the spectacle frame front face base data providing a list of semi-finished ophthalmic lenses with a plurality of front face bases, and selecting from the list of semi-finished ophthalmic lenses the semi-finished ophthalmic lens whose front base is the closest from the front base of the spectacle frame. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283966 | Method for Selecting Base-Curves for an Ophthalmic Lens and Related Spectacle Lens Manufacturing Method - A method for selecting base-curves for an ophthalmic lens according to given prescription data comprising the steps of: providing a base-curve series consisting of a plurality of base-curves; calculating a target lens according to the prescription data; calculating the base-curves calculated lenses according to the prescription data; selecting, for at least an optical parameter and/or a geometrical parameter, a threshold value for the difference between the base-curves calculated lenses values and the target lens value of said parameter(s); determining the list of the base-curves of the base-curve series where said difference for said parameter(s) is less or equal to the selected threshold value(s). | 2010-11-11 |
20100283967 | Method of Calculating an Optical System According to a Given Spectacle Frame - A method of calculating an optical system (OS) of an ophthalmic lens according to a given spectacle frame comprising the steps of: providing geometrical data of the spectacle frame, providing wearer data, and optimization of the optical system (OS) according to at least the criteria consisting of the geometrical data of the spectacle frame, the wearer data and at least one positioning data, so as to generate at least two optical surfaces (S | 2010-11-11 |
20100283968 | Method for Determining the Shape of the Bevel of an Ophthalmic Lens - A method for determining the shape of the bevel of an ophthalmic lens so as to have the ophthalmic lens fit a given spectacle frame, the method comprising the steps of: providing the three-dimensional (xi, yi, zi) internal profile of the groove of at least a rim of the spectacle frame expressed in the principal axes (Xf, Yf, Zf) of the spectacle frame and the length Pf of the periphery of the groove of the rim, providing the blocking point of the ophthalmic lens and the horizontal direction Xl of the ophthalmic lens, projecting the three-dimensional (xi, yi, zi) internal profile of the groove of the rim on the front face surface of the ophthalmic lens so as to obtain a three-dimension projected groove shape (xp, yp, zp), modifying the coordinates of each point of the two-dimensional groove shape (xp, yp) based on two correction coefficient, Rx for the coordinate xp and Ry for the coordinate yp, with Rx+Ry=1 so as to have the length Pp of the three-dimensional groove projected shape (xp, yp, zp) equal to the length Pf of the periphery of the internal profile of the groove of the rim. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283969 | BINOCULAR VISION ASSESSMENT AND/OR THERAPY - This invention is a game platform for the assessment and/or treatment of disorders of binocular vision, such as amblyopia. The game content is devised to maximize the possible therapeutic effects by leveraging advanced research in opthalmology, as well as advanced display technology to render images independently to each eye. In particular, the game content engages both eyes at different levels of difficulty, forcing an amblyopic eye to work harder to regain its performance in the visual system. The invention herein described provides a mobile device, capable of interaction with an eye care specialist, for the assessment/treatment of binocular vision using innovative mechanisms for ensuring proper use thereof. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283970 | FUNDUS CAMERA - A fundus camera includes an observation photographing unit having a focusing lens to perform focusing of an imaging unit on a fundus of a subject's eye, a lens driving unit configured to drive the focusing lens in an optical axis direction, and a focusing control unit configured to calculate a focusing evaluation value based on image information of a predetermined area of a fundus image captured by the observation photographing unit, and drive the focusing lens based on the focusing evaluation value, thereby performing focusing, wherein the focusing control unit moves the focusing lens from a previous photographing position of the focusing lens by a predetermined moving amount, and then performs the focusing. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283971 | Ophthalmic photography apparatus - A monocular image of a fundus of an eye under examination is captured via a photographic stop for monocular photography, and two stereographically viewed images are captured with a parallax via two photographic stops for stereographic photography that are decentered from a photographic optical axis. Defocused images are captured in the stereographic photography due to the deviation of the photographic stops from the optical axis. A corrective lens is inserted into the photographic optical path in order to correct the defocus in the stereographic photography. This makes it possible to readily correct defocus generated by deviation of the photographic stops from the photographic optical axis even when switching between monocular and stereographic photography modes. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283972 | Saccadic Motion Detection System - A saccadic motion detection system comprised of an optical system that focuses light reflected or emitted from the subject's eye onto an optical navigation chip, which connects to circuitry configured to convert analog light from the eye to digital representations motion of the eye, including saccadic eye movement and processes the information received thereby. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283973 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCREENING FOR GLAUCOMA USING VISUALLY EVOKED POTENTIALS - A pattern VEP system for screening for glaucoma and other optic nerve related diseases/deficiencies. The system combines high contrast and low contrast testing. The low contrast testing allows for highly sensitive glaucoma testing and the high contrast allows for a sensitive test of the central vision. The system also includes a narrowly tailored method of rejecting corrupted data allowing the system to selectively salvage useful portions of a signal. The system also provides a method of data modeling to locate the N75-P100-N135 complex in a waveform and determine if it falls within the normal range | 2010-11-11 |
20100283974 | PROJECTION SYSTEM - An image projection system has a single reflective light modulator ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283975 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus comprises a light module and an optical engine. The light module has a plurality of lighting members that emit light beams with single wavelengths, and a wavelength transfer device with different fluorescent matters. When the light beams emitted from the lighting members pass through the fluorescent matter, the light beams become visible light beams with different wavelengths. The optical engine at least has one micro-displaying member. When a visible light beam enters the optical engine, it is emitted through the micro-displaying member and generates an imaging light beam. Finally, the imaging light beam is emitted on a screen. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283976 | Projection-Type Image Display Apparatus - A projection-type image display apparatus for projecting an image, enlargedly, onto a projection surface, comprises: an image display element; a lens group, being disposed behind the image display element, comprising therein, a front lens group made up with a plural number of lenses, including, at least, a refractive lens, and a rear lens group made up with a plural number of lenses, including, at least, a lens having a free curved surface configuration and being rotationally asymmetric, thereby emitting an image displayed on the image display element; a reflection mirror for reflecting the light from the lens group, thereby projection onto the projection surface, obliquely; and a movement member for moving the plural number of lenses of the rear lens group. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283977 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND ILLUMINATION CONTROL METHOD - An illumination system adapted to a projection apparatus is provided, including a light source module, a light color modulating module, and a control unit. The light color modulating module has a plurality of light color modulating units and is disposed in a transmission path of a light beam. The light color modulating module is capable of moving so that the light color modulating units move into the illumination region of the light beam. When the control unit determines that a boundary of any two adjacent light color modulating units has moved into the illumination region of the light beam, the control unit switches the light source module to an off-state. When the boundary of any two adjacent light color modulating units has moved away from the illumination region of the light beam, the control unit switches the light source module to an on-state. An illumination control method is also provided. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283978 | LED-based UV illuminators and lithography systems using same - An LED-based UV illuminator is disclosed that includes a plurality of LED light sources that emit UV light, and a plurality of dichroic mirrors. The dichroic mirrors are arranged relative to the LED light sources and configured to direct the UV light along a common optical path. A light homogenizer, such as a light pipe, is arranged along the common optical path and acts to homogenize the UV light. The UV illuminator has a collection efficiency of greater than 50% and an illumination output equal to or greater than 850 mW/mm | 2010-11-11 |
20100283979 | Exposure apparatus, exposing method, and device fabricating method - An exposure apparatus successively exposes each substrate of a plurality of substrates included in a lot with exposure light through a liquid. The exposure apparatus comprises: a movable substrate holding member that holds the substrate at a position whereto the exposure light can be radiated; and a liquid immersion member that is capable of forming an immersion space such that the liquid is held between the liquid immersion member and the substrate held by the substrate holding member and an optical path of the exposure light is filled with the liquid; wherein, before the start of exposure of a first substrate in the lot, the immersion space is formed between the liquid immersion member and a movable member, which is different from the first substrate, and at least one of the liquid immersion member and the movable member is cleaned. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283980 | LIQUID IMMERSION MEMBER - A liquid immersion member is disposed around an optical member having an emergent surface from at least part of which exposure light is emitted and which holds a liquid between itself and an object opposing the emergent surface so that an optical path of exposure light between the emergent surface and the object is filled with a liquid to form an immersion space. The liquid immersion member comprises: an opening that recovers a liquid on the object with a gas; a space into which the liquid and the gas from the opening are entered; a recovery passageway into which only a liquid in the space is entered; an inner side surface that opposes at least part of a side surface of the optical member with a gap therebetween; and a recovery port that recovers at least part of a liquid in the gap. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283981 | IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In an all-wet immersion lithographic apparatus, the immersion liquid is allowed to flow off an edge of the substrate table. The immersion liquid is moved with the substrate table during exposure. The motion of the immersion liquid may result in a disturbance and/or de-wetting. A geometry of the substrate table is proposed that may reduce such a disturbance and/or de-wetting. The cross-sectional edge profile of the substrate table and/or the plan shape of the substrate table are considered. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283982 | High Contrast Lithographic Masks - A structure and a method for an equi-brightness optimization. The method may include projecting a plurality of bright patterns having a plurality of bright points and a plurality of dark patterns having a plurality of dark points on a substrate, generating a plurality of joint eigenvectors of the plurality of bright points and a plurality of dark points, selecting a predetermined number of joint eigenvectors to project the plurality of bright patterns, generating a plurality of natural sampling points from the plurality of bright points, wherein the plurality of natural sampling points has a substantially equal intensity, and obtaining a representation of an aperture from the plurality of natural sampling points, wherein an image of the representation of the aperture has a substantially uniform intensity. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283983 | Illumination apparatus for efficiently gathering illumination light - An illumination apparatus includes a light guide fiber receiving illumination light, which is generated by first to third light sources, with first to third entrances and emitting at least part of the illumination light received by each entrance from a common exit. A second illumination relay optical system optically relays the illumination light from the second light source to form a first light beam having a first angle of incidence and sends the first light beam to the second entrance. First and third illumination relay optical systems optically relay the illumination light from the first and third light sources to form a second light beam having a second angle of incidence differing from the first angle of incidence and send the second light beam to the first and third entrances. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283984 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A projection exposure apparatus for microlithography comprises illumination optics for illuminating object field points of an object field in an object plane is disclosed. The illumination optics have, for each object field point of the object field, an exit pupil associated with the object point, where sin(γ) is a greatest marginal angle value of the exit pupil. The illumination optics include a multi-mirror array that includes a plurality of mirrors to adjust an intensity distribution in exit pupils associated to the object field points. The illumination optics further contain at least one optical system to temporally stabilize the illumination of the multi-mirror array so that, for each object field point, the intensity distribution in the associated exit pupil deviates from a desired intensity distribution in the associated exit pupil in the case of a centroid angle value sin(β) by less than 2% expressed in terms of the greatest marginal angle value sin(γ) of the associated exit pupil and/or, in the case of ellipticity by less than 2%, and/or in the case of a pole balance by less than 2%. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283985 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A projection exposure apparatus for microlithography comprises illumination optics for illuminating object field points of an object field in an object plane is disclosed. The illumination optics have, for each object field point of the object field, an exit pupil associated with the object point, where sin(γ) is a greatest marginal angle value of the exit pupil. The illumination optics include a multi-mirror array that includes a plurality of mirrors to adjust an intensity distribution in exit pupils associated to the object field points. The illumination optics further contain at least one optical system to temporally stabilize the illumination of the multi-mirror array so that, for each object field point, the intensity distribution in the associated exit pupil deviates from a desired intensity distribution in the associated exit pupil in the case of a centroid angle value sin(β) by less than 2% expressed in terms of the greatest marginal angle value sin(γ) of the associated exit pupil and/or, in the case of ellipticity by less than 2%, and/or in the case of a pole balance by less than 2%. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283986 | Stage unit, exposure apparatus, and exposure method - A power usage supply unit—that supplies power usage to a stage which moves on a movement surface has a first axis section, first support sections, a second axis section, and a second support section. The first axis section is movably supported by the first support section in a direction of the first axis and around the first axis, and the second axis section is movably supported by the second support section in a direction of the second axis and around the second axis. And, by employing a mechanism in which the power usage supply unit has at least four degrees of freedom, the power usage supply unit does not interfere with the movement of a stage even when the stage moves in the first and second axis directions and in the rotational direction of each axis, therefore, decrease in position controllability of the stage caused by dragging a tube can be completely avoided. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283987 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD - Using a mask in which line patterns are arranged in X and Y directions each at a pitch of P, first exposure is performed at a first position, and then the position of the mask is shifted in the X and Y directions by P/2 and second exposure is performed. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283988 | SEMI-ACTIVE OPTICAL TRACKING SYSTEM - A system and method for tracking an airborne target including an illumination source (e.g., a diode laser array) is used to enhance a target signature and a detector (e.g., a passive high-speed camera) is used to detect to electromagnetic radiation (e.g., infrared radiation) reflected off the target. The received electromagnetic radiation may be processed by a digital computer and passed through a spatial filter that implements a band limited edge detection operation in the frequency domain. The filter may remove low spatial frequencies that attenuate soft edged clutter such as clouds and smoke as well as filter out artifacts and attenuated medium to high spatial frequencies to inhibit speckle noise from the detector as well as speckle from the laser return off the target. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283989 | DYNAMIC COMPENSATION OF CHROMATIC POINT SENSOR INTENSITY PROFILE DATA SELECTION - In a chromatic point sensor, distance measurements are based on a distance-indicating subset of intensity profile data, which is selected in a manner that varies with a determined peak position index coordinate (PPIC) of the profile data. The PPIC indexes the position a profile data peak. For profile data having a particular PPIC, the distance-indicating subset of the profile data is selected based on particular index-specific data-limiting parameters that are indexed with that same particular PPIC. In various embodiments, each set of index-specific data-limiting parameters indexed with a particular PPIC characterizes a distance-indicating subset of data that was used during distance calibration operations corresponding to profile data having that PPIC. Distance-indicating subsets of data may be compensated to be similar to a corresponding distance-indicating subset of data that was used during calibration operations, regardless of overall intensity variations and detector bias signal level variations. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283990 | Optoelectronic distance measuring device - The optoelectronic distance measuring device of the present invention comprises a signal generator for generating a high frequency signal, an emitter for emitting an optical beam signal towards an object to be measured, a photoelectric receiving and transforming device for receiving the reflected measuring optical and for generating a corresponding high frequency reflected measuring signal. The present invention further comprises a phase detector for performing a frequency mixing of signals and a signal processing device connected with the phase detector for determining the measured distance. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283991 | GAS SENSOR WITH AN ESPECIALLY EXPLOSION-PROOF HOUSING - A gas sensor with a housing ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283992 | METHOD OF OPTICAL TELEDETECTION OF COMPOUNDS IN A MEDIUM - The invention relates to a method of optical teledetection of compounds in a medium in which:
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