| 47th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20080284937 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display has a frame including a base and a reinforced portion extending from the base, the reinforced portion defining a partial edge of the frame. The liquid crystal display further includes an optical sheet on the base, the optical sheet including a backlight unit, a flexible printed circuit on the optical sheet, and a liquid crystal display panel comprising a large scale integrated circuit, the liquid crystal display panel substantially covering the optical sheet. A window is attached to and substantially covers the frame at least one support extends from the base for supporting the window and/or the backlight unit. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284938 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to image display apparatuses that use a backlight source. An object of the invention is to provide an image display apparatus including an extra-length absorbing portion that improves the degree of flexibility in routing a lamp cable, which is a power supply path to a light source, and having a high degree of flexibility regarding the position for placing the power supply source. An image display apparatus of the present invention includes an image display panel, a backlight source of the image display panel, a lamp cable which is a power supply path to the light source, and an extra-length absorbing portion that absorbs an extra length of the lamp cable. The extra-length absorbing portion includes a protrusion disposed on a back surface or a side surface of the image display apparatus. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284939 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes a light source, a light-guide plate, a mold frame and a bottom chassis. The mold frame includes a first bottom portion, a protrusion on a first surface of the first bottom portion and a first sidewall portion on a second surface of the first bottom portion opposite to the first surface of the first bottom portion and facing the light guide plate. The bottom chassis includes a second bottom portion having a hole to receive the protrusion of the first bottom portion, and a second sidewall portion facing the light guide plate. A cross sectional area of a first opening of the hole corresponding to an inner surface of the bottom chassis and contacting the first surface of mold frame is different than a cross sectional area of a second opening of the hole corresponding to an outer surface of the bottom chassis. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284940 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal d splay apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel, a mold frame chassis and a strength-reinforcing member. The liquid crystal display panel displays an image. The mold frame receives the liquid crystal display panel. The chassis is combined with the mold frame to secure an end of the liquid crystal display panel, and includes a first side portion and a coupling hole formed at the first side portion. The strength-reinforcing member is disposed between the first side portion and the mold frame. As a result, a strength of the chassis may be improved, and the to liquid crystal display panel may be prevented from being damaged. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284941 | Lamp electrode printed circuit board and backlight unit including the same - A lamp electrode printed circuit board of a backlight unit includes an insulating substrate, first and second conductive patterns on the insulating substrates along a first direction and in parallel, a connecting pattern extending from one of the first and second conductive patterns, a connecting pad at one end of the connecting pattern, auxiliary patterns extending from an edge of the connecting pad, and lamp holders electrically connected to the first and second conductive patterns and spaced apart from each other along the first direction. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284942 | Backlight Device and Transmission Type Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - A transmission liquid crystal display device using a backlight device for supplying display light emitted from a large number of light emission diodes to a transmission display panel. The transmission liquid crystal display device has an optical sheet block ( | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284943 | Multifunctional optical sheet and liquid crystal display device including the same - A multifunctional optical sheet for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate diffusing incident light; a light-concentrating layer on the substrate and including a plurality of patterns that arranged to form alternating peaks and valleys; and reflection patterns between the substrate and the light-concentrating layer corresponding to the valleys of the light concentrating layer. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284944 | Plane light source and LCD backlight unit having the same - There are provided a plane light source and an LCD backlight unit having the same. A plane light source having a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in a light emitting device matrix having rows and columns at a substrate according to an aspect of the invention includes a first matrix having a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in rows and columns; and a second matrix having a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in rows and columns, each of the light emitting devices located within a rectangle formed by four neighboring light emitting devices included in the first matrix, wherein a pitch S between one light emitting device included in the light emitting device matrix and another light emitting device most adjacent to the one light emitting device satisfies the following equation to obtain uniform luminance distribution at a position distant from a light emitting surface of the light emitting device by an optical length l, | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284945 | BACKLIGHT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A backlight includes a lightguide having a light emission surface, a first light input surface, a second light input surface opposing the first light input surface, and a lightguide thickness. A plurality of antireflection features are on or in the first light input surface and second light input surface. Each antireflection feature has a base length value and a height value that are less than the light guide thickness. A right eye image solid state light source is positioned to provide light into the first light input surface and a left eye image solid state light source is positioned to provide light into the second light input surface. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284946 | Lighting System and Liquid Crystal Display Using the Same - A lighting system has light-emitting diodes as light sources mounted on a circuit board, in which the light-emitting diodes include a red light-emitting diode, blue light-emitting diode and a green light-emitting diode, the light-emitting diodes are constituted of one single unit including one for each of the red, blue and green light-emitting diodes, and the one single unit is repeatedly arranged as plural pieces on the same circuit board, and each of the red, blue and green light-emitting diodes is individually connected electrically to emit a light. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284947 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus includes a backlight module and a LCD module. The backlight module has a plurality of individually drivable backlight regions. The LCD module has a plurality of display blocks, each of which corresponds to one of the backlight regions and is disposed on an optical path of light emitted from the corresponding backlight regions. A power regulating module is electrically connected to the backlight module and the LCD module for receiving image frame data and controlling light-emitting intensities of the backlight regions in accordance with the image frame data to be displayed by the corresponding display blocks. Each backlight regions has multiple light-emitting units for emitting light in different colors. Each display block has a plurality of pixels, and each of the pixels has multiple filter units. A transmitted spectrum of each of the light-emitting units of the backlight regions corresponds to transmitted spectrums of at least two filter units of each of the pixels in the respective display blocks. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284948 | Polarizing Element, Liquid Crystal Panel, Liquid Crystal Television, and Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - It is the object of the present invention to provide a polarizing element capable of increasing a contrast ratio in an oblique direction and reducing a color shift in an oblique direction of a liquid crystal display apparatus. A polarizing element according to the present invention includes a polarizer, a negative C plate, a positive A plate, and a positive C plate each arranged on one side of the polarizer. The positive A plate is arranged between the polarizer and the positive C plate such that a slow axis of the positive A plate is substantially perpendicular to an absorption axis of the polarizer. The positive C plate has Rth | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284949 | POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device having a wide view angle, reduced power consumption and high quality with an absorption axis of a polarizing plate and an optical axis of a retardation plate made to coincide with high accuracy without using expensive equipment and complicated steps. On a transparent substrate | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284950 | COMPOSITION, SINGLE LAYER, MEMBER OR LAMINATE FOR REALIZING AN ANTISTATIC (AND HARDCOAT) FEATURES - This invention proposes an antistatic composition. The antistatic composition comprises an ionic liquid, which is liquid at room temperature, as an electrolyte and a resin. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284951 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a backlight assembly, a contrast ratio increasing LCD panel and an image displaying LCD panel. The contrast ratio increasing LCD panel is disposed on the backlight assembly to increase a contrast ratio. The image displaying LCD panel is disposed on the contrast ratio increasing LCD panel to display an image. Thus, the LCD device may have a high contrast ratio by increasing a contrast ratio between the luminance of a black color and the luminance of a white color. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284952 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and module is provided. The LCD panel includes a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate, a color filter substrate, a liquid crystal layer, an upper polarizing plate and a lower polarizing plate. The color filter substrate is disposed over the TFT array substrate, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the TFT array substrate and the color filter substrate. In addition, the upper polarizing plate is disposed over the color filter substrate. Moreover, the lower polarizing plate is disposed over the TFT array substrate, and the lower polarizing plate includes, for example, a polarizer and a light scattering layer disposed over a surface of the polarizer. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284953 | Multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device is provided for not reducing the aperture ratio and improving transmittance. The liquid crystal display device comprises a substrate with a pixel electrode, a substrate with a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer therebetween, wherein liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are vertically aligned when no voltage is applied, each pixel comprises one or more sub-pixels, and cross-shaped slits are formed on the common electrode corresponding to each sub-pixel. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284954 | Display device - A liquid crystal display device | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284955 | Color Filter to Prevent Color Errors in a Roll Up Display - A conformable, flexible or roll up display ( | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284956 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE PACKAGE - A liquid crystal display module (LCM) package applies the light absorber with thermal conductivity and the light reflector with thermal conductivity to bind the liquid crystal panel and the backlight module respectively to dissipate the internal heat effectively. Besides, the light reflector with thermal conductivity can be used for improving the light efficiency of the backlight module and the light absorber with thermal conductivity can be used to avoid the ambient light from causing the reflection interference. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284957 | Optical Resin Film, Optical Compensation Sheet, Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display - An optical resin film is provided, in which a wavelength dispersion of a retardation in planar direction and a wavelength dispersion of a retardation in thickness direction are independently controlled, is provided and has at least an additive having a negative intrinsic birefringence. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284958 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid-crystal display device makes it possible to attach an optical element to a liquid-crystal display panel with high positional accuracy while avoiding or minimizing the enlargement of the picture-frame region (i.e., the non-display region) induced by the formation of markers on the panel and the increase of the fabrication cost. The panel comprises a main substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal enclosed in a gap between the main and opposite substrates, wherein a polarizer plate is attached at least to the opposite substrate. Markers for attaching an optical element to the panel are formed at positions that overlap with the polarizer plate in a non-display region on the main or opposite substrate. Alignment direction regulators regulate the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules to a predetermined direction in the vicinities of the markers, allowing light to pass through at least the opposite substrate. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284959 | Liquid crystal display - A liquid crystal display including an upper panel having an upper alignment layer, a lower panel having a lower alignment layer, and a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules interposed between the upper panel and the lower panel. Each of the liquid crystal molecules has different refractive indexes and different permittivities with respect to each axis direction. The upper alignment layer and the lower alignment layer are vertical alignment layers and have a rubbing direction, respectively. Before the application of an electric field, a first axis of each liquid crystal molecule is aligned in a vertical direction by the vertical alignment layer, and a second axis of each liquid crystal molecule is aligned in a direction parallel to the rubbing direction, and, after the application of the electric field, one having the largest permittivity of the axis directions of the liquid crystal molecule is aligned in parallel to the applied electric field. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284960 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display is provided that includes first and second panels facing each other, an alignment layer disposed on at least one of the first and second panels, a fixing member disposed on the surface of the alignment layer to fix the alignment structure of the alignment layer, and liquid crystal materials disposed between the first and second panels. The liquid crystal materials include liquid crystal molecules that have a pre-tilt angle and are disposed on the alignment layer. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284961 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes opening patterns in the electrodes or protrusions on the electrodes. The opening patterns or the protrusions have a pattern which controls the direction of the liquid crystal molecules. Thus the quality of the LCD can be improved. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284962 | TRANSVERSE FIELD TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A transverse field type liquid crystal display panel has multiple scan lines | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284963 | Liquid crystal panel for liquid crystal display device - To utilize effectively the panel space of the liquid crystal panel, this invention has provided a wiring structure, in which the seal material and BM are coated in a superposition and the UV light is irradiated from one side of the TFT substrate; this invention has also provided a wiring structure, in which the seal material can still be irradiated by the UV light with high efficiency, meanwhile, the drop of the resistance value of the metal wiring on the TFT substrate can be restricted to a specific range. The solution is: the liquid crystal dropped is sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate, meanwhile the liquid crystal panel is formed by adhering the light cured seal material disposed at the peripheral area of two substrates. In the adhering-formed liquid crystal panel, for the wiring portion, which is the portion of wiring disposed on the TFT substrate superposing the light cured seal material, the wiring structure is formed as follows, that is, the region of the seal material is divided into three regions, an adjacent region, a middle region and an outer region. The function of the respective regions must be held, and the resistance of the metal wiring is minimized under the precondition that the respective function is satisfied sufficiently. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284964 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND A METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates. The first substrate has a first insulating substrate, and a pixel electrode formed on the first insulating substrate with a first opening pattern. The second substrate has a second insulating substrate, and a common electrode formed on the second insulating substrate with a second opening pattern. The first and the second opening patterns proceed parallel to each other while being arranged in an alternate manner. A liquid crystal material is injected between the first and the second substrates. A spacer is positioned at an end of the second opening pattern to maintain the distance between the first and the second substrates. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284965 | Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof - A liquid crystal display device includes a gate line and a data line crossing each other to define a pixel region, a thin film transistor positioned at the crossing of the gate line and the data line, a common line extending in parallel to the gate line, a common electrode connected to the common line and having common finger portions extending into the pixel region, and a pixel electrode connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor and having pixel finger portions extending into the pixel region and overlapping the common line. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284966 | Image Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, a seal material joining the first substrate and the second substrate to each other, a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines, wherein the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines being formed on the first substrate, and a plurality of drive circuits connected to the first substrate. Data transmission signal lines are formed on the first substrate, wherein the data transmission signal lines are connected electrically between the drive circuits, and at least a part of at least one of the data transmission signal lines is positioned between the seal material and the first substrate. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284967 | IN-PLANE SWITCHING MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present invention shows that an in-plane switching mode LCD and a method for fabricating the same that substantially obviates one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284968 | Display Device - An embodiment of the present invention provides a display device including: a driver IC chip; a substrate disposed under the driver IC chip; a plurality of bump pads interposed between the driver IC chip and the substrate to input and output input/output signals for the driver IC chip, and arranged in at least three rows; and a plurality of conductive lines disposed on the substrate to electrically connect to the plurality of bump pads, respectively. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284969 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin film transistor array panel including a substrate, a plurality of first signal lines formed on the substrate, a plurality of second signal lines, insulated from the first signal lines, which are formed on the substrate and which define an area of a display area by traversing the first signal lines, a driver disposed on a peripheral area, a plurality of connection lines, disposed on the peripheral area, which couple the driver to each of the first signal lines, and an insulating layer which insulate the first signal lines from the connection lines. The insulating layer includes a plurality of contact holes, portions of the first signal lines and the connection lines are connected through the contact holes, and sizes of exposed portions of the first signal lines exposed through the contact holes increase as respective distances from the contact holes to the driver increase. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284970 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To further ensure the electrical connection of a conductor between an opposite electrode of an opposite substrate and a connection wiring of a TFT substrate, and to prevent diffusion of impurities contained in a sealing material mixed with conductive particles or a conductive paste into a liquid crystal layer. In order to isolate the sealing material containing a conductive particle or the conductive paste from the liquid crystal layer, the shape of top surface of the sealing material is a shape in which a plurality of circular shapes are combined, which is a shape having no opening. Further, the sealing material forms a plurality of compartments such that a compartment in which a pixel region is provided and a compartment in which a conductor is provided are blocked out. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284971 | FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a flexible substrate for a display device including a plastic layer containing a woven glass fiber, a metal film coated on either both side surfaces or one surface of the plastic layer, and an overcoating layer formed on one surface of the metal film wherein the overcoating layer is on the side of the metal film opposite from the plastic layer, and to a display device using the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate is thin, and has small thermal expansion coefficient, excellent flexibility, heat resistance, gas permeability resistance and moisture blocking property. The flexible substrate can be used in various display devices such as a TV, a notebook computer, a cellular phone, or an electronic paper. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284972 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device capable of improving a contrast ratio is provided. The device includes a first substrate including a first alignment film and a first polarizing film having a first transmission axis parallel to an alignment direction of the first alignment film, a second substrate including a second alignment film and a second polarizing film having a second transmission axis perpendicular to the first transmission axis of the first polarizing film, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, the liquid crystal layer including a dichroic dye, wherein the liquid crystal is aligned in horizontal direction. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284973 | LAYER ALIGNMENT OF SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS - A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device by introducing a ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) between two substrates, contacting the FLC to a molecularly smooth edge, and aligning the FLC by introducing a temperature gradient normal to the edge. In one embodiment, the FLC is aligned by cooling it from an isotropic phase to a smectic phase at a rate that is relatively slow. For example, the cooling rate may be less than about 3 degrees Celsius per hour. In one embodiment, smectic layers are formed that are parallel to the edge. In one embodiment, the molecularly smooth edge is an air bubble. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284974 | Interchangeable decorative arrangement for spectacles - A spectacle frame includes two lenses, a frame body holding said two lenses in position, and an interchangeable decorative arrangement which includes one or more personalizing elements detachably and interchangeably affixing at a personalizing portion of the frame body, wherein the personalizing element, having a shape corresponding to the personalizing portion of said frame body, forms an add-on personal decorative item to personify the frame body so as to enhance an aesthetic appearance of the spectacle frame. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284975 | Temple adjustment mechanism for eyewear - A temple adjustment mechanism includes a male side member joined to one side of a lens frame, and a female side member relatively movable to and from the male side member. A temple is hingedly connected to the female side member. The male and female side members are relatively movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A spring is connected between the male and female side members to hold the two side members in their retracted position. A linkage extends between the male and female side members and is manually operable to move the two side members to their extended position from their retracted position. When the male and female side members are moved to their extended position, the female side member is longitudinally spaced from the male side member so that the overall length of the temple is increased. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284976 | SPECTACLE LENS AND SPECTACLE - A spectacle lens is provided with a lens base material and an antireflection film provided on the lens base material (an inner surface and an outer surface seen from a spectacle wearing person). The lens base material is colored with a dye. The antireflection film (antireflection coating layer) is formed by a vapor deposition method such that it slightly reflects incident light in the same color as that presented by the lens base material and transmits all of the remainder. The same color as referred to herein means that the chromaticity coordinate values are equal to each other. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284977 | Progressive Multi-Focal Lens - A kind of wide visual field mediate to near distances progressive multi-focal lens, it belongs to spectacle or same spectacle's characteristic protective lens, which consists of near and intermediate visual areas, the described lens has progressive surfaces which designed gradually step by step with different diopters in the mediate intermediate and near visual areas. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284978 | SPECTACLE LENS DESIGN METHOD - A spectacle lens design method for designing a spectacle lens attached to a spectacle frame having a bend angle of 200 degrees or larger includes: setting a distance portion, a near portion having power different from power of the distance portion, and a progressive portion which is disposed between the distance portion and the near portion and has power progressively varying on at least either an object side refractive surface or an eyeball side refractive surface included in the spectacle lens; adding astigmatic power for canceling aberration produced by the bend angle of the spectacle frame at a design reference point of the distance portion to the entire distance portion and astigmatic power for canceling aberration produced by the bend angle of the spectacle frame at a design reference point of the near portion to the entire near portion on either the object side refractive surface or the eyeball side refractive surface of the spectacle lens; determining an aspherical surface addition quantity which provides the optimum optical properties throughout the object side refractive surface or the eyeball side refractive surface of the spectacle lens; and adding prismatic power for canceling prismatic power produced by the bend angle of the spectacle frame at the design reference point of the distance portion to the entire distance portion and prismatic power for canceling prismatic produced by the bend angle of the spectacle frame at the design reference point of the near portion to the entire near portion on either the object side refractive surface or the eyeball side refractive surface of the spectacle lens. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284979 | 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. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284980 | Eye Tracker Having an Extended Span of Operating Distances - The present invention relates to automatic registration and tracking of the eyes of at least one subject. An optical system, including a lens structure, a mask and an image sensor, receives incoming light from a scene containing the subject and directs at least a portion of this light towards the image sensor, which registers spatially distributed light and thus produces primary data. The mask is adapted to alter a basic optical transfer function of the lens structure and the image sensor into an enhanced optical transfer function, which is substantially less sensitive to variations of an unknown distance between the optical system and the subject than the basic optical transfer function. The processing unit is adapted to receive the primary data and process this data to produce resulting eye-tracking data representing a position estimate of the at least one eye and/or a gaze direction for the at least one eye. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284981 | Fourier-Domain Oct Ray-Tracing On The Eye - The present invention is directed to an ophthalmologic measurement method which can depict three-dimensional structures of the interfaces of an eye by short-coherence interferometry based on reference points. For this purpose, the pupil is illuminated at a plurality of points by a short-coherence illumination source. The measurement beam reflected at these points by the interfaces and surfaces of the eye is superimposed with a reference beam. The measurement data which are generated in this way are spectrally split by a diffraction grating, imaged on a two-dimensional detector array and conveyed to a control unit which determines a three-dimensional structure of all intraocular interfaces and surfaces of the eye. In the suggested Fourier domain OCT method, the depiction of three-dimensional structures is preferably carried out by spline surfaces or polygon surfaces. In doing so, it is possible to determine the depth positions of the measurement beams in many points of the pupil with a single recording of the array camera in that the pupils are illuminated by a diaphragm grid and the reference mirror contains a periodic phase grid. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284982 | Spectral separation filters for 3D stereoscopic D-Cinema presentation - Spectral separation filters for channels of a 3D image projection incorporate passbands of primary colors. In at least one of the filters, passbands are present in more than 3 primary colors. A set of two filters include a first filter having passbands of low blue, high blue, low green, high green, and red, and a second filter having passbands of blue, green, and red. The additional primary passbands of the first filter allow for an increased color space in projections through the filters compared to filters only having red, green, and blue primaries. The added flexibility of the increased color space is utilized to more closely match a color space and white point of a projector in which the filters are used. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284983 | Mobile Digital Media Display System - Abstract: A large format communication display system designed and constructed for viewing from extended distances. In accordance with the present invention, using opto-electronic devices, full motion digital video images are projected from within a partially or totally enclosed conveyance on to wall mounted display screens designed for viewing outside a conveyance, while the conveyance is in motion or parked. The general idea of this invention is to remove the barrier of no video or no motion images from mobile or transit displays. The self-contained or modular aspect of this invention allows complete portability and viewing while in transit or on site. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284984 | Projection Device with a Folded Optical Path and Wire-Grid Polarizer - A folded projection display system includes a wire-grid polarizer placed immediately behind the system's imaging screen. The display system includes an image projector that projects an image beam containing light of a predetermined linear polarization toward the imaging screen. The wire-grid polarizer reflects the light in the image beam away from the screen. The reflected image beam then encounters a ¼-wavelength achromatic retarder that converts the linear polarization to circular polarization. The image beam next hits a mirror that reflects the light back through the ¼-wavelength achromatic retarder, which converts the circular polarization back to linear polarization, with the polarization director rotated 90 degrees from the original polarization direction. The wire-grid polarizer then allows the light to pass through to the image screen. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284985 | COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A cooling device which prevents ambient persons from being exposed to an unpleasant feeling as much as possible by properly controlling an exhausting direction of the air which is used for cooling and exhausted from a chassis and an image projection apparatus having the cooling device are obtained. The cooing device cools first and second members to be cooled provided in the chassis, has first and second exhaust fans for guiding winds which have cooled the respective first and second members to an outside of the chassis, and is characterized in that the first and second exhaust fans are arranged so as to face the same surface of the chassis and the winds exhausted from the first and second exhaust fans are mixed. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284986 | Image distortion correcting mechanism of back-projection image display device and back-projection image display device - In a back-projection image display device, image light outputted from a projection device is reflected by a reflection mirror held by a base frame and projected onto the back of a screen, to display an image on the screen. An image distortion correcting mechanism includes adjustment mechanisms that deform the reflection mirror, drive units that generate driving force necessary for the deformation of the reflection mirror by the adjustment mechanisms, and a control substrate that supplies power to the drive units. The control substrate supplies power to the drive units in response to a control signal supplied from a remote control unit. This allows pin distortion and barrel distortion, as well as trapezial distortion to be corrected by remote control in the back-projection image display device. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284987 | Image Projecting Method, Projector, and Computer Program Product - The positions of the four corners of the projection area and the positions of the four corners of the projection image are detected on an image captured by a camera unit, and the positions of the four corners of the projection area with respect to the positions of the four corners of the projection image is transformed to the positions on a panel coordinate system set in a spatial optical modulating device (panel). A first minimum target frame including the four corners of the projection area transformed on the panel coordinate system is set on the panel coordinate system and a second target frame in consideration of an aspect ratio of the projection image is set on the panel coordinate system based on the position of the first target frame on the panel coordinate system. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284988 | Image projecting apparatus and image projecting method for use in the same - Disclosed herein is an image projecting apparatus, including: a one-dimension type light modulating device for modulating a light in accordance with image information; a projection optical system; and a light deflecting device for deflecting an image light in a direction approximately perpendicular to an extension direction of a one-dimensional image light emitted from the one-dimensional light modulating device; wherein the light deflecting device is composed of a first light deflecting device arranged between the projection optical system and the one-dimension type light modulating device, and a second light deflecting device arranged on an emission side of the projection optical system; the second light deflecting device is detachably mounted. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284989 | Developing method and developing unit - In a developing method for performing developing treatment of a substrate by supplying a developing solution onto a resist film formed on a surface of the substrate, the present invention controls a zeta potential of the surface of the substrate at a predetermined potential in the same polarity as that of a zeta potential of insoluble substances floating in the developing solution, thereby preventing or reducing the adhesion of the insoluble substances to the resist film and the substrate. This remedies the occurrence of development defects. The adhesion of the insoluble substances to the resist film and the substrate can also be prevented or inhibited by supplying an acid liquid to a liquid on the substrate, or controlling a pH value of the liquid on the substrate to control an absolute value of the zeta potential of the insoluble substances. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284990 | Cleaning device, a lithographic apparatus and a lithographic cleaning method - An immersion lithographic projection apparatus having a megasonic transducer configured to clean a surface and a method of using megasonic waves through a liquid to clean a surface of an immersion lithographic projection apparatus are disclosed. A flow, desirably a radial flow, is induced in the liquid. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284991 | Exposure apparatus, immersion system, exposing method, and device fabricating method - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with exposure light through a liquid. The exposure apparatus comprises: a liquid immersion member, which has a liquid contact surface that includes a liquid recovery area; and a porous member, which are disposed at a first side of the liquid contact surface; wherein, the liquid on an object, which is disposed at the first side of the liquid contact surface, is recovered from the liquid recovery area. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284992 | EXPOSURES SYSTEM INCLUDING CHEMICAL AND PARTICULATE FILTERS CONTAINING CHEMICALLY MODIFIED CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURES - An exposure system for exposing a photoresist layer on a top surface of a wafer to light. The exposure system including: an environment chamber containing a light source, one or more focusing lenses, a mask holder, a slit and a wafer stage, the light source, all aligned to an optical axis, the wafer stage moveable in two different orthogonal directions orthogonal to the optical axis, the mask holder and the slit moveable in one of the two orthogonal directions; a filter in a sidewall of the environment chamber, the filter including: a filter housing containing chemically active carbon nanotubes, the chemically active carbon nanotubes comprising a chemically active layer formed on carbon nanotubes or comprising chemically reactive groups on sidewalls of the carbon nanotubes; and means for forcing air or inert gas first through the filter then into the environment chamber and then out of the environment chamber. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284993 | REDUCING CONTAMINATION IN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY - A wafer chuck assembly includes a first chuck section configured to hold a semiconductor wafer on a support surface thereof, and a second chuck section removably attached to the first chuck section. The first chuck section has a gap therein, the gap located adjacent an outer edge of the wafer, and the gap containing a volume of immersion lithography fluid therein. A fluid circulation path is configured within the first chuck section so as to facilitate the radial outward movement of the immersion lithography fluid in the gap, thereby maintaining a meniscus of the immersion lithography fluid at a selected height with respect to a top surface of the semiconductor wafer. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284994 | REDUCING CONTAMINATION IN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY - A method for reducing contamination in immersion lithography includes retaining a semiconductor wafer on a support surface of a wafer chuck, the wafer chuck having a gap therein, the gap located adjacent an outer edge of the wafer, and the gap containing a volume of immersion lithography fluid therein; and providing a fluid circulation path within the wafer chuck so as to facilitate the radial outward movement of the immersion lithography fluid in the gap, thereby maintaining a meniscus of the immersion lithography fluid at a selected height with respect to a top surface of the semiconductor wafer. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284995 | Lithographic apparatus and substrate edge seal - A method of helping to prevent liquid reaching under a substrate is disclosed that includes introducing a gas at a bottom edge of the substrate so that a buffer is created at the edge of the substrate, helping to keep immersion liquid that is present at the top and edge of the substrate away from the bottom surface of the substrate. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284996 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Photolithographic apparatus, systems, and methods that make use of optical compensation devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, an imaging mask includes an optically transmissive substrate. A first patterned region is formed on the substrate, and a second patterned region is formed on the substrate that is proximate to the first patterned region, the first patterned region and the second patterned region each having a plurality of optically transmissive and optically attenuating regions formed on the mask. An optical compensation region is positioned proximate to at least one of the first patterned region and the second patterned region that is configured to change a phase of the illumination radiation incident on the at least one of the first patterned region and the second region by altering an optical property of the substrate. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284997 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A scanning exposure apparatus projects a pattern of an original onto a substrate via a projection optical system and shifts the original and the substrate in synchronization with each other with respect to an optical axis of the projection optical system so as to transfer the pattern of the original to the substrate by exposure. The scanning exposure apparatus includes a unit configured to correct a relative position between the original and the substrate by a correction amount according to a shifting rate at which the original and the substrate are shifted in synchronization with each other. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284998 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING - A system and method for controlling exposure in a lithographic apparatus are disclosed. The system can have adjustable optical elements capable of being decentered to adjust an illumination distribution. Embodiments include a lithographic apparatus structure configured to allow for spatial dose control, for example as a function of X and Y in response to spatial variation in polarization state and birefringence of optical components of the lithographic system. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080284999 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING STRUCTURES WHICH ARE PROVIDED IN A MASK ONTO A SUBSTRATE - The invention concerns a device for transferring structures which are provided in a mask onto a substrate,
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| 20080285000 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate. The apparatus is configured to provide the radiation beam with a radiation distribution in a pupil plane of an illumination system of the apparatus, the intensity of the radiation contained substantially within a plurality of discrete areas across the radiation beam and the radiation beam having one or more first regions of a first polarization having a spatial distribution across the pupil plane which overlap partial portions of the discrete areas and one or more second regions of a second polarization having a spatial distribution in areas across the pupil plane which overlap the rest of the discrete areas other than the partial portions. The apparatus further includes a polarization filter, in the radiation beam path between at least part of the projection system and the substrate, configured to selectively transmit parts of the radiation beam having a polarization of only one of said first and second polarizations, such that only radiation corresponding to either said partial portions or said rest of the discrete areas is incident on the target portion of the substrate. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285001 | Lithography aperture lenses, illumination systems, and methods - Lithography aperture lenses, illumination systems, and methods are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a lens includes a substantially transparent material and an electro-optical material disposed proximate the substantially transparent material, wherein the lens is a lens for an illuminator of a lithography system. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285002 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LITHOGRAPHY - Objectives, such as projection objectives for semiconductor lithography, are disclosed. An objective generally has an optical axis and optical elements mounted in an objective housing. Projection exposure apparatuses having an objective are also disclosed. In addition, guides and adjusting systems for an optical element in an objective are disclosed. Further, related components and methods are disclosed. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285003 | Linear motor driven automatic reticle blind - A reticle blind which is capable of being opened and closed at a relatively high speed and which does not cause mechanical disturbances or reaction forces. The reticle blind includes two reticle blind assemblies designed to cooperate with one another to control the passing of a laser beam of an exposure system onto a work piece, such as a semiconductor wafer or flat panel display. Each reticle blind assembly includes a linear motor having a mover and a blind configured to be positioned between a first position and a second position by the mover. Each reticle blind assembly also includes a counter mass assembly including a portion of a guide mechanism having at least one guide bar and a stator of the linear motor. The stator of the linear motor and the guide bar are integrated to form the counter mass which is configured to absorb reaction forces that are created when the blind is moved. In various embodiments, the blinds can be configured to operate in the vertical or horizontal orientation. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285004 | Monolithic, Non-Contact Six Degree-of-Freedom Stage Apparatus - Methods and apparatus for controlling a stage assembly in up to six degrees of freedom using actuators which each allow for forces to be generated in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a stage apparatus includes a stage assembly and a first stator arrangement. The stage assembly includes a first magnet arrangement of an actuator assembly, and the first stator arrangement is part of the actuator assembly. The first magnet arrangement cooperates with the first stator arrangement to allow the stage assembly to move relative to a first horizontal axis as well as a vertical axis. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285005 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND MAPPING A SIDEFORCE FOR A MOVER | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285006 | METHOD OF MANFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To attain a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using an exposure system capable of obtaining preferable resolution while an adverse effect caused by a reduction in depth-of-focus margin is prevented, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising exposing a first portion of a wafer with a first lens aperture, and exposing a second portion of the wafer with a second lens aperture. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285007 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF THICKNESS OF THIN FILMS - A measurement system that uses a laser triangulation device to measure the thickness of transparent and/or opaque layers of a multilayer film. The triangulation device has a laser device that projects a beam perpendicularly to a surface of the multilayer film and first and second detectors that image first and second reflected rays of the beam at first and second distances offset from first and second optical axes to produce first and second measurement signals. A controller processes the measurement signals using a triangulation procedure and a simultaneous equation procedure to provide a thickness of an outer transparent layer. For a multilayer film having an opaque layer sandwiched between outer transparent layers, first and second triangulation devices are disposed on opposed sides of the film to measure the thickness of each outer film. Knowing the distance between the two devices, the thickness of the opaque layer can be derived. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285008 | CARS/ABSORPTION DUAL MODE ELECTRO-OPTIC SENSOR - A target gas sensing system includes a single source at a first location for generating two light beams having first and second frequencies wherein the difference between the first and second frequencies is the Raman frequency of the target gas. A difference frequency generator outputs the two light beams having the first frequency, the second frequency, and a third light beam having a third frequency that is the difference between the first and second frequencies. The first, second, and third light beams are directed toward the target gas. An input optic directs light from the third light beam, after interacting with the target gas, to a receiver for absorption spectroscopy processing, directs a fourth light beam from the target gas to a receiver for coherent anti-Stokes Raman processing, wherein the fourth light beam has a frequency of twice the first frequency minus the second frequency. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285009 | Laser Range Finder - This invention belongs to instruments for distance measurement (rangefinders). The proposed laser rangefinder contains, serially connected, pulse laser with an optical system, a pulse amplifier and a regulated pulse generator; also, serially connected, a photoreceiver based on an avalanche photodiode with an optical system (conjugate to that of the laser), an amplifier of photo-detected signals, comparator, time-interval meter, and an object detection indicator. This rangefinder is unique in that the pulse amplifier features an additional output, connected to which is a second laser with an optical system (conjugate to that of the first laser and avalanche photodiode); and an additional second input connected to the first input of the pulse amplifier, to the first output of the regulated pulse generator and to the first input of the time-interval meter. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285010 | OBJECT DETECTOR - An object detector projects laser light from a projecting part as detecting waves, moves the laser light horizontally and receives reflected waves of the laser light from an object to detect the position of the object from the elapsed time from when the laser light is projected until its reflection is received. A standard scan direction for a horizontal range of scan is set in a forward direction, and the vertical length irradiated by the laser light at positions where the distance from the projecting part is the same as the horizontal distance of the direction of projection of the detecting waves from the standard scan direction increases. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285011 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CHEMICAL LEVELS USING pH SHIFT - An apparatus for use in measuring the free chlorine level in a solution of halogenated pool/spa water includes a pH adjusting device for producing a first sample of said solution having a first selected pH and a second sample of said solution having a second selected pH, as well as a spectral analyzer for determining first and second ultraviolet light (UV) transmissivity values for each of the first and second samples. An electronic processor receives the first and second transmissivity values and determines the free chlorine or bromine level using those values. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285012 | METHOD FOR MEASURING CHEMICAL LEVELS USING pH SHIFT - A method of measuring the free chlorine level in a solution of chlorinated pool/spa water comprises a first sample of said solution having a first selected pH and a second sample of said solution having a second selected pH and determining first and second ultraviolet light (UV) transmissivity values for each of the first and second samples. The first and second transmissivity values are then used to determine the free chlorine level. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285013 | Method of Checking the Filling Volume of Blisters - A method for checking the volume of material in the form of a thin layer of a powdery substance in pockets of a blister pack including: bringing at least one blister pack to the measuring area of a measuring system, the pack including a plurality of pockets which are designed to be reflective and are filled with a thin layer of the substance; exposing the substance in at least one of the pockets to near-infrared radiation; recording at least partial ranges of an actual reflectance spectrum for each pocket by detecting the radiation reflected from the pocket; calculating actual values associated with the intensities displayed in the actual reflectance spectrum for at least partial ranges of the actual reflectance spectrum; comparing, in at least partial ranges of the actual reflectance spectrum, the calculated actual values with corresponding reference values associated with the intensities displayed in at least one model spectrum; and checking the ratio of the layer thickness to the density of the powdery substance as a function of the result of the comparison. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285014 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OPTICAL PARAMETERS OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A device for measuring an optical property of a liquid crystal display is provided. The device has a light source providing a light, a first polarizer pervious to the light, a second polarizer pervious to the light, a detector receiving the light, and a calculating module. The first polarizer and the second polarizer are mounted between the light source and the detector, a first transmittance spectrum is obtained while the liquid crystal display is mounted between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, and a second transmittance spectrum is obtained while the liquid crystal display is mounted between the detector and the first and second polarizers. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285015 | Sensing System - In a first aspect according to the invention there is provided a sensing system | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285016 | Method and device for monitoring an optical amplifier, in particular, an optical fiber amplifier - The invention relates to a method for monitoring an optical amplifier, in particular, an optical fiber amplifier, which has an optical input port ( | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285017 | Fiber Damage Detection and Protection Device - A medical laser system and related methods of monitoring optical fibers to determine if an optical fiber cap on the optical fiber is in imminent danger of failure. The laser system includes a photodetector for converting returned light from the optical fiber cap to an electronic signal for comparison to a trigger threshold value known to be indicative imminent fiber cap failure. The returned light can be the main laser treatment wavelength, an auxiliary wavelength such as an aiming beam or infrared wavelengths generated by a temperature of the optical fiber cap. In the event the electronic signal reaches the trigger threshold value, the laser system can be temporarily shut-off or the power output can be reduced. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285018 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RANGE-RESOLVED DETERMINATION OF SCATTERED LIGHT, AND AN ILLUMINATION MASK - An illumination mask ( | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285019 | INTERFEROMETRY TESTING OF LENSES, AND SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR SAME - Modified MZ (Mach-Zender) interferometers preferably are utilized to analyze the transmitted, aspherical wavefront of an ophthalmic lens by mounting the lens in a cuvette having a rotatable carousel that can hold multiple lenses. Fresh, temperature controlled, saline solution is circulated about the lenses, and the cuvette is positioned in a vertical test arm of the interferometer configuration. Reverse raytracing preferably is utilized to remove aberrations induced into the wavefront as it is imaged from immediately behind the lens to the detector of the interferometer. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285020 | DEVICE HAVING A FIELD MIRROR FOR OPTICALLY TESTING A SURFACE - The invention generally relates to a compact, inexpensive-to-manufacture device consisting of few components for optically testing a surface. The zone on the surface that is to be investigated is illuminated by a semitransparent mirror and an aspheric field mirror, employing a telecentric optical train, and at least part of the light reflected or scattered by the surface is imaged onto the entrance pupil of the lens of an electronic camera by the field mirror, via the semitransparent mirror. Images recorded by the camera are analyzed using known image-processing methods. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285021 | WAFER INSPECTING METHOD AND DEVICE - A wafer inspecting method including the steps of scanning the surface of a wafer along a street by using a line sensor having a plurality of elements arranged in a line, and determining a deposited condition of foreign matter on the surface of the wafer near electrodes formed on both sides of the street according to image information obtained by the above scanning step. By the use of the linear sensor, it is possible to efficiently determine whether or not the electrodes are good. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285022 | Visual inspection apparatus - A visual inspection apparatus includes: a first substrate holding portion that holds a substrate so that a top surface is observable; a second substrate holding portion that holds the substrate so that a bottom surface is observable; a first substrate holding portion moving mechanism that moves the first substrate holding portion; a second substrate holding portion moving mechanism that moves the second substrate holding portion; and a control device that controls the first substrate holding portion moving mechanism and the second substrate holding portion moving mechanism so that the position of the substrate when observing the top surface of the substrate in the first substrate holding portion substantially matches the position of the substrate when observing the bottom surface of the substrate in the second substrate holding portion. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285023 | Optical inspection of a specimen using multi-channel responses from the specimen - A method and inspection system to inspect a first pattern on a specimen for defects against a second pattern that is intended to be the same where the second pattern has known responses to at least one probe. The inspection is performed by applying at least one probe to a point of the first pattern on the specimen to generate at least two responses from the specimen. Then the first and second responses are detected from the first pattern, and each of those responses is then compared with the corresponding response from the same point of the second pattern to develop first and second response difference signals. Those first and second response difference signals are then processed together to unilaterally determine a first pattern defect list. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285024 | Highly efficient surface enhanced Raman and fluorescence nanostructure substrates - An apparatus comprising a mechanically stable substrate selected from the group consisting of a semiconductor, metal, and dielectric and at least two nanowires on the substrate, the nanowires comprising a core and a metal shell, wherein the core is selected from the group consisting of a semiconductor and a dielectric, thereby forming a nanowire-composite to allow plasmon coupling for enhancements of the electric fields and enhancements of the surface enhanced Raman signal (SERS) and enhancements of the chemical or biological specificity and sensitivity. A method of making a SERS-active substrate comprising providing a mechanically substrate selected from the group consisting of a semiconductor, metal, and dielectric and affixing a plurality of nanowires on the substrate wherein the nanowires are comprised of one selected from the group consisting of Ga | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285025 | ANALYZING APPARATUS - A light amount is increased and an analyzing accuracy can be kept in accordance with an enlargement of a load angle, however, a scattered light tends to be loaded in an analysis accompanying the scattered light and a dynamic range of a concentration which can be measured becomes narrow. A light is dispersed by a light dispersing portion, a load angle of the received light is changed per wavelength, the load angle is made larger in the light of a wavelength having a small light amount, and the load angle is made smaller in the light a wavelength having a large light amount and used for an analysis accompanying a scattered light. Accordingly, it is possible to gain a dynamic range of a concentration which can be measured in the analysis accompanying the scattered light, while increasing the light amount and maintaining the analyzing accuracy. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285026 | OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASURING METHOD USING LIGHT REFLECTED FROM OBJECT TO BE MEASURED - A measurement-purpose light source generates a measurement light used for measuring an optical characteristic of an object to be measured, and the measurement light includes a component in a wavelength range for measurement of the optical characteristic of the object. An observation-purpose light source generates an observation light used for focusing on the object to be measured and checking a position of measurement. The observation light is selected such that the observation light includes a component that can be reflected from the object to be measured. The measurement light and the observation light are thus applied independently to the object to be measured, through a common objective lens, and accordingly improvement of the precision in measurement of the optical characteristic and facilitation of focusing on the object to be measured are achieved simultaneously. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285027 | Hyperspectral / Multispectral Dispersive System with Scanning Entry Slit Moving Across Lens Focus Plane - Most scanning systems today employ the conventional prior art method of using mirrors, moving the lens, rotating the slit, and moving the internal optics of the system. This system moves the slit plane across the projected focal plane that is formed by the fore/objective lens. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285028 | FLUORESCENCE SPECTROPHOTOMETER - The present invention compensates a fluctuation of a light-emitting intensity of a light source. First splitting portions ( | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285029 | Calibration Device for a Spectrophotometric System - A method and apparatus for calibrating an NIRS system which includes a sensor portion ( | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285030 | Device for Inspecting Vegetable Products by Spectroscopic Analysis of Refracted Light - Device for inspecting vegetable products in general, and fruit in particular, by spectroscopic analysis of refracted light, comprising a conveyor ( | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285031 | Use of Crossed-Beam Spectral Interferometry to Characterize Optical Pulses - Disclosed are an apparatus and methods for determining electric field characteristics of pulses. In one example, a method is provided in which an unknown pulse is propagated through a first optical fiber. A reference pulse is propagated through a second optical fiber. The unknown pulse and the reference pulse are directed out of the first and second optical fibers into a spectrometer. The unknown pulse and the reference pulse propagated along a pair of crossing trajectories through the spectrometer to form an interferogram. The electric field of the unknown pulse is determined by processing this interferogram. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285032 | LIGHT SCATTERING DETECTOR - The light scattering detector according to the present invention aims at simultaneously measuring the molecular weight and size of particles having varieties of diameters. This detector facilitates the measurement operation and knowing how particles associate or dissociate as time progresses. In this detector, the emitted light (static light scattering measurement light) having a first wavelength by the first light source and the emitted light (dynamic light scattering measurement light) having a second wavelength which is different from the first wavelength by the second light source are combined by a beam splitter | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285033 | Method and Device for Characterizing Analyte using Electro-Optically Modulated Surface Plasmon Resonance Based on Phase Detection - A method and a device for detecting object properties using electro-optically modulated surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based on phase detection is disclosed. In the case of a surface plasmon resonance sensing device according to the present invention, the voltage is applied on the sensing device made of an electro-optic material to modulate the surface plasmon resonance condition by varying the wavevector of the incident lightwave. The relation between the phase of output optical wave and the applied voltage is measured, and the solution concentration or the material property is obtained by using the slope of a regression straight line of this relations. The invention can be used in the experimental arrangements of the attenuated-total-reflection (ATR) structure and the optical waveguide structure, and has advantages of high sensitivity, high stability, small bulk, low equipment cost, etc. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285034 | Single-lens 3-D imaging device using a polarization-coded aperture maks combined with a polarization-sensitive sensor - A device and method for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging using a defocusing technique is disclosed. The device comprises a lens, at least one polarization-coded aperture obstructing the lens, a polarization-sensitive sensor operable for capturing electromagnetic radiation transmitted from an object through the lens and the at least one polarization-coded aperture, and a processor communicatively connected with the sensor for processing the sensor information and producing a 3-D image of the object. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285035 | Information maintenance during intensity attenuation in focused beams - Maintenance of information content in a focused beam of electromagnetic radiation when the intensity thereof is attenuated by application of an aperture-like element. | 2008-11-20 |
| 20080285036 | Determination of Light Absorption Pathlength in a Vertical-Beam Photometer - Disclosed are photometric methods and devices for determining optical pathlength of liquid samples containing analytes dissolved or suspended in a solvent. The methods and devices rely on determining a relationship between the light absorption properties of the solvent and the optical pathlength of liquid samples containing the solvent. This relationship is used to establish the optical pathlength for samples containing an unknown concentration of analyte but having similar solvent composition. Further disclosed are methods and devices for determining the concentration of analyte in such samples where both the optical pathlength and the concentration of analyte are unknown. The methods and devices rely on separately determining, at different wavelengths of light, light absorption by the solvent and light absorption by the analyte. Light absorption by the analyte, together with the optical pathlength so determined, is used to calculate the concentration of the analyte. Devices for carrying out the methods particularly advantageously include vertical-beam photometers containing samples disposed within the wells of multi-assay plates, wherein the photometer is able to monitor light absorption of each sample at multiple wavelengths, including in the visible or UV-visible region of the spectrum, as well as in the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum Novel photometer devices are described which automatically determine the concentration of analytes in such multi-assay plates directly without employing a standard curve. | 2008-11-20 |
