46th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110279703 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE BY USING CHARACTERISTIC OF LIGHT SOURCE - An apparatus and method for processing an image of an image signal projected through a digital camera lens are provided. The apparatus includes an image sensor module for transforming an optical signal into an electric signal, to generate and output an image signal, and a light receiving module for detecting a light source. The apparatus also includes a light source characteristic detector for detecting a frequency of the light source, a white balance controller for controlling a white balance, a color corrector for removing interferences of red, green, and blue channels, and a gamma corrector for performing a gamma correction. The apparatus further includes an auto color adjustment controller for identifying a kind of light source based on the frequency of the light source, and controlling a white balance gain of the image signal based on the kind of the light source. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279704 | SENSITIVITY-SETTABLE IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - An image capture device includes an image pickup unit including a plurality of pixels and photoelectrically converting an object image by the plurality of pixels; a white balance control unit for performing a white balance correction processing on pixel signals from the image pickup unit; and a sensitivity changing unit for changing the sensitivity of photographing, wherein the white balance control unit performs the white balance correction processing such that, as the sensitivity increases, a response to the light source is suppressed. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279705 | Alternative Color Image Array And Associated Methods - An image sensor includes an array of light sensitive elements and a filter array. Each filter element is in optical communication with a respective light sensitive element. The image sensor receives filtered light having a repeating pattern. Light sensitive elements in at least two successive rows alternately receive light having a first color and a second color, and light sensitive elements in common columns of the successive rows alternately receive light having the first color and the second color. Light sensitive elements in at least two additional successive rows alternately receive light having a third and a fourth color, and light sensitive elements in common columns of the additional successive rows alternately receive light having the third color and the fourth color. Output values of pairs of sampled light sensitive elements receiving light of a common color and from successive rows are combined to generate a down-sampled image. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279706 | WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING - Systems and methods for extending the dynamic range of imaging systems, and more particularly fluorescence or luminescence imaging systems, having low optical background, and a linear detector response. Images of a sample at each of a set of exposure times are acquired, a system-level dark estimate for each exposure time is subtracted from each image to form dark-corrected images, and the different exposures (dark-corrected images) are merged into a wider dynamic-range image. Typically merging is performed on a pixel-by pixel basis. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279707 | PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH CAMERA FUNCTION, FLASHLIGHT CONTROL METHOD AND FLASHLIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM - Provided is a portable terminal which can ensure required brightness appropriately according to the capturing conditions such as the capture mode, capture settings, or the like, and also provided are a flashlight control method and a flashlight control program. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279708 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor of a line-sequential scanning type, an optical database which stores optical characteristics of the optical system in advance, a calculation unit which calculates optical parameters including at least information of a focal length of the optical system for each area of the image sensor based on drive information of the image sensor and drive information of the optical system, a referring unit which refers to optical characteristics corresponding to the optical parameters calculated by the calculation unit of the optical characteristics stored in the optical database, a correction value generation unit which generates correction values used to correct the image signal based on the optical characteristics referred to by the referring unit, and a correction unit which corrects the image signal using the correction values generated by the correction value generation unit. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279709 | SHOOTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SHOOTING APPARATUS - A camera includes: a shooting section that outputs images of an object; a moving image shooting control section that controls the shooting section to repeat shooting under predetermined shooting conditions at a predetermined frame rate; a moving image generation section that generates moving images based on images shot under the predetermined shooting conditions, respectively; an image extraction section that extracts a first image and a second image based on a predetermined condition from each of the moving images; a display section; and a display control section that performs control to simultaneously multi-display the first image and the second image of each moving image on the display section. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279710 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING IMAGE BRIGHTNESS IN IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE - A method for automatically controlling image brightness in an image photographing device by calculating a histogram for an image; obtaining a brightness average for the histogram; determining if a number of pixels of a histogram distribution within a first range and a number of pixels of a histogram distribution within a second range are included within a preset range; and when the number of pixels of the histogram distribution within the first range and the number of pixels of the histogram distribution within the second range are included within the preset range, as a result of a determination, adjusting the brightness average to be a reference brightness. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279711 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus is provided which informs a user of a state of brightness adjusting operation and which has excellent usability for the user. Disclosed is a digital camera including an image adder | 2011-11-17 |
20110279712 | IMAGING APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An imaging apparatus comprises an imaging element, an image selection unit, and an image compositing unit. The image selection unit selects, from among a plurality of image data pieces of the image data generated by the imaging element, a first image data piece and a second image data piece. The image selection unit selects, as the second image data piece, an image data piece generated with light from an object that is received via first pixels of the imaging element and received via second pixels of the imaging element for generating the first image data piece. The image compositing unit generates composited image data by compositing the first image data piece and the second image data piece. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279713 | Photo Sensor Array Using Controlled Motion - A movable sensor including a plurality of photo pixel sites arranged in an array comprising a photo sensor and a neutral density filter filtering the photo sensor. Each of the neutral density filters have a density value that are graduated over a range of densities. The sensor is linearly movable across an image. Each point in the image is exposed to at least one pixel site with the graduated density values and each of the photo pixel sites of the array is exposed to a same light input during a time span of exposure, such that the image is captured at a defined range of exposure values and can be combined into a single high dynamic range image. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279714 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image processing device includes a corrector for performing an optical correction of correcting a distortion of an image by interpolating image data of the distorted picked-up image resulting from an optical characteristic of an image pickup section, and locally changing a resolution of the image; and a compressor for performing a dynamic range compression of compressing a dynamic range of the image data by extracting an illumination component from the image data based on a space frequency of the image, and compressing the extracted illumination component, wherein the compressor performs the dynamic range compression with respect to image data of an after-correction-image to be obtained after the optical correction is performed by the corrector. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279715 | BLEMISH DETECTION SYTEM AND METHOD - An image blemish detecting system includes an image capturing module, a brightness adjusting module, and a blemish detecting module. The image capturing module captures an image. The brightness adjusting module adjusts the brightness of the image to obtain a second image having substantially uniform brightness. The blemish detecting module calculates a brightness ratio of each pixel in the second image, marks the pixels of which the brightness ratios are not smaller than a predetermined reference value as “1”, and marks the other pixels as “0”. The blemish detecting module calculates the quantity of the pixels in a continuous area in which all pixels are marked as “1”, and determines that the continuous area is a blemish if the quantity of the pixels in the continuous area is greater than or equal to the predetermined pixel quantity. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279716 | COMPOSITE IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A composite imaging element is provided that includes a first imaging element and a second imaging element. The first imaging element has a plurality of first opto-electrical conversion parts, a first light receiving surface, and a first circuit part. The first opto-electrical conversion parts are configured to receive light with a first basic color and a second basic color different from the first basic color. The first opto-electrical conversion parts are also configured to convert light received by the first opto-electrical conversion parts into a first electrical signal. The first light receiving surface is formed by the first opto-electrical conversion parts. The first circuit part transmits the first electrical signal. The second imaging element has a plurality of second opto-electrical conversion parts and a second circuit part. The second opto-electrical conversion parts receive light emitted from the first opto-electrical conversion parts. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279717 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device including: a first semiconductor chip having an electronic circuit section and a first connecting section formed on one surface thereof; a second semiconductor chip having a second connecting section formed on one surface thereof, the second semiconductor chip being mounted on the first semiconductor chip with the first and the second connecting sections connected to each other by a bump; a dam formed to fill a gap between the first and the second semiconductor chips on a part of an outer edge of the second semiconductor chip, the part of the outer edge being on a side of a region of formation of the electronic circuit section; and an underfill resin layer filled into the gap, protrusion of the resin layer from the outer edge of the second semiconductor chip to a side of the electronic circuit section being prevented by the dam. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279718 | AMPLIFIER FOR REDUCING HORIZONTAL BAND NOISE AND DEVICES HAVING THE SAME - An amplifier is provided. The amplifier includes a differential amplifier including a tail, a current mirror connected between output terminals of the differential amplifier and a power line receiving a supply voltage, and a first switching circuit for connecting and disconnecting one of the output terminals of the differential amplifier to and from the tail in response to a first switching signal. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279719 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SAME, AND CAMERA APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device of a three-transistor pixel configuration having no selection transistor has a problem of a non-selection hot carrier white point, which is specific to this apparatus. A bias current during a non-reading period of pixels is made to flow to a pixel associated with an immediately previous selection pixel, for example, the immediately previous selection pixel itself. As a result, dark current only for one line occurs in each pixel, and the dark current for one line itself can be reduced markedly. Consequently, defective pixels due to non-selection hot carrier white points can be virtually eliminated. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279720 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in rows and columns. Each of the pixel units includes: a photodiode that generates a signal voltage corresponding to an intensity of light received; and an amplifier transistor which amplifies the signal voltage in response to a flow of an operating current, and outputs the amplified signal voltage to a column signal line that is provided for each of pixel columns. The solid-state imaging device includes current correction circuits each of which is provided for a corresponding one of the pixel columns and causes a correction current to flow between a power supply line and a grounding line. The correction current fluctuates in an opposite direction to a fluctuation of the operating current flowing into the grounding line from the power supply line via the amplifier element. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279721 | IMAGER ARRAY INTERFACES - Architectures for imager arrays configured for use in array cameras in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described. One embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of focal planes, where each focal plane comprises a two dimensional arrangement of pixels having at least two pixels in each dimension and each focal plane is contained within a region of the imager array that does not contain pixels from another focal plane, control circuitry configured to control the capture of image information by the pixels within the focal planes, where the control circuitry is configured so that the capture of image information by the pixels in at least two of the focal planes is separately controllable, sampling circuitry configured to convert pixel outputs into digital pixel data, and output interface circuitry configured to transmit pixel data via an output interface. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279722 | IMAGE SENSOR - The invention relates to an image sensor, in particular to a CMOS image sensor, for digital cameras, having a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, wherein the respective pixel comprises: a light sensitive detector element to generate electrical charge from incident light during an exposure procedure, a readout node, a transfer gate to which a transfer control pulse can be applied to allow a charge transfer from the detector element to the readout node, and a reset device to reset a charge present in the readout node to a reference value. The image sensor furthermore has a control device for the control of the transfer gate and of the of the reset device of the respective pixel. The control device is designed so that the respective pixel is read out in a plurality of readout steps during the ongoing charge generation in a single exposure procedure, and indeed such that a respective transfer control pulse is applied to the transfer gate for each of the plurality of readout steps and a respective readout result is then produced; wherein the reset device is activated between the transfer control pulses of the respective exposure procedure; and wherein only the last transfer control pulse enables a complete charge transfer of the respective charge present in the detector element to the readout node. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279723 | Signal processing circuit, solid-state imaging device, and camera system - A signal processing circuit includes: a reference signal generating circuit that generates a reference signal of a ramp waveform of which a voltage value varies with the lapse of time by changing a current; and a signal processing unit including a plurality of processing sections that process the reference signal as a ramp wave and a potential of a supplied analog signal, wherein the reference signal processing circuit has a function of adjusting an offset of the reference signal by adjusting the current from the time of starting the generation of the reference signal or adjusting the level of the reference signal at least at the time of starting the generation of the reference signal. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279724 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arranged in the form of a matrix; a pixel signal reading unit performing reading of a pixel signal in a signal line from the pixel unit in the unit of plural pixels, and performing column signal processing with respect to an input signal; and an evaluation pattern generation unit receiving a control signal and a signal line interception signal and generating a pseudo-evaluation pattern according to the control signal. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279725 | IMAGE SENSOR IN CMOS TECHNOLOGY WITH HIGH VIDEO CAPTURE RATE - An time-delay-integration image sensor comprises a matrix of photosensitive pixels organized in rows and columns, a first matrix of memory cells associated with control and adding means to store accumulated brightness levels of several rows of pixels in a row of memory cells. The first memory cell matrix is provided with the control and adding means to store in its rows accumulated brightness levels of the rows of a first half of the pixel matrix. The sensor comprises a second memory cell matrix associated with the control and adding means to store accumulated brightness levels of the rows of the second half of the pixel matrix in a row of the second memory cell matrix. Means are provided for adding the levels accumulated in a row of the first memory cell matrix to the levels accumulated in a corresponding row of the second memory cell matrix. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which acquires, from another information processing apparatus, data stored in the other information processing apparatus, comprising, a storage unit storing data, a selection unit selecting data stored in the storage unit, a generation unit generating, based on the selected data, condition information that determines a condition for specifying data to be requested to the other information processing apparatus, and a communication unit transmitting the condition information to the other information processing apparatus and receiving, from the other information processing apparatus, data that satisfies the determined condition. The storage unit stores information about a generation location of the data in association with the data, and the generation unit generates, based on information about generation locations of the selected data, condition information that determines a condition regarding a range of locations where data to be acquired from the other information processing apparatus were generated. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279727 | BACKSIDE ILLUMINATION IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE - A backside illumination image sensor that includes a semiconductor substrate with a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a read circuit formed on a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate, and captures an image by outputting, via the read circuit, electrical signals generated as incident light having reached a back surface side of the semiconductor substrate is received at the photoelectric conversion elements includes: a light shielding film formed on a side where incident light enters the photoelectric conversion elements, with an opening formed therein in correspondence to each photoelectric conversion element; and an on-chip lens formed at a position set apart from the light shielding film by a predetermined distance in correspondence to each photoelectric conversion element. The light shielding film and an exit pupil plane of the image forming optical system achieve a conjugate relation to each other with regard to the on-chip lens. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279728 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS TO TRANSMIT MOVING IMAGE DATA - An image processing apparatus includes a moving image generating unit, an instruction unit, a control unit, an additional information generating unit, a multiplexing unit, and a transmitting unit. The control unit controls the moving image generating unit in accordance with a frame rate changing instruction provided by the instruction unit such that the frame rate of moving image data generated by the moving image generating unit is changed from a first frame rate to a second frame rate. The additional information generating unit generates additional information indicating a particular period. The multiplexing unit adds the additional information to the moving image data and the transmitting unit transmits the moving image data and the additional information output from the multiplexing unit. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279729 | ASPECT RATIO ENHANCEMENT - An adaptive compensation system for aspect ratio conversion. Video information, intended for her first aspect ratio display, e.g. the standard NTSC aspect ratio, is processed to determine additional information that can enable that video to be displayed and fill a wider aspect ratio screen. The processing can be a calculation which calculates, for example, texture, color and/or brightness of the edge portions, and automatically calculates video information to match the texture, brightness or color. The processing can be a database lookup, which automatically looks up likely portions from a database. The processing can also be an adaptive determination of what vertical portions of the image can be stretched without affecting the viewability, and then an adaptive stretching of different portions by different amounts. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279730 | IMAGE ENHANCING DEVICE, IMAGE ENHANCING METHOD, IMAGE ENHANCING PROGRAM AND SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - In at least one embodiment of the present invention, quality of image is improved by sufficiently sharpening the image through an appropriate high-frequency compensation with a simple arrangement, not only for still images but also for moving images and even if the images have already undergone image enlarging processes. In at least one embodiment, an HPF extracts high-frequency components from an input image signal. A square operator generates a squared signal by squaring the first signal. A first differentiator generates a first differentiation signal by differentiating the squared signal. The second differentiator generates a second differentiation signal by differentiating the input image signal. A multiplier generates a second signal by multiplying the first differentiation signal by the second differentiation signal. An adder generates an output image signal by adding the second signal to the input image signal, as a compensation signal. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279731 | BEZEL COLOR COORDINATION - A processor, such as a TV processor, determines which one of at least two audio-video components is sending signals to a TV for display. Based on the determining act, the processor establishes a color of a bezel of the TV. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279732 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for controlling brightness of an image to be output to a display unit, includes: a separation unit which separates an image of each frame into a plurality of areas; an entropy calculation unit which calculates, for each area, entropy of information on at least one of distribution of luminosity, character quantity and motion quantity; and a brightness control unit which controls brightness in each area so that a reduction rate of brightness in an area of which entropy is small is greater than a reduction rate of brightness in an area of which entropy is large. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279733 | Method, apparatus and system for improving tuning in receivers - A method, apparatus and system for reducing a time it takes for a receiver/playout device to start playing content includes providing the receiver on which content is to be played, information identifying the content. In one embodiment, such information can be included as part of a tuning command. For example, in one embodiment, the content to be played can include audio/video content and the information identifying the content can include audio and video codec parameters. The audio and video codec parameters enable the immediate initialization of a decoder of the receiver/playout device, which reduces a tuning time in the receiver. Providing such information eliminates the need for a decoder to parse a plurality of content packets to identify an audio and video type in the content. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279734 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - With a configuration in which a first pixel electrode ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279735 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Provided is an active matrix substrate including a capacitance electrode ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279736 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE TRANSCEIVER FOR COGNITIVE RADIO - Embodiments of cognitive radio technology can recover and utilize under-utilized portions of statically-allocated radio-frequency spectrum. A plurality of sensing methods can be employed. Transmission power control can be responsive to adjacent channel measurements. Digital pre-distortion techniques can enhance performance. Embodiments of a high DNR transceiver architecture can be employed. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279737 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device includes: discharge tubes | 2011-11-17 |
20110279738 | CONTROL DEVICE AND PROJECTION VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection video display device is provided with a projection unit configured to project a video onto a screen via a lens; and an image pickup unit configured to image the screen. A brightness component selection unit receives an image imaged by the image pickup unit when reference light is projected onto the screen and select, of brightness components of pixels forming the image, a brightness component having the maximum value. An exposure correction unit originates a signal for adjusting exposure time in an image pickup device in the image pickup unit with reference to the selected brightness component. A color correction unit receives an image captured by the image pickup unit after the adjustment and corrects the video so that the brightness components are in equal proportion. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279739 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS - A system including a plurality of pixels disposed on a substrate forming a screen. A signal, such as an image, can be projected on the screen. The pixels of the screen include a sensor configured to sense a portion of the signal, an emitter, and circuitry. In response to information sensed in the signal, the circuitry can be configured to drive the emitter. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279740 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - When a wide color gamut display displays video based on a video signal that complies with a narrower color reproduction range standard, in order to make full use of the feature of the wide color gamut display capable of displaying highly saturated and vivid reds, while eliminating the problem of seeing glaring images in the part of the red color region near the highest brightness and saturation, a video processing circuit ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279741 | FLEXIBLE AND CONTOURING SCREEN FOR AIRCRAFT PASSENGER CABIN - A viewing device, including: a base having an upper surface adapted for mounting to a lower contoured surface of an overhead structure in a passenger vehicle; a flexible and contouring viewing screen pivotally mounted to the base for rotary movement of the flexible and contouring viewing screen between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein the flexible and contouring viewing screen moves from a flat deployed shape in the deployed position to a curved stowed shape that complies to the lower contoured surface of the overhead structure in the stowed position; and a rotary actuator disposed in the base and engaging the screen. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279742 | PROJECTOR - A projector capable of increasing in the contrast by reducing the amount of leakage of light due to reflection of light on the surface of a retarder is to be provided. A retarder is placed and tilted in a direction so that the following conditional expression is satisfied, denoting a distance between a point A where the normal drawn from the center of a substrate plane of the retarder and a substrate plane of a polarizing beam splitter intersect and a point C where the substrate plane of the polarizing beam splitter and the optical axis of a projection system as AC, and a distance between a point B where the substrate plane of the polarizing beam splitter and the system optical axis intersect and the point C as BC: AC>BC. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279743 | REFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR - A PBS sheet is curved into a partially cylindrical shape so as to be concave or convex toward a panel surface along a central axis which is perpendicular to both an incident light axis of illumination light and a reflection light axis perpendicular to the incident light axis. The illumination light from a light source is converted into s-polarized light by a polarization converting system, and energy distribution thereof is made uniform by a rod integrator. Then, the illumination light is sequentially split into three color lights, R, G, and B, by a color wheel. The illumination light is approximately totally reflected on the PBS sheet, and applied toward a liquid crystal display panel. The illumination light having been reflected on the PBS sheet illuminates the panel surface with neither too large nor too small illumination range. The R, G, and B component images having been reflected on the panel surface are sequentially projected on a screen so as to be observed as a full color image. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279744 | Short wave infrared multi-conjugate liquid crystal tunable filter - A SWIR hyperspectral imaging filter has serial stages along an optical signal path with angularly distributed birefringent retarders and polarizers. The retarders can include active retarders such as tunable liquid crystal birefringent elements, passive retarders such as fixed retarders, and/or combinations thereof. Distinctly different periodic transmission spectra are provided by different filter stages, each having multiple retarders, in particular with some stages having broad bandpass peaks at wide spectral spacing and other stages have very narrow closely spaced peaks. The respective spectra include at least one tunably selectable band at which the transmission spectra of the filter stages coincide, whereby the salutary narrow bandpass and wide spectral spacing ranges of different stages apply together, resulting in a high finesse wavelength filter suitable for spectral imaging. The filter may be configured to provide faster switching speed and increased angle of acceptance and may operate in the rage of approximately 850-1700 nm. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279745 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display panel which causes no gray scale inversion, even when obliquely viewed, and which realizes suppression of a gamma characteristics change and a chromaticity change. The liquid crystal display panel is made of a pair of substrates, at least one of which includes a plurality of pixel electrodes containing red, green and blue pixel electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the pair of substrates. The liquid crystal layer is divided for each pixel into a first region and a second region, which have liquid crystal molecules different in the directions of inclination from each other. Both of the liquid crystal molecules positioned in the first region and the second region are oriented either vertically or horizontally when the pair of substrates is viewed in the front direction, and are oriented obliquely with respect to the substrate surface and symmetrically of each other when the pair of substrates is viewed in the cross-sectional direction. The liquid crystal layer has a smaller thickness in the regions corresponding to the blue pixel electrodes than those in the regions corresponding to the green and red pixel electrodes. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279746 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD THEREOF - The embodiment is to provide a liquid crystal display device capable of detecting malfunctions. The liquid crystal display device includes pixels configured to be connected to scan lines and data lines, data pads electrically connected to the data lines, a data integrated circuit supplying data signals to the data lines through the data pads, first data transistors coupled to the data pads, and second data transistors coupled to the data lines. The first data transistors are disposed on the data integrated circuit and the second data transistors are separated from the data integrated circuit. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279747 | DISPLAY PANEL UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The display panel unit includes a display panel, a panel-shaped member having a portion of which an outside size is larger than that of the display panel, a metal frame having a first housing section configured to house the display panel and a second housing section configured to house the panel-shaped member with the panel-shaped member stacked on the display panel. The metal frame has a bottom portion and a side wall portion configured to rise from an edge of the bottom portion, and is box-shaped so that an upper side of the metal frame is open, and the side wall portion is formed to be step-shaped so that an upper portion of the side wall portion protrudes outward. In an internal space formed by the bottom wall portion and the side wall portion of the metal frame, the first housing section is defined by a space formed by the bottom wall portion and a portion of the side wall potion other than the upper portion, and the second housing section is defined by a space other than the first housing section. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279748 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a resin frame including a hole passing through first and second surfaces thereof, the first surface including a first recess formed around the hole, the second surface including a second recess formed around the hole; a liquid crystal display panel fixed to the first surface of the resin frame; a light guide plate fixed to the second surface of the resin frame; a flexible wiring substrate connected to the liquid crystal display panel; and an electronic component mounted on the flexible wiring substrate, in which the liquid crystal display panel is arranged so that an end thereof is positioned in a state of being held above the first recess, the flexible wiring substrate is arranged to extend from the first surface side to the second surface side while being bent, and the electronic component is received in the second recess. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279749 | High Dynamic Range Displays Using Filterless LCD(s) For Increasing Contrast And Resolution - A display provides increased contrast and resolution via first LCD panel energized to generate an image and a second LCD panel configured to increase contrast of the image. The second panel is an LCD panel without color filters and is configured to increase contrast by decreasing black levels of dark portions of images (making them blacker or darker) using polarization rotation and filtration. Preferably, the second LCD panel is of higher resolution than the first LCD panel. The panels may be directly illuminated or edge lit, and may be globally or locally dimmed monochrome or multi primary lights that may also include individual control of color intensities for each image or frame displayed. The panels may be placed in any order, but preferably are arranged such that active layers in each panel are as close together as possible. Brightness is maintained by the combination of reusing polarization between the panels and by not going through more than one set of color filters. Improved contrast is a result of using multiple light modulators in series. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279750 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device having an improved electrostatic discharge structure includes: a liquid crystal panel on which an image is formed; a light emitting diode (LED) unit for irradiating a backlight to the liquid crystal panel; a chassis in which the liquid crystal panel and the LED unit are installed; a LED circuit board including a LED chip that is installed to electrically contact the chassis and to control the LED unit; and a main circuit board connected to the liquid crystal panel and the LED circuit board. A grounding line is connected to the main circuit board and is formed on the LED circuit board. Accordingly, the static electricity that has flowed from the outside through the chassis 10 may be immediately discharged through the grounding line, and electronic components in the liquid crystal display device may be protected from the static electricity. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279751 | ILLUMINATING LENS, LIGHTING DEVICE, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illuminating lens ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279752 | OPTICAL FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - The present invention provides an optical film which is capable of impeding the occurrence of a failure of display quality at wide view angles, impeding the occurrence of the degradation of the front contrast, achieving a high transmission image definition, and impeding the occurrence of scintillation, and a liquid crystal display device comprising the same. On a substrate film | 2011-11-17 |
20110279753 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a light guide plate, a light source unit, a display panel, a receiving container, and a driving part. The light guide plate includes at least one chamfered corner and a light incident surface defined by the chamfered corner. The light source unit generates the light and is positioned adjacent to the light incident surface. The display panel receives the light to display an image and the receiving container includes a bottom and sidewalls extended from the bottom to receive the light guide plate and the light source unit. The driving part is electrically connected to the display panel to apply a driving signal to the display panel and is electrically connected to the light source unit to apply a power source voltage to the light source unit. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279754 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - In a backlight assembly, a light emitting module is divided into a plurality of light generating blocks each sequentially outputting a plurality of primary colors of light having different wavelengths. The light emitting module includes first and second base substrates, and a plurality of electroluminescent units disposed between the first and second base substrates and arranged in each of the light generating blocks. The light emitting module includes a barrier arranged corresponding to a boundary between two adjacent light generating blocks between the first and second base substrates to prevent the primary colors of light from traveling an adjacent light generating block. Thus, a mixture of colored light from the light generating blocks is prevented, thereby improving color reproducibility of the display apparatus. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279755 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND GAME DEVICE - A curved surface (CS) is formed by chamfering on a light guide plate ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279756 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY - According to one embodiment, an optical device includes an optically variable layer and first and second electrodes. The optically variable layer includes a material having dielectric anisotropy and a solvatochromic dye. The first and second electrodes are configured to apply a voltage to the optically variable layer. According to another embodiment, a display includes an optical device and a driving circuit. The optical device includes an optically variable layer and first and second electrodes. The optically variable layer includes a material having dielectric anisotropy and a solvatochromic dye. The first and second electrodes are configured to driving circuit is configured to put a drive voltage across the first and second electrodes. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279757 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device having excellently well-designed appearance, which is characterized in that the region where the display panel disposed is hardly visible when the display is off, and an image looks as if it is popping out on the protective plate when the display is on. In at least one example embodiment, the present invention is a display device, including: a display panel; and a protective plate disposed at an observation surface side of the display panel, wherein the display device further comprises a light-transmitting portion at an observation surface side of the display panel, and the protective plate includes, when observed from a normal line direction of its main surface, a circularly polarizing plate which covers both of the light-transmitting portion and a region around the light-transmitting portion. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279758 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING A MODIFIED ELECTRODE ARRAY - A liquid crystal display having electrodes on a single substrate. A transparent planar electrode elongated in the transverse direction is formed on the inner surface of a substrate, and an insulating film is deposited thereon. A plurality of linear electrodes, which are elongated in the longitudinal direction and either transparent or opaque, are formed on the insulating film. Potential difference between the planar and the linear electrodes generated by applying voltages to the electrodes yields an electric field. The electric field is symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal central line of the linear electrodes, and has parabolic or semi-elliptical lines of force having a center on a boundary line between the planar and the linear electrodes. The line of force on the planar and the linear electrodes and on the boundary line between the planar and the linear electrodes has the vertical and the horizontal components, and the liquid crystal molecules are re-arranged to have a twist angle and a tilt angle. The polarization of the incident light varies due to the rearrangement of the liquid crystal molecules. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279759 | DISPERSED COMPOSITION, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, LIGHT SHIELDING COLOR FILTER, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING LIGHT SHIELDING COLOR FILTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, WAFER-LEVEL LENS, AND IMAGING UNIT HAVING WAFER LEVEL LENS - The invention provides a dispersed composition including: (A) titanium black; (B) a polymer compound including a constituent component having a side chain structure to which an acidic group is linked via a linking group; and (C) a solvent. The (B) polymer compound is a polymer having a structure in which an acidic group is linked to a main chain part via a linking group. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279760 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING THE SAME - A color filter substrate includes a substrate, a black matrix disposed on the substrate, a color filter on a sub-pixel area partitioned by the black matrix, a common electrode disposed on the color filter to receive a common voltage, and an anti-reflective layer configured to prevent the reflection of light in the color filter substrate. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279761 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device is discussed. The image display device includes a display panel configured to selectively display a 2D image and a 3D image and a patterned retarder disposed line by line. The patterned retarder includes a first retarder transmitting only a left eye image of the 3D image from the display panel and a second retarder transmitting only a right eye image of the 3D image. Pixels disposed on the display panel alternately display the 3D image and a black image every one horizontal line in an interlace manner through a time division. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279762 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An vertical alignment type liquid crystal display element ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279763 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH BUILT-IN TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) with a built-in touch screen panel in which the touch screen panel is built-in the LCD. The LCD with the built-in touch screen panel includes a lower substrate on whose upper surface a pixel electrode is formed, an upper substrate on whose bottom surface facing the lower substrate sensing patterns, color filters, and a common electrode are sequentially formed, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279764 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix substrate has a structure that prevents a drain extraction line from breaking without a plurality of active elements such as thin film transistor elements, metal-insulator-metal elements, MOS transistor elements, diodes, and varistors being disposed, and is suited for use in a large-size liquid crystal television or a like liquid crystal display device equipped with a large-size liquid crystal display panel. The active matrix substrate includes an active element connected, via a drain extraction line, to a storage capacitor upper electrode, wherein the drain extraction line has at least two routes. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279765 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device including a flexible substrate having a shield electrode formed thereon, which enables reduction of a region in which components are mounted compared with that in a conventional case. The display device includes: a display panel; and a flexible substrate connected to the display panel, the flexible substrate having a plurality of electronic components mounted thereon, in which: the flexible substrate has a shield electrode on a surface thereof that is opposite to a surface thereof on which the plurality of electronic components are mounted in a region which corresponds to a region in which the plurality of electronic components are mounted; the shield electrode is supplied with a first reference voltage from outside; and at least one of the plurality of electronic components is supplied with the first reference voltage via the shield electrode. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279766 | CONNECTING TERMINAL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A connecting terminal has a configuration in which a plurality of parts of a first line ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279767 | Liquid crystal display panel and its manufacturing method - A liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate | 2011-11-17 |
20110279768 | EYEWEAR WITH PINHOLE APERTURE AND LENS - Eyewear is equipped with at least one lens and at least one pinhole aperture. Lenses and apertures may be used in place of or in combination with one another, and may be disposed in or on full frame, half frame, wire frame or rimless eyeglasses. The lens may be a corrective lens. Pinhole apertures may have a diameter no greater than about 3 mm, and a diameter/thickness ratio no less than about 66.7%. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279769 | Eyeglasses with Slot for Detachable Accessories - An eyeglasses frame includes a frame front comprising end pieces, and temples coupled to the end pieces. At least one temple defines a slot for receiving a decorative or functional accessory. The accessory has a hook fastener that is inserted into the slot to removably attach the accessory to the temple. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279770 | LENS-FIXING APPARATUS FOR RIMLESS SPECTACLES - Provided is a lens-fixing apparatus for rimless spectacles, which provides a comfortable wearing sensation while reducing costs and assembly procedures, and providing aesthetically pleasing and elegant design, thus improving the quality of rimless spectacles and strengthening the competitiveness thereof in domestic and global markets. The lens-fixing apparatus for rimless spectacles includes hinges having legs at the rear portions thereof and which are connected to each lens, respectively and bolts and nuts for fastening the lenses to a nose frame which interconnects the lenses, wherein each of said bolts has a bolt body that integrally protrudes from one or both sides of the hinge body of the hinge, and from one or both sides of the nose frame body of the nose frame, and said bolt body is threaded through a post-processing so as to be coupled with the nut, thereby fastening the lenses of the rimless spectacles together. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279771 | EYEGLASSES WITH SNAP-FITTED LENSES - The present invention provides eyeglasses with snap-fitted lenses, in which a hook of a fastener is snap-fitted into a locking notch of a corresponding lens. Thus, the removal and insertion of the lenses can be easily carried out to facilitate the repair and exchange of the lenses. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279772 | Electro-Active Opthalmic Lens Having an Optical Power Blending Region - A spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens provides a vision correcting area for the correction of a wearer's refractive error. The viewing correction area provides correction for non-conventional refractive error to provide at least a part of the wearer's vision correction. The lens has a prescription based on a wave front analysis of the wearer's eye and the lens can further be modified to fit within an eyeglass frame. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279773 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SET OF PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL OPHTHALMIC LENSES - A method for determining by optimization a set of progressive ophthalmic lenses for a given user for whom a near vision power addition (Add | 2011-11-17 |
20110279774 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF OBJECTIVE VISUAL ACUITY BASED ON WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENTS - Methods, devices, and systems for predicting an optical acuity measure of an optical system of an eye. An optical acuity measure can be predicted by determining a point spread function based on a wavefront measurement of an eye, convolving a resolution target with the point spread function to produce an image, and predicting the optical acuity measure of the optical system of the eye based on the image. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279775 | Apparatus and Method for Diagnosing Disease Involving Optic Nerve - An apparatus and a method for diagnosing optic neuropathic diseases including glaucoma, are provided. The apparatus for diagnosing optical neuropathic diseases measures a thickness of a retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) using methods such as optical coherence tomography (OCT) and scanning laser polarimetry, and includes a scanning unit which scans along an optic nerve margin in the proximity of an optic nerve head, a pattern analyzing unit which analyzes a pattern of the RNFL scanned by the scanning unit, and a disease determining unit which determines a presence of the disease based on the pattern of the RNFL analyzed by the pattern analyzing unit. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279776 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIDEFIELD MAPPING OF THE RETINA - Systems and methods for constructing a widefield image of the retina from a plurality of retinal images. In one aspect, the disclosure concerns constructing a widefield image of the retina from a plurality of retinal images, comprising a base image and a plurality of peripheral images. These techniques enable medical observations of retinal phenomena in patients, such retinal vein occlusion, artery occlusion, retinal detachments, intraocular inflammation, ocular tumors, and the like, that were difficult to detect and impossible to quantify under prior art approaches. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279777 | System and Method for Illumination and Fixation With Ophthalmic Diagnostic Instruments - An eye measurement system may include a target that moves transverse to an optical path from the target to eye, so as to relax accommodation of the lens of the eye. The target may move transverse to the optical path on a display. The patient may be fogged while the target moves transverse to the optical path, and the target may become smaller such that the patient perceives the target to be moving away from the patient. A pupil camera may measure eye position that can be correlated with the position of the target on the display to determine that the patient has maintained fixation on the moving target. A visible measurement light beam may be pulsed subsequent to and/or during motion of the target that relaxes accommodation of the eye so as to avoid visual interference of the measurement light beam with the target on the display. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279778 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS, ADAPTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - An ophthalmic apparatus includes an aberration correction unit which corrects aberration occurring in light irradiating an eye to be examined; and a common optical system which is commonly provided for an optical path of irradiated light on the aberration correction unit and an optical path of reflected light from the aberration correction unit. The common optical system includes at least one optical element, and areas through which the irradiated light and the reflected light respectively pass overlap each other on the optical element. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279779 | ETENDUE MAINTAINING POLARIZATION SWITCHING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - Etendue maintaining polarization switching occurs, according to various embodiments, with a mirror that quickly transitions between two positions. Light having uniform polarization is transmitted to the mirror. Light reflected off of the mirror in one of the two positions has its polarization changed, whereas light reflected off of the mirror in the other of the two positions has its polarization maintained. Thereafter, the polarization-changed light and the polarization-maintained light easily may be recombined in an entendue-maintaining manner. Because the recombined light includes two different polarization states, stereoscopic images may be generated. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279780 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes: first polarization conversion unit ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279781 | PROJECTION SCREEN, PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE PROJECTION SCREEN - A projection system, projection screen, and method for making the screen are provided. The projection screen includes a flexible transparent substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface; and a reflective film formed on the second surface of the substrate. The reflective film reflects red, green and blue light, such as from a projector, making it viewable on the screen, and substantially absorbs ambient light other than the above specified light wavelengths, resulting in relatively higher contrast. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279782 | LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light source system and a projection apparatus using the same are provided. The light source system comprises a light guide module, a light emitting module and a wavelength conversion element. The light guide module has a first side and a second side. The light emitting module is configured to generate a first light, a second light, a third light and a fourth light. The wavelength conversion element, disposed beside the second side of the light guide module, is configured to receive the second light and the fourth light, and to generate a fifth light according to the second light and the fourth light. The second light and the fourth light are guided to the wavelength conversion element via the light guide module. The first light, the third light and the fifth light are guided to the first side via the light guide module. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279783 | OPTICAL ENGINE FOR PROJECTOR - An optical engine includes a chassis, a light source module, a light combination module, a light-homogenizing module and a projection lens module. The chassis has different positioning parts, and a part of members of each of the light source module, light combination module, light-homogenizing module, and projection lens module are inserted into a corresponding positioning parts of the chassis to achieve accurate positioning. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279784 | PROJECTOR - A projector is provided with a radiation source adapted to radiate an electromagnetic wave during an operation and an exterior housing adapted to house the radiation source inside, wherein the exterior housing includes a first housing made of synthetic resin, and a second housing including a shield material adapted to block the electromagnetic wave, and disposed at a position for covering the radiation source in a plan view. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279785 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device is provided with a main body cabinet including an air inlet; a light source unit which is disposed in the main body cabinet; and a cooling unit which is disposed adjacent to the light source unit, and cools the light source unit. In this arrangement, air drawn to an inside of the main body cabinet through the air inlet is drawn to an inside of the cooling unit, and is supplied to the light source unit. The cooling unit is provided with a filter section which removes unwanted matters from the air drawn to the inside of the cooling unit. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279786 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device is provided with a cooling section which supplies air drawn from an outside of the projection display device to a member to be cooled which is disposed in a main body cabinet to cool the member to be cooled; a filter section which removes unwanted matters from air drawn to the cooling section; and a filter housing portion which detachably houses the filter section therein. In this arrangement, the main body cabinet is formed with an opening which passes the filter section therethrough in detaching the filter section from the filter housing portion. Further, the filter housing portion is formed with a first space on an air flow-in side of the filter section. Furthermore, the opening has at least such a size that the first space communicates with the outside through the opening. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279787 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes an imager portion which is arranged in a position closer to one side surface of a main body cabinet to modulate light and guide the light in a direction away from the side surface, and a projection portion. The projection portion is formed by a projection lens portion and a mirror portion which reflects the light through the projection lens portion toward a projection plane. The mirror portion is disposed so as to be shifted from an optical axis of the projection lens portion in a direction opposite to a direction in which the light from the projection lens portion is turned back. A control circuit portion and a holding member are disposed within a space produced between the projection lens portion and the main body cabinet due to a position gap between the projection lens portion and the mirror portion. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279788 | IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR-FILTER - An image projection device includes a replaceable air filter placed near an opening of a housing, a switcher for switching step by step a working area of the air filter, an air-speed meter for detecting a pollution level of the air filter, and a controller for controlling the switcher. When the air-speed meter detects that the pollution level of the air filter reaches a given threshold, the controller prompts the switcher to switch the working area of the air filter, and then detects a pollution level of the air filter after the switchover for determining whether or not the working area before the switchover needs to be switched. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279789 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device is provided with a main body cabinet; a projection port which is formed in the main body cabinet to guide modulated light to an outside of the projection display device; an air outlet which is formed at least in one of two surfaces of the main body cabinet facing each other across the projection port; and an exhaust unit which discharges, to the outside, air that has been warmed by heat exchange with a member to be cooled which is disposed in the main body cabinet through the air outlet. In this arrangement, the exhaust unit includes an exhaust fan, and a deflection member which deflects air discharged from the exhaust fan in a direction away from the projection plane. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279790 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes: a projection portion which enlarges and projects the light modulated by a imager portion; a control circuit; and a main body cabinet. The projection portion is formed by a projection lens portion into which the light from the imager portion is entered and a mirror portion which reflects the light having passed through the projection lens portion and lets the light travel toward a projection plane. The mirror portion is disposed so as to be shifted from an optical axis of the projection lens portion in a direction opposite to a direction in which the incident light from the projection lens portion is turned back. The control circuit portion is disposed in a space which is produced between the projection lens portion and the main body cabinet by a position gap between the projection lens portion and the mirror portion. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279791 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a light source device, a holder that accommodates the light source device, and a resilient member formed by bending a bar-shaped metal component is provided. The holder has a receiving portion configured to pivotally support the resilient member in such a manner that the resilient member can rotate toward the inside and outside of the holder, and an engaging portion configured to engage with the resilient member to regulate the rotation of the resilient member toward the outside of the holder. The resilient member engages with the engaging portion under the condition in which the light source device is accommodated in the holder to bias the light source device toward the holder. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279792 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device is provided with an adjustable leg which adjusts an inclination of the main body cabinet. The adjustable leg includes a leg portion whose projection amount from the bottom surface is changed, and a foot portion which is contacted with an installation plane of the projection display device, the adjustable leg being expandable and contractible from a reference length position at which the main body cabinet is placed in parallel to the installation plane. The bottom surface of the main body cabinet has a recess portion which is configured so as to guide in and out of the foot portion, as the adjustable leg is contracted and expanded. The foot portion has an index portion which is set to the same height as the height of the bottom surface with respect to the installation plane, when the adjustable leg is positioned at the reference length position. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279793 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISC MASTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISC - An apparatus for manufacturing an optical disc master, having (a) a turntable upon which is received a disc having a resist layer composed of a resist material, the resist material comprising an incomplete oxide of a transition metal on a substrate, the oxygen content of the incomplete oxide being smaller than the oxygen content of the stoichiometric composition corresponding to a valence of the transition metal, which increases the absorption of ultraviolet rays and visible light rays, the resist material being an amorphous inorganic material containing an oxide; and (b) an exposure system operatively configured to selectively expose the resist layer to ultraviolet rays or visible light. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279794 | Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method - An exposure apparatus illuminates a pattern with an energy beam and transfers the pattern onto a substrate via a projection optical system. The exposure apparatus includes a substrate stage, a supply mechanism, a recovery mechanism and an auxiliary recovery mechanism. The substrate stage mounts the substrate and moves within a two-dimensional plane while holding the substrate. The supply mechanism supplies liquid to a space between the projection optical system and the substrate on the substrate stage. The recovery mechanism recovers the liquid, and the auxiliary recovery mechanism recovers the liquid which could not be recovered by the recovery mechanism. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279795 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a lithographic apparatus, a localized area of the substrate surface under a projection system is immersed in liquid. The height of a liquid supply system above the surface of the substrate can be varied using actuators. A control system uses feedforward or feedback control with input of the surface height of the substrate to maintain the liquid supply system at a predetermined height above the surface of the substrate. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279796 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In an immersion lithographic apparatus, a final element is disclosed having, on a surface nearest the substrate, a layer bonded to the surface and having an edge barrier, of the same material as the layer, extending from the layer away from the substrate to shield the final element from a liquid. In an embodiment, the final element is attached to the apparatus via the layer and/or edge barrier, which may be made of a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the final element. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279797 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS - A calibration wafer may bear one or more different mark types to facilitate inspection of a lithography process. A first mark type may be located on the outer peripheral portion of the wafer to indicate the desired boundary of an edge bead removal (EBR) region. A second mark type may be located on an outer peripheral portion of the wafer to indicate the desired boundary of a wafer edge expose region (WEE). A third mark type may indicate the border of a portion of the wafer expected to bear a wafer identification mark. A fourth mark type may be located at the center of the wafer to allow for precise and uniform application of liquid photoresist material to the calibration wafer. The calibration wafer may be employed in methods of rapidly and easily assessing the accuracy of various phases of photolithography processes. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279798 | Method of exposing a semiconductor wafer and exposure apparatus - An exposure method includes the following processes. An autofocus scan process is performed to detect a defocused portion of a first resist film over a semiconductor wafer and to generate a detection signal that indicates the defocused portion detected. A first exposure scan process is performed while selectively blinding the first resist film, with reference to a detection signal related to the defocused portion detected. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279799 | EUV Lithography Device and Method For Processing An Optical Element - An EUV lithography device including an illumination device for illuminating a mask at an illumination position in the EUV lithography device and a projection device for imaging a structure provided on the mask onto a light-sensitive substrate. The EUV lithography device has a processing device ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279800 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed in which a space between the projection system and a sensor is filled with a liquid. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279801 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING A LIGHT-SENSITIVE MEDIUM - A system for illumination of a light sensitive medium includes means for patterning each of a plurality of beams using an illumination unit having at least one illumination head, the illumination head including at least two arrays of individually controllable light valves, means for projecting the patterned beams onto the light sensitive medium, means for displacing the light sensitive medium relative to the patterned beams, such that the patterned beams are scanned across the light sensitive medium in a scanning direction, means for directing the patterned beams towards the light sensitive medium by means of lenses arranged such that each lens directs a respective part of a respective patterned beam towards a respective target area on the light sensitive medium, means for spacing the arrays apart in the scanning direction, such that each of the arrays scans the patterned beams across the areas of the light sensitive medium as the light sensitive medium and the at least one illumination head are displaced relative to each other, the respective target areas scanned by the patterned beams are contiguous, means for individually controlling the individually controlled light valves of the illumination unit in dependency of the relative movement between the illumination head and the light sensitive medium, and a plurality of light emitters in the form of light guides arranged to illuminate the light sensitive medium via a light valve arrangement, the light valve arrangement including a plurality of electrically controlled light valves, wherein at least two of the light emitters are arranged to illuminate a plurality of light valves each. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279802 | DEVICE FOR AN OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT OF AN OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT - A device for an optical arrangement includes an optical element and a holding structure. The optical element makes contact with the holding structure at six discrete contact points. Coupling elements are provided, by which it is possible to apply a force at the contact points. A component of the force is greater than the weight force of the optical element in terms of absolute value and/or direction. | 2011-11-17 |