52nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130342741 | Method And Apparatus For Correcting For Vignetting In An Imaging System - A method and apparatus for correcting for vignetting include associating each pixel in the two-dimensional array with a pair of polar coordinates referenced to a preselected origin pixel and partitioning the two-dimensional array of image pixels into a plurality of sectors. For each sector, the method includes computing an average R value, an average G value and an average B value; converting the average R value, the average G value and the average B value for each sector to logarithm space; comparing color gradients along a radial sector line to a gradient threshold; selecting gradients that do not exceed the threshold; using the selected gradients, estimating parameters of a model of a lens which produced the image; and, using the parameters, updating the model of the lens and correcting the image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342742 | IMAGING ENHANCEMENTS FOR MOBILE DEVICES USING OPTICAL PATH FOLDING - Disclosed are various embodiments for an image capture device using a folded optical pathway. The optical pathway comprises a primary mirror and an image sensor centered on a first reflective surface of the primary mirror. The optical pathway further comprises a secondary mirror positioned with a second reflective surface facing the image sensor, the secondary mirror being centered with the primary mirror and located a first distance from the image sensor, the primary mirror extending beyond an edge of the secondary mirror. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342743 | DRIVING METHOD OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A horizontal scanning period is divided into n parts (n is a natural number), so that horizontal scanning can be performed (n×y) times in one frame period. That is, n signals can be outputted from each pixel, and storage times of the n signals are different from one another. Then, since a signal suited to the intensity of light irradiated to each pixel can be selected, information of an object can be accurately read. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342744 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes: a photoelectric conversion section configured to perform photoelectric conversion on incident light, and to store obtained photoelectric charge; a voltage conversion section configured to convert the photoelectric charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion section into a voltage signal; a first gate section configured to transfer the photoelectric charge stored in the photoelectric conversion section to the voltage conversion section; a second gate section configured to reset a potential of the voltage conversion section; a third gate section configured to directly reset the photoelectric charge stored in the photoelectric conversion section; and a control section configured to control driving of the first to the third gate sections, wherein the control section controls driving of the third gate section so as to adjust an exposure time of the photoelectric conversion section. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342745 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging element and a substrate. The solid-state imaging element includes a pixel array having a plurality of pixels in a two-dimensional matrix and pads that correspond to pixel columns of the pixel array and output signals of pixels in the pixel columns. Signal output terminal groups having a plurality of pads arranged in a line in a column direction of the pixel array are arranged in a row direction of the pixel array. A substrate includes a laminated wire being a laminate of a plurality of wiring layers and provided for each of the signal output terminal groups to extend in the column direction of the pixel array. The laminated wire includes a first terminal portion at a position facing each pad in the signal output terminal group. The pad and first terminal portion are connected to each other by a bump. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342746 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A display system includes: a display unit; a holding member containing the display unit; and an attaching member provided between the display unit and the holding member. The attaching member includes a rim section opposed to a side surface of the display unit, a first attaching section provided in the rim section and configured to be fixed to the holding member, and a second attaching section provided in the rim section and configured to be held between the rim section and the holding member by elasticity. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342747 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A control method of a digital photographing apparatus includes displaying an image that is being input through a photographing unit on a touch screen, recognizing touch inputs with respect to two points on the touch screen, detecting a focusing area by using coordinate values of the two touched points, and performing auto focusing based on the focusing area, and when a photographing command is input, capturing an image on which the auto focusing is performed. Therefore, a user may view an image while performing auto-focusing commands without covering a focusing area that the user wants to photograph. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342748 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING TIGHTENING RING FOR FIXING LENS TO LENS HOLDER - A camera module includes a lens and a lens holder. The lens has a connecting barrel. The lens holder includes a base plate, a number of claws extending up from the base plate and sleeving on the connecting barrel, a fixing block extending up from the base plate and defining a fixing hole, a tightening ring sleeving on the claws and having two end sections sandwiching the fixing block. The tightening ring also includes a tightening screw for threadedly passing the threaded holes to tightening the tightening ring such that the claws deforms and grasps the connecting barrel. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342749 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. Each distance between two adjacent lens units varies during at least one of zooming and focusing. The first lens unit and the second lens unit move during zooming so that a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than that at a wide-angle end. The third lens unit moves during the focusing. Each lens unit includes at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens. Predetermined conditions are satisfied. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342750 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUTO-FOCUS PROCESS - The method includes changing a focal length of a camera device while capturing one or more frames of sensor data from a sensor array of the camera device by sequentially reading signals from different areas of the sensor array, such that different sections of each of the one or more frames corresponds to sensor data captured at different focal lengths of the camera device. The method further includes deriving focus statistics from the one or more captured frames, each focus statistic providing a measure of an extent to which a section of a frame to which the focus statistic relates is in focus at a given focal length; identifying from the focus statistics an optimal focal length at which an optimally focused image can be captured; and adapting the focal length of the camera device in accordance with the optimal focal length. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342751 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup unit for outputting image signals obtained by respectively photoelectrically converting light passing through different exit pupil areas of a focusing optical system, and a setting unit for setting a focus detection area into an image pickup area of the image pickup unit, stores at least one approximate function for calculating correction values of the image signals obtained by the image pickup unit in an approximation manner, obtains an approximate function effective for the correction at least in the focus detection area set by the setting unit on the basis of at least the one stored approximate function to calculate a correction value in accordance with the obtained approximate function; and performs a focus detection by using the image signals obtained by the image pickup unit and the calculated correction values. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342752 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup optical unit which picks up an object image focused by an optical system including a focus lens and acquires an image data from which a refocus image is reconstructable, a driving unit which drives the focus lens, an object detection unit which detects a predetermined object based on the image data, and a refocus image generation unit which reconstructs the refocus image from the image data at an arbitrary focal distance within a refocus range, determines a shift position of the focus lens based on the refocus range to acquire an image data from which the refocus image is reproducible at an arbitrary position in a focus adjustment range, controls the driving unit and the image pickup optical unit according to the determined position to acquire the image data, and detects the predetermined object based on the image data. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342753 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging device includes an AF section that determines in-focus positions for subjects; a determination section that determines a main subject; a shifting section that, if a difference between an in-focus positions of the main subject and a non-main subject is a first threshold value or greater, shifts a focal position for the non-main subject from the in-focus position towards the main subject side; an imaging section that sequentially captures images at the in-focus position of the main subject and the shifted focal position of the non-main subject; a detection section that detects corresponding points of the subjects between a reference image and a non-reference image; an deformation section that deforms the non-reference image to match the corresponding points thereof with those of the reference image; and an generation section that generates a blur-adjusted image based on the reference image and the deformed non-reference image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342754 | AUTOFOCUS DEVICE AND DIGITAL CAMERA - An autofocus device is provided that includes a lens drive system, an imager, a contrast detector, first and second peak detectors, and a backlash detector. The lens drive system translates a lens. The imager captures an image through the lens. The contrast detector detects the contrast of an image captured by the imager. The first peak detector detects a first contrast peak of images captured at different lens positions when the lens is translated in a forward direction. The second peak detector detects a second contrast peak of images captured at different lens positions when the lens is translated in a backward direction. The detection of the second peak is carried out after detection of the first contrast peak. The backlash detector detects the backlash in the lens drive system according to the positions of the first and second contrast peaks. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342755 | HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a high-resolution imaging system for recording images of the same scene, that are sampled in a complementary manner. To this end, an image filter ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342756 | ENABLING HYBRID VIDEO CAPTURE OF A SCENE ILLUMINATED WITH UNSTRUCTURED AND STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION SOURCES - What is disclosed is a system and method for enabling hybrid video capture of a scene being illuminated with structured and unstructured illumination sources over a wavelength range of interest that significantly intersects with each other. In one embodiment, the present system comprises a video capture device for capturing video of a scene being actively illuminated by both a structured and unstructured illumination source; a controller for controlling a manipulation of at least one structured and at least one unstructured illumination sources during capture of the video by the video capture device; and a processor in communication with the controller, the processor executing machine readable program instructions effectuating the manipulation. Various embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342757 | Variable Flash Control For Improved Image Detection - Example apparatus and methods concern controlling a variable flash to improve image detection. One example apparatus includes a digital camera and a variable flash configured to be controllable to operate at different selected illumination levels. The apparatus may be configured to identify a current imaging condition associated with the digital camera and to then determine a lux setting for the variable flash as a function of the current imaging condition. The flash may then be controlled as a function of the lux setting for subsequent image acquisition. The acquisition, analysis, and flash control may be exercised until a desired illumination is achieved. In one embodiment, determining the current imaging condition may include analyzing a frame acquired from the digital camera for attributes including image brightness, and edge detectability. In one embodiment, input from a light sensor may also be considered. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342758 | VIDEO RETARGETING USING CONTENT-DEPENDENT SCALING VECTORS - Techniques are disclosed for retargeting images. The techniques include receiving one or more input images, computing a two-dimensional saliency map based on the input images in order to determine one or more visually important features associated with the input images, projecting the saliency map horizontally and vertically to create at least one of a horizontal and vertical saliency profile, and scaling at least one of the horizontal and vertical saliency profiles. The techniques further include creating an output image based on the scaled saliency profiles. Low saliency areas are scaled non-uniformly while high saliency areas are scaled uniformly. Temporal stability is achieved by filtering the horizontal resampling pattern and the vertical resampling pattern over time. Image retargeting is achieved with greater efficiency and lower compute power, resulting in a retargeting architecture that may be implemented in a circuit suitable for mobile applications such as mobile phones and tablet computers. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342759 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a receiver, a reproducer, a display, a transmitter, and a processor. The receiver receives video content data. The reproducer generates first video data by reproducing the video content data. The display displays an image corresponding to the first video data on a screen of the display. The transmitter transmits image data including the first video data to an external display device. The processor transmits a mode switching request including identification information to identify the video content data to the external display device from a first mode to a second mode. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342760 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSMITTING SYNCHRONIZED VISUAL AND AUDIO MEDIA - Systems and methods according to the present invention provide methods, devices and systems for delivering media content to users. Broadcast audio and video streams can be synchronized for substantially simultaneous output by users. User feedback can be used to compose playlists of synchronized media. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342761 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A video transmission apparatus includes a video data transmission unit configured to transmit video data to an external apparatus, an image quality parameter acquisition unit configured to acquire an image quality parameter to be used for display of the video data, an image quality parameter generation unit configured to generate, from the image quality parameter acquired by the image quality parameter acquisition unit, image quality parameter information to be used in the external apparatus, and an image quality parameter transmission unit configured to transmit the image quality parameter information generated by the image quality parameter generation unit to the external apparatus. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342762 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS WITH PICTURE ORIENTATION INFORMATION - Systems, devices, and methods for capturing and displaying picture data including picture orientation information are described. In one innovative aspect, a method for transmitting media information is provided. The method includes obtaining picture or video information, said picture or video information including image data and orientation information of a media capture unit when the picture or video information is obtained. The method further includes encoding said picture or video information, wherein the orientation information is included in a first portion and the image data is included in a second portion, the second portion being encoded and the first portion being distinct from the second portion. The method also includes transmitting the first portion and the second portion. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL DATA - This system for processing digital data may include a set of slave processing units for the execution of elementary functions, an interconnection module, which is designed to communicate with a data transfer network and to transfer data between the processing units, on the one hand, and the data transfer network, on the other hand, and a controller controlling the interconnection module to control the data transfer. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342764 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program capable of appropriately demodulating a desired signal from a multiplexed signal obtained by multiplexing a plurality of signals. A preamble signal is detected from a multiplexed signal obtained by multiplexing a plurality of signals. When information for discriminating each of the signals that is contained in the preamble signal indicates a first signal, demodulation by a demodulator is continued and the first signal is demodulated. When information for discriminating each of the signals that is contained in the preamble signal indicates a second signal, demodulation is not performed by stopping the demodulation by the demodulator. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing device that processes signals for digital broadcasting. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342765 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND COOLING SYSTEM - A video display device includes: a video processing unit including a light source and optical components, which generates and displaying video signals; and a cooling mechanism unit cooling the light source and the optical components, wherein the cooling mechanism unit includes an air cooling fan generating cooling air for cooling the optical components to be circulated in the device, a heat exchanger arranged in a flow path of the circulating cooling air, performing heat exchange of the cooling air obtained after the cooling of the optical components from a high temperature to a low temperature, a cooler cooling heat generated in the light source and heat generated in the heat exchanger by a cooling liquid, and a circulating thermal regulator circulating the cooling liquid with respect to the cooler while managing a liquid temperature of the cooling liquid so as to be a constant temperature. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342766 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEPTION DEVICE - The illumination device | 2013-12-26 |
20130342767 | TOUCH DISPLAY MODULE AND POSITIONER THEREOF - A positioner is provided for positioning a major optical sensing unit and an auxiliary optical sensing unit on a first screen. The positioner includes a body, and a first mounting hole and a first auxiliary mounting hole are formed on the body, and the first mounting hole and the first auxiliary mounting hole are aligned on a horizontal line, and the first mounting hole has a first pointing direction, the first auxiliary mounting hole has a first auxiliary pointing direction, and the first pointing direction is symmetrical to the first auxiliary pointing direction relative to a vertical line. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342768 | LIGHT MODULATOR ELEMENT AND MICROSCOPE APPARATUSA INCLUDING LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT - A light modulator element includes a liquid crystal element which has a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules aligned along a first direction, and two transparent electrodes disposed in opposition to each other with the liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, and which controls the phase of linear polarization light and passing through said liquid crystal layer by applying an electric voltage between said two transparent electrodes; a polarizer plate which is disposed between a light source and said liquid crystal element and which has the transmission axis along the first direction or along a direction orthogonal to said first direction; and a rotation mechanism which supports the liquid crystal element and the polarizer plate and which rotates the liquid crystal element and the polarizer plate integrally in one unit with the optical axis of the liquid crystal element as the rotation axis. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342769 | Device for Generating Polarized Electromagnetic Radiation and Projector - Device for generating polarized electromagnetic radiation has a diffuser and a polarizer. The diffuser is arranged in a beam path of the electromagnetic radiation. The polarizer is arranged in the beam path of the electromagnetic radiation, to be precise downstream of the diffuser in the direction of propagation of the electromagnetic radiation. The polarizer has a reflective side facing the diffuser, said reflective side being at least partly reflective to the electromagnetic radiation. The polarizer transmits electromagnetic radiation having a predefined polarization and reflects electromagnetic radiation not having the predefined polarization back to the diffuser. The diffuser scatters, in a non-polarization-maintaining manner, at least one portion of the reflected-back electromagnetic radiation not having the predefined polarization. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342770 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING TOUCH SENSOR AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - According to an aspect of the present invention, a liquid crystal display panel includes a pixel array including data lines through which a data voltage is supplied, gate lines through which a gate pulse is supplied, a plurality of sub-pixels arranged at intersections of the data lines and the gate lines, Tx lines provided with a touch driving signal and connected to Tx electrodes, and Rx lines connected to Rx electrodes, wherein an shield area including an shield pattern to which a voltage at a level different from the data voltage and the touch driving signal is supplied is formed between each of the Tx electrodes and each of the Rx electrodes. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342771 | PATTERNED RETARDER TYPE STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display device includes a first substrate defining an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area, the first substrate having a gate line formed at the active area and the non-active area, a gate pad formed at the non-active area, a dummy line defining a dummy pixel by crossing the gate line, and a light leakage blocking layer that is connected to the dummy line and disposed to overlap the gate line and the gate pad; a second substrate opposing the first substrate, the second substrate having a black stripe on a side of the second substrate opposite from the first substrate along portions corresponding to edges of the active area, and a patterned retardation film over the black stripe; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342772 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICES - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a second electrode on the second substrate facing the first electrode, and a liquid crystal structure between the first electrode and the second electrode. The liquid crystal structure includes a polymer network and liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal display device operates in a transmissive mode when an electric field is not generated between the first and the second electrodes, and operates in a scattering mode when the electric field is generated between the first and the second electrodes. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342773 | Smectic A Compositions For Use in Optical Devices - A liquid crystal smectic A composition that can be switched by the application of different electric fields across it between a first stable state (left hand block in FIG. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342774 | Array Substrate for In-Plane Switching Mode Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method of Driving Display Device Having the Same - An array substrate and method for an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device are provided. The array substrate according to an embodiment includes a pixel electrode in a pixel region; a common electrode in the pixel region, the common electrode being parallel to the pixel electrode; a first electrode in the pixel region and crossing the pixel and common electrodes; and a second electrode in the pixel region, the second electrode being parallel to the first electrode. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342775 | HIGH SCATTERING SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a high scattering smectic liquid crystal material and display device using the same. In the present invention, a series of smectic A phase liquid crystals having compact arrangement of crystal domains or a series of smectic liquid crystal mixed materials having a degree of order higher than that of the smectic A phase and an optical texture different from that of the smectic A phase are obtained by mixing a smectic liquid crystal with an organic compound having a high optical anisotropy (Δn) or mixing different types of smectic phases. When used in a smectic stable state liquid crystal display pattern, these materials have high scattering properties and can effectively improve the contrast of a smectic liquid crystal display device. The present invention also improves contrast when it used in a reflective smectic liquid crystal display device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342776 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a common electrode, a pixel electrode which includes an electrode portion which forms a slit opposed to the common electrode, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer formed of a liquid crystal material having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy. The slit and the electrode portion are arranged in the first direction and extend in the second direction. L/S is in a range of between 0.5 and 0.9 when a width of the slit in the first direction is S and a width of the electrode portion in the first direction is L. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342777 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first gate line disposed on the first substrate, a second gate line disposed on the first substrate, a data line disposed on the first substrate, a reference voltage line disposed on the first substrate and extending substantially to be parallel to the data line, a first subpixel electrode disposed in a pixel area on the first substrate, a second subpixel electrode disposed in the pixel area on the first substrate, a first switching element connected to the first gate line, the data line and the first subpixel electrode, a second switching element connected to the first gate line, the data line and the second subpixel electrode, and a third switching element connected to the first subpixel electrode and the reference voltage line. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342778 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A wall electrode IPS mode LCD has stabilized domain boundary. Signal and scanning lines extend in first and second directions, respectively, surrounding a pixel. A first wall structure has a first portion intersecting the first direction at a first angle, a second portion in the same direction, and a third portion intersecting the first direction at a second angle. The second portion has a first projection in the direction of a second wall structure, and a second projection in the same direction. The second wall structure has a fourth portion intersecting the first direction at the first angle, a fifth portion in the same direction as the first direction, and a sixth portion intersecting the first direction at the second angle. A distance between the first projection and the fifth portion is shorter than a distance between the first wall structure except the first projection and the second wall structure. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342779 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate facing the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate. The array substrate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and the non-display area includes a first non-display area disposed adjacent to a side portion of the display area and a second non-display area other than the first non-display area. The first non-display area overlaps the opposite substrate. The array substrate and the opposite substrate have the same or substantially the same area and a wire member is disposed under the array substrate to be connected to an external circuit module. Accordingly, the display panel does not need an extra space for the wire member, and thus the non-display area is reduced. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342780 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND A DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a transparent substrate, a gate line formed on the transparent substrate, a data line crossing the gate line, a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate line and the data line, and a pixel electrode. The pixel electrode includes a body electrode section electrically connected to the thin film transistor and a plurality of protruding electrodes protruding from the body electrode section. Each of the protruding electrodes includes a trapezoidal electrode having two sides that are inclined with respect to a protrusion direction that is a lengthwise direction of the body electrode section. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342781 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display device and a fabricating method thereof. The liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates bonded to each other; gate lines aligned on the first substrate; a data line and a common line on the first substrate; a large pixel electrode at the intersecting point between the lines; a TFT at the intersecting point between the gate line and the data line; a protrusion pattern on the gate line; a passivation layer on the first substrate; branched common electrodes on the passivation layer; a pixel electrode connection pattern on the passivation layer; a black matrix and color filter layer on the second substrate; a column spacer on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer at between the substrates. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342782 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first insulation substrate; a first gate conductor disposed on the first insulation substrate and in a same layer as a gate line and a second gate conductor disposed on the first insulation substrate and in the same layer as the gate line; a gate insulating layer disposed on the first gate conductor and the second gate conductor; a data conductor disposed on the gate insulating layer and in a same layer as a data line; a thin film transistor disposed on the first insulation substrate; a first spacer disposed on the first insulation substrate; and a second spacer disposed on the first insulation substrate, where heights or widths of the first and second spacers are different from each other and having different heights or widths, and the second spacer overlaps the first gate conductor and the second gate conductor. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342783 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LCD DEVICE - A backlight module includes a light guide panel (LGP), and a backplane. The LGP is arranged in the backplane, each side wall of the backplane is configured with a through hole(s), and the fixing pieces penetrate through the through holes and then fix the LGP. The fixing pieces are arranged on the side surface of the backplane of the present disclosure, and the fixing pieces are used for preventing the LGP from upward and downward moving in the vertical direction. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342784 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The backlight includes a surface-mount type light emitting component that emits light in an upper surface direction, a wiring board on which the light emitting component is mounted, and a light guide plate overlapping with the liquid crystal display panel. The frame integrally includes a first portion that supports the light guide plate, a second portion facing an edge surface of the light guide plate with a gap, and a third portion that supports the liquid crystal display panel. The wiring board is attached to the second portion such that the light from the light emitting component is incident on the edge surface of the light guide plate. The metal block is fixed to the housing and a surface of the second portion of the frame, the surface being on the side opposite to a surface on which the wiring board is attached. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342785 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A display device includes a display panel, a backlight module, a first frame set and at least one attachment layer. The first frame set has at least one supporting bar, and the supporting bar has a first wall and a supporting portion connecting to the first wall. The supporting portion is located between the display panel and the backlight module and has a supporting face and a bottom face opposing the supporting face. The display panel is disposed above the supporting face while the first wall extends from the bottom toward the backlight module. The attachment layer bonds the display panel and supporting face. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342786 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - Provided is an LCD device for preventing light leakage. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit, and an adhesive layer. The backlight unit is disposed under the liquid crystal panel, and emits light. The adhesive layer is formed between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit, and includes a first adhesive surface adhered to the backlight unit and a second adhesive surface adhered to the liquid crystal panel. The first and second adhesive surfaces are alternately disposed along at least one side of the backlight unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342787 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a surface light source apparatus | 2013-12-26 |
20130342788 | BACKLIGHT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight apparatus includes a substrate which includes a plurality of layers. A plurality of light emitting modules are arranged on a top layer of the plurality of layers closest to a light guide panel, and a plurality of wires penetrates through the plurality of layers to electrically connect the light emitting modules and a plurality of driving units. Accordingly, the width of the substrate of an edge type backlight apparatus which can provide local dimming is reduced. Therefore, the display apparatus using the edge type backlight apparatus can be slim even if it is designed to provide local dimming. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342789 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention discloses a backlight module comprising: a back plate having a side wall on an edge thereof; a light guide plate placed on the back plate; a light source placed on a side of the light guide plate; an optical sheet placed on the light guide plate; and a plastic housing that includes a first end and a second end; the first end has a pressing portion and the second end has a bending portion; the pressing portion contacts with the optical sheet and the bending portion has an extension portion in a first direction; and the extension portion contacts with the side wall of the back plate. The present invention further discloses a liquid crystal display (LCD). | 2013-12-26 |
20130342790 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - A backlight module is used for providing white light to a liquid crystal panel. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a backlight source, and a phosphor layer structure. The light guide plate has a light entrance surface. The backlight source is disposed on a position corresponding to the light entrance surface of the light guide plate for emitting light. The phosphor layer structure is disposed between the backlight source and the light entrance surface of the light guide plate and is away from the backlight source by a specific distance, for receiving the light emitted by the backlight source to generate the white light. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342791 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device in which display defects and reduction in the voltage holding ratio are not likely to occur even without alignment films. That is, the liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a pair of substrates each substantially having no alignment film; a liquid crystal layer which is disposed between the pair of substrates and contains a liquid crystal material; and a polymer layer which is formed on a surface of at least one of the substrates and controls alignment of liquid crystal molecules, the polymer layer being formed by polymerization of one or more kinds of radical polymerizable monomers added to the liquid crystal layer, at least one kind of the radical polymerizable monomers being a compound generating radicals through a self-cleavage reaction by exposure to light and having at least two radical polymerizable groups. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342792 | ADHESIVE AGENT - Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive having excellent durability and reliability under high-temperature or high-humidity conditions, adhesion strength, workability, re-movability, and the ability to inhibit light leakage; a method for preparing the pressure-sensitive adhesive; a polarizer including the pressure-sensitive adhesive; and a liquid crystal display incorporating the polarizer. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342793 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first polarizing film; a first retardation region; a liquid crystal cell which includes a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of substrates, in which liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are oriented parallel to surfaces of the pair of substrates at a time of black display; and a second polarizing film, a slow axis of the first retardation region is arranged orthogonally or parallel to a long axis of the liquid crystal molecule at a surface of the liquid crystal layer at a side of the substrate of the liquid crystal cell adjacent to the first retardation region in a state of no application of voltage, the liquid crystal cell operates in a lateral electric field mode, and the first retardation region includes a first retardation layer and a second retardation layer as defined herein. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342794 | FINE STRUCTURE FORM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE FINE STRUCTURE FORM - The present invention relates to a fine structure form such as a wire-grid polarizer | 2013-12-26 |
20130342795 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a light blocking member disposed on one of the first substrate or the second substrate, where the light blocking member is disposed in a display area including a plurality of pixel areas, and the light blocking member includes a plurality of extensions having a predetermined plane shape; and a plurality of first spacers disposed on one of the first substrate and the second substrate and contacting an upper surface of a plurality of thin films disposed on the other of the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the extensions of the light blocking member includes a first extension and a second extension, and the first extension overlaps the first spacers, and the second extension does not overlap the first spacers. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342796 | Method and Device for Liquid Crystal Optical Alignment - The present invention provides a method for liquid crystal alignment, which includes: providing a substrate, the substrate being disposed with a liquid crystal layer; using a first radiation beam and a second radiation beam to radiate the substrate, the first radiation beam being for performing alignment on liquid crystal layer and the second beam being for adjusting substrate temperature. The method and device for liquid crystal alignment of the present invention can rapidly adjust environment temperature during liquid crystal alignment and achieve optimization of reaction speed and uniformity through temperature control during polymerization. The present invention is simple in structure, easy to operate and low cost. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342797 | METHOD OF MAKING A PHASE DIFFERENCE FILM - A method of making a phase difference film includes: (a) providing a substrate having a first surface provided with a light-shielding layer and a second surface provided with an orientable layer; (b) providing a first linear polarized UV light to irradiate the orientable layer and providing a second linear polarized UV light to irradiate the orientable layer so as to form the orientable layer into an alignment layer having first and second regions that are photo-oriented in two different orientation directions, respectively; and (c) coating a liquid crystal material on the alignment layer and curing the liquid crystal material. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342798 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CELL - There are provided a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus which have high display quality and in which thready defects generated in a display pixel are suppressed. In the liquid crystal display panel, at least one of a pair of substrates includes a photo-alignment film and an electrode, and a liquid crystal layer contains liquid crystal molecules whose elastic constant K1 concerning splay deformation and/or elastic constant K3 concerning bend deformation is 13 pN or more at 20° C. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342799 | DRIVEN ELECTRODE STRUCTURE OF IN-PLANE SWITCHING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A driven electrode structure of an in-plane switching liquid crystal display is divided into a plurality of sub-regions, each of the sub-regions includes a plurality of sub-driven electrodes, a plurality of intervals is formed between adjacent sub-driven electrodes, so as each of the sub-regions has the intervals, and at least two of the intervals in the sub-regions are different from one another. By changing the width or shape of each sub-driven electrode, at least two of the intervals in the sub-regions are different from one another, so as the Mura condition of the in-plane switching liquid crystal display can be obscure, so as the Mura defect can be minimized uniformly without being visually recognized by human eyes and further improve the visual defect of the Mura. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342800 | SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A display device includes a first base substrate, a second base substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a conductive protrusion structure and an electrode structure. The second base substrate is disposed opposite to the first base substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second base substrates. The conductive protrusion structure is disposed on one of the first and second base substrates. The electrode structure is at least disposed on the first or second base substrate having the conductive protrusion structure. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342801 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The liquid crystal display device ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342802 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates; first and second electrodes provided on the first and second substrates respectively; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second substrates. The first electrode includes first openings each having an elongated shape in a first direction and which are arranged with regularity, and a short side edge thereof is longer than a length between the first openings adjacent in the first direction. The second electrode includes second openings each having an elongated shape in the first direction and which are arranged with regularity, and a short side edge thereof is longer than a length between the second openings adjacent in the first direction. Each of the first and second openings has a recess in at least either of two outer edge parts along the first direction in a planar view. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342803 | MASK FOR CURING FRAME SEALANT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A mask for curing frame sealant and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel manufacturing method are provided in the present invention. A transition region is formed in a joining area between a shading region and a transparent region. The shading region is adjacent to the transparent region and the transition region joins the shading region, the transition region includes at least two shading portions and a transparent portion. The shading portion and the transparent portion are alternatively arranged. When the mask is utilized for exposure, the irradiation transmittance in the transition region is lower than the irradiation transmittance in the transparent region and higher than the irradiation transmittance in the shading region. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342804 | Collapsible Spectacle - A spectacle frame comprises two opposite lens support elements ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342805 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL EYEGLASSES - A multi-functional eyeglasses includes two lenses and an eyeglass frame including two supporting rods and two lens frames; each lens frame being installed with a respective one of the lenses. The multi-functional eyeglasses has a processor, a memory and a display. The eyeglasses can be installed with a receiver and a transmitter, a GPS positioning system, a Bluetooth system, a camera, a sound control system, a TV circuit, a scanner, a clinical thermometer, a thermometer, a batter, a solar energy chip, USP plugs, switching set. This, the functions of eyeglasses are expanded extremely so as to provide great convenience to users. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342806 | PIEZO BEAM DEVICE - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for implementing a piezo beam device that is configured to excite vibration in a pinna of an ear of a listener to generate audio for the ear. In some embodiments, the piezo beam device is mounted to one or both temple arms of a pair of eyeglasses to enable the piezo beam device to generate audio for one or both ears of a wearer of the pair of eyeglasses. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342807 | Electrically Conductive Lens Connection and Methods of Making the Same - The present invention relates generally to electro-active optical systems, such as a pair of spectacles having one or more lenses that employ electro-active optical structures. In some embodiments, the invention relates to electro-active optical systems having a flexible electrically conductive connection between the lens and the frame. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342808 | ELECTRONIC VISION-THERAPY APPARATUS - An electronic vision-therapy apparatus includes a frame, a lens module and a control unit. The lens module includes first and second liquid crystal lenses. The control unit is for controlling the first and second liquid crystal lenses to cooperatively generate and display a light filtering pattern. The light filtering pattern has an opaque part and a plurality of transparent parts. The control unit configures a part of the first liquid crystal lens that corresponds to the opaque part to allow only light having a first polarization to pass therethrough, and configures a part of the second liquid crystal lens that corresponds to the opaque part to allow only light having a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization to pass therethrough. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342809 | EYEGLASS LENS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An aspect of the present invention relates to an eyeglass lens, which comprises an outermost layer in the form of a water-repellent vapor deposition film formed by vapor depositing a vapor deposition material in the form of a perfluoropolyether-modified silane compound denoted by general formula (I): | 2013-12-26 |
20130342810 | EYEBALL BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION COLLECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING EYEBALL BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION - According to one aspect of the invention, an eyeball biological information collection device that is arranged to be worn by a subject includes a ultrasonic sensor part and a pressing part. The ultrasonic sensor part is configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to an eyeball of the subject and receive a reflection wave of the ultrasonic wave reflected within the eyeball at a time of use of the eyeball biological information collection device. The pressing part is configured to press the ultrasonic sensor part to eyelid of the subject at the time of use. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342811 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AN OBJECT - An apparatus for measuring optical properties of an object—such as, in particular, an eye—comprises a wavefront sensor for surveying wavefront aberrations generated by the object and an optical coherence tomograph, so that both wavefront aberrations and structures of the object can be surveyed. For this purpose a broadband laser radiation-source is provided for the OCT. A reference beam is generated with a retroreflector, and a beam-splitter serves as optical component both for the wavefront determination and for the OCT. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342812 | PROJECTOR SYSTEM FOR ANIMATION OF IMAGE CELLS - An image animation system having a plurality of individual image projectors focused onto a single focal area on a projection surface or medium. Angled optics, or a prism, may be used to direct the projections onto the single focal area. Individual still images are projected in a sequence to created a projected motion animation. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342813 | Projector Based Display Systems and Methods - A display system comprises a projector combined with a retro reflective screen and a viewer distance from the projector such that the observation angle is less than approximately 2-3 degrees. The brightness of the image on the screen for the proposed display system is increased by a factor of ˜100-500× as compared to traditional display systems with for an equivalent power/intensity light source. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342814 | MULTIVIEW PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A projector system includes an imaging device operable to direct light to a reflective screen, and an active light steering element placed in the light path between the imaging device and the screen. The steering element is operable to sequentially scan the light across the screen. The steering element may be used to temporally multiplex images at different viewpoints. The steering element enables trade-offs to be made between spatial, temporal, color and/or viewpoint resolutions of the images displayed by the imaging device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342815 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a light emitter; a light modulator modulating light from the light emitter; and a projector projecting the image from the light modulator. The light emitter includes a light emitting element and an optical member. The light emitting element is a super luminescent diode having an active layer constituting first and second gain regions sandwiched between first and second cladding layers. The first gain region is tilted in a clockwise direction relative a perpendicular of a first surface of the stacked structure. The second gain region is tilted in a counterclockwise direction relative to a perpendicular of the first surface. As such, the optical member refracts the light respectively emitted from the end surfaces of the first and second gain regions on the second surface side to thereby emit light beams in the same direction. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342816 | PROJECTOR, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND PROJECTOR CONTROL METHOD - A second projector projects and displays a measurement pattern on a projection screen while a first projector projects and displays another measurement pattern on the projection screen. The second projector causes an imaging unit to acquire a captured image including projection images of the two measurement patterns are captured, and detects coordinates of measurement points which are represented in the measurement patterns from the captured image. The second projector corrects the projection target image based on the coordinates such that the projection image by the first projector and its own projection image are in a desired relationship. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342817 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An image display device includes: an external light measurement unit measuring the illuminance of an external light a plurality of times, and generating a measurement value indicating the illuminance; a storage unit storing history data which shows the measurement values, and color mode data which shows a correspondence between the illuminance and a color mode; a determination unit, based on the history data, determining whether or not it is a changed condition wherein the illuminance changes upward or downward, or the illuminance fluctuates; and an adjustment unit, in the event that it is not the changed condition, determining the color mode to be applied based on the measurement values and the color mode data, and adjusting the color or brightness of an image in accordance with the color mode, and in the event that it is the changed condition, continuing the adjustment currently being applied as the image adjustment. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342818 | PROJECTION DEVICE AND LENS MODULE - A projection device includes a main body, a light source, a light valve, and a lens module. The light source produces an illumination beam. The light valve converts the illumination beam into an image beam. The lens module disposed at the main body includes a lens barrel and a lens. The lens barrel has an inner wall, a containing space and a riveting portion. The inner wall surrounds the containing space. The riveting portion is located in the containing space. There is a gap between the riveting portion and the inner wall. The lens disposed in the containing space has a light emitting surface and a side surface. The side surface leans against the riveting portion. An end of the riveting portion extends to the light emitting surface to limit the lens in the containing space The image beam passes through the lens to form a projection beam. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342819 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides an exposure apparatus including a projection optical system configured to project light from a reticle onto a substrate, a processor configured to estimate a variation in imaging characteristic of the projection optical system, based on a model determined in advance, and an adjusting device configured to adjust the imaging characteristic of the projection optical system based on the variation estimated by the processor, wherein the processor is configured, if an error of the imaging characteristic of the projection optical system adjusted by the adjusting device based on the variation which is estimated based on a first number of models, for estimating the variation, determined in advance without the reticle, does not fall within a tolerance, to generate a second number of models for estimating the variation, the second number being larger than the first number. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342820 | LIGHT-EXPOSURE DEVICE - A light-exposure device is provided with a microlens array on which is arranged with a prescribed regularity a plurality of microlenses on which exposure light transmitted through a light source and a mask is introduced to resolve an upright equal-magnification image on a substrate. Upon reaching a prescribed position, the substrate is irradiated with pulsed laser light from the light source, and the substrate is successively exposed, and after the entire area of the exposure region of the substrate is exposed, a relative positional relationship between the microlens array and the mask is successively switched in a vertical direction by an amount of a horizontal pitch of the microlenses, and a subsequent exposure is performed. Exposure with high precision and high resolution can thereby be performed with a short exposure cycle time. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342821 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM - The disclosure generally relates to imaging optical systems that include a plurality of mirrors, which image an object field lying in an object plane in an image field lying in an image plane, where at least one of the mirrors has a through-hole for imaging light to pass through. The disclosure also generally relates to projection exposure installations that include such imaging optical systems, methods of using such projection exposure installations, and components made by such methods. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342822 | LASER RADAR DEVICE - A laser radar device mounted on a vehicle includes a first laser emission part configured to generate a measuring laser beam by using a laser beam emitted from a laser source and to illuminate a predetermined area in a front traveling direction and a second laser emission part configured to generate a measuring laser beam by using the laser beam emitted from the laser source. A beam spread angle, viewed from a side of the vehicle, of the measuring laser beam generated by the second laser emission part is larger than a beam spread angle, viewed from a side of the vehicle, of the measuring laser beam generated by the first laser emission part. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342823 | MARKING OR SCANNING APPARATUS WITH A MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE SPEED OF AN OBJECT AND A METHOD OF MEASURING THE SPEED OF AN OBJECT WITH SUCH A MARKING OR SCANNING APPARATUS - Apparatus for marking and/or scanning (m/s) an object comprising a m/s head ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED VISUAL DETECTION OF PROTECTIVE COATINGS - The present disclosure provides a system and method for providing an improved protective coating for a substrate that may be inspected using the unaided eye or other apparatus under available light. The protective coating is mixed with an additive comprising flakes or particles that, when applied to the substrate as part of the protective coating, allow the user to empirically determine if the surface has received an adequate protective coat. The determination of whether or not any defects exist may include comparing the observed appearance of the specialty pigment particles with a comparative standard. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342825 | DIODE LASER BASED BROAD BAND LIGHT SOURCES FOR WAFER INSPECTION TOOLS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for performing inspection or metrology of a semiconductor device. The apparatus includes a plurality of laser diode arrays that are configurable to provide an incident beam having different wavelength ranges. The apparatus also includes optics for directing the incident beam towards the sample, a detector for generating an output signal or image based on an output beam emanating from the sample in response to the incident beam, and optics for directing the output beam towards the detector. The apparatus further includes a controller for configuring the laser diode arrays to provide the incident beam at the different wavelength ranges and detecting defects or characterizing a feature of the sample based on the output signal or image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342826 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING SUBSURFACES OF A TARGET MATERIAL - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for aligning first and second light signals on an optical path directed to a target, where the first light signal provides a visualization of the target, and a portion of the second light signal reflects from at least one subsurface of the target. The method also includes aligning a first focal point of the first light signal and a second focal point of the second light signal, where the first focal point is at least in a first proximate location of the second focal point, and adjusting a first position of the first and second focal points to be in at least a second proximate location of the target without adjusting the at least first proximate location of the first focal point relative to the second focal point. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342827 | Linear Stage and Metrology Architecture for Reflective Electron Beam Lithography - A stage metrology suitable for REBL includes an interferometer stage metrology system configured to measure the position and rotation of a short-stroke wafer scanning stage, wherein the interferometer metrology system includes two or more interferometers for each axis of measurement, wherein a first interferometer mirror is disposed on a first surface of the short-stroke wafer scanning stage and a second interferometer mirror is disposed on a second surface of the short-stroke wafer scanning stage, and a control system configured to determine a shape error for the first interferometer mirror using two or more interferometer measurements from the two or more interferometers associated with the first interferometer mirror and a shape error for the second interferometer mirror using two or more interferometer measurements from the two or more interferometers associated with the second interferometer mirror. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342828 | AIRCRAFT SHOCK STRUT HAVING A FLUID LEVEL MONITOR - A system for monitoring a liquid level in an aircraft shock strut includes a cylinder having an internal chamber sealed by a piston telescopically movable within the cylinder. The chamber contains a gas and a liquid, and a sensor assembly is provided for monitoring a condition of a level of the liquid in the chamber. The sensor assembly includes at least one probe within the chamber, and a fitting assembly allows one or more leads from the probe to pass through the wall of the strut while maintaining pressure in the chamber. The fitting assembly includes a plug molded to the one or more leads extending from the probe. The fitting assembly also includes a retainer for holding the plug in sealed relationship with a through passage in the strut. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342829 | PARALLELISM MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a parallelism measuring system and a method thereof, wherein the system includes a measured module, which includes a measured unit; a reference unit; and an optical measuring unit including an optical measuring module and a shift module. A lower surface of the measured unit is a measured surface and an upper surface of the reference is a reference surface. The optical measuring module includes a light source unit, a reflecting unit, and a sensing unit. A collimated beam is emitted from the light source unit and sequentially reflected by the measured surface, the reflecting unit and the reference surface to the sensing unit. The sensing unit senses location of the collimated beam and thereby calculates interval distance between the measured surface and the reference surface. By using the shift module to move the optical measuring module, the interval distance between different points may be measured. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342830 | WHEEL TOE AND CAMBER MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A method for measuring wheel alignment of a test wheel rotating about a z-axis using at least one camera and a processor includes obtaining a calibration point from a calibration image of a zero-offset wheel that is the same size as the test wheel and that rotates about the z-axis, obtaining at least one test image of the test wheel with the camera and a non-structured light source, and locating a measurement point in the test image. The measurement point coincides with a radius that the calibration point is offset from the z-axis and the angular displacement of the calibration point from the vertical diameter of the zero-offset wheel. The measurement point is further located based on a change of reflectivity between other points in the test image adjacent the measurement point. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342831 | DEVICE-LIKE SCATTEROMETRY OVERLAY TARGETS - In one embodiment, a semiconductor target for detecting overlay error between two or more successive layers of a substrate or between two or more separately generated patterns on a single layer of a substrate is disclosed. The target comprises at least a plurality of a plurality of first grating structures having a course pitch that is resolvable by an inspection tool and a plurality of second grating structures positioned relative to the first grating structures. The second grating structures have a fine pitch that is smaller than the course pitch, and the first and second grating structures are both formed in two or more successive layers of a substrate or between two or more separately generated patterns on a single layer of a substrate. The first and second gratings have feature dimensions that all comply with a predefined design rules specification. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342832 | Laser Crystal Degradation Compensation - Method and system for laser crystal degradation compensation are disclosed. The method includes: defining a plurality of sites on a frequency converting crystal; determining a degradation rate associated with each of the plurality of sites; determining an amount of time T wherein a site is continuously operable within a tolerated variation of at least one beam parameter, the amount of time T being determined based on the tolerated variation of the at least one beam parameter and the degradation rate; determining an amount of time t wherein t is a fraction of T; and iteratively shifting among the plurality of sites, wherein each of the plurality of sites is utilized continuously for a duration of time t for each iteration. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342833 | System With Polarized Scattered Light - An optical collection and detection system for use in a surface inspection system for inspecting a surface of a workpiece. The surface inspection system has an incident beam projected through a back quartersphere and toward a desired location on the surface, which is a scanned spot having a known scanned spot size. The incident beam impinges on the surface to create scattered light that is collected by a collector module. The collector module includes collection optics for collecting and focusing the scattered light to form focused scattered light. A collector output slit is positioned at an output of the collector module, through which the collection optics focus the scattered light. The scattered light that is associated with the scanned spot forms an imaged spot at the collector output slit. The collector output slit has a width that is selected to be proportional to the scanned spot size, so as to allow passage of the focused scattered light associated with the scanned spot, and exclude the focused scattered light associated with the workpiece regions other than the desired spot. A collector output varying subsystem varies the collector output slit so as to at least one of minimize passage of Rayleigh light scatter through the collector output slit or optimize a signal to air-scatter-noise ratio. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342834 | CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE AND A METHOD FOR EXAMINING A SAMPLE - A confocal laser scanning microscope for examining a sample has a light source, which generates an illumination light beam, and a scanning unit which deflects the illumination light beam such that it optically scans the sample. A main beam splitter separates the illumination light beam from detection light emerging from the sample. The detection light separated from the illumination light beam passes at least partially through a detection pinhole diaphragm. At least two detector units detect the detection light passing through the detection pinhole diaphragm. An optical element is arranged in the beam direction between the detection pinhole diaphragm and the detector units and splits the detection light into at least two beam bundles and spectrally decomposes it within the beam bundles. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342835 | TIME RESOLVED LASER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY USING A SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE ARRAY - A Raman spectrometer that employs a time-gated single photon avalanche diode array as a sensor is described. The spectrometer can also perform fluorescence spectroscopy and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). A laser is used to provide an excitation signal to excite a specimen of interest. A spectrometer is used to separate the various intensities over a range of wavelengths, which are then caused to impinge on the array to be recorded. The time-gated single photon avalanche diode array is triggered in synchrony with the excitation signal so as to allow time resolution of the response of the sample of interest to the excitation. The array can be time-gated to resolve signals that have shorter durations as a function of time while excluding signals that have a longer time duration. Raman and LIBS signals can be observed even from specimens that fluoresce strongly. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342836 | COMB-BASED SPECTROSCOPY WITH SYNCHRONOUS SAMPLING FOR REAL-TIME AVERAGING - A method of comb-based spectroscopy for measuring a CW source at time-bandwidth limited resolution by using frequency combs with a high degree of mutual coherence (<1 radian phase noise). | 2013-12-26 |
20130342837 | METHOD AND FLOW CELL FOR CHARACTERIZING PARTICLES BY MEANS OF NON-GAUSSIAN TEMPORAL SIGNALS - The present disclosure relates to the field characterization of particles in a sample solution. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a flow cell and a method for characterizing particles by means of collected non-Gaussian temporal signals. The present flow cell and method rely on an excitation fiber with a channel. The excitation fiber has a core for transporting an excitation light generated by a light source, and defines a channel through a portion of its core. The channel of the excitation fiber directs a flow of the sample solution. The excitation fiber, the channel and collection fibers characteristics are selected, proportioned and positioned to generate collected light with a non-Gaussian temporal intensity profile. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342838 | OPTICAL PARTICLE DETECTING DEVICE AND PARTICLE DETECTING METHOD - An optical particle detecting device including a light source that emits an inspection light, a converting unit that converts the inspection light into collimated light, a focusing reflecting mirror that reflects toward a focal point the inspection light that has been converted into collimated light, a jet mechanism that causes an airstream including a particle to jet into the focal point of the focusing reflecting mirror, and a detecting portion that detects either scattered light or fluorescence produced by the particle included in the airstream being illuminated by the inspection light. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342839 | OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides an optical detection system in which a first mirror of the control unit is used to receive light beam and redirect it into a first one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror. The first one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror then directs the light beam to a cylindrical lens. Through the mechanism of reflection, the cylindrical lens further directs the light beam to a second one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror. The second one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror then directs the light beam into a second mirror. The detection unit of the system is used to detect the light beam coming from the control unit, so as to convert the light signals into electric signals for the analysis in the process unit afterwards. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342840 | Optoelectronic sensor element - The invention relates to an optoelectronic sensor element ( | 2013-12-26 |