Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090081356 | PROCESS FOR FORMING THIN FILM ENCAPSULATION LAYERS - A process is disclosed for making a thin film encapsulation package for an OLED device by depositing a thin film material on an OLED device to be encapsulated, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows along substantially parallel elongated output openings, wherein the series of gas flows comprises, in order, at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material, optionally repeated a plurality of times, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material to form an encapsulating thin film, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is a volatile organo-metal precursor compound. The process is carried out substantially at or above atmospheric pressure, and the temperature of the substrate during deposition is under 250° C. | 03-26-2009 |
20090081360 | OLED DISPLAY ENCAPSULATION WITH THE OPTICAL PROPERTY - A process of making an optical film or optical array comprises: a) simultaneously directing a series of gas flows along elongated substantially parallel channels to form a first thin film on a substrate; wherein the series of gas flows comprises, in order, at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material; wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material to form the first thin film; b) repeating step a) a plurality of times to produce a first thickness of a first film layer with a first optical property; wherein the process is carried out at or above atmospheric pressure; c) repeating steps a) and b) to produce a second film layer; and wherein the process is carried out substantially at or above atmospheric pressure. | 03-26-2009 |
20090147220 | DISPLAY APPARATUS USING BILINEAR ELECTROMECHANICAL MODULATOR - A digital projection apparatus has a first light modulation subsystem with a first light source producing linear illumination of a first spectral color and a second light source producing linear illumination of a second spectral color. A first light modulator chip ( | 06-11-2009 |
20090231697 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY USING MULTI-LINEAR ELECTROMECHANICAL MODULATOR - A method for forming a stereoscopic image having a left-eye image and a right-eye image repeats the steps of directing a line of the left-eye image as incident light toward a scanning element while directing a line of the right-eye image as incident light toward the scanning element, and moving the scanning element into position for directing incident light toward a portion of a display surface. | 09-17-2009 |
20090278454 | OLED DISPLAY ENCAPSULATED WITH A FILTER - The invention is directed towards an encapsulated electronic device, comprising a substrate; an electronic device on a first surface of the substrate; a first thin-film layer of a first inorganic material having a first optical property on the thin-film electronic device; and a second thin-film layer of a second inorganic material having a second optical property which is different from the first optical property on the first thin-film layer and wherein at least one of the first layer or the second layer is also an encapsulation layer and wherein the first thin-film layer and the second thin-film layer form at least a portion of an optical filter. | 11-12-2009 |
20090278918 | DISPLAY USING BIDIRECTIONALLY SCANNED LINEAR MODULATOR - A method for forming a stereoscopic image forms separate left-eye and right-eye images in a repeated cycle that forms the left-eye image by providing data for lines of the left-eye image, ordered in sequence from a first to a second edge of an image frame, then forms successive lines of modulated light according to the ordered sequence by progressively scanning lines of modulated light across a display surface by rotating a scanning element forward from a first to a second position. The right-eye image is formed by providing data for lines of the right-eye image, ordered in sequence from the second to the first edge of the image frame and forming successive lines of modulated light, progressively scanning the lines of modulated light across the display surface by rotating the scanning element in reverse from the second to the first position. The left-eye image is distinguished from the right-eye image. | 11-12-2009 |
20100066770 | Pulse Width Modulation Display Pixels with Spatial Manipulation - Systems and methods of producing images are provided. Data corresponding to a first set of display pixels is received. When it is determined that a transition occurs in the first set of display pixels, a position of at least one display pixel in the first set of display pixels is adjusted based on the determined transition. The adjustment can involve adjusting a center of a pulse that causes formation of the display pixel away from a center of a modulation window. | 03-18-2010 |
20100171931 | LINE ILLUMINATION APPARATUS USING LASER ARRAYS - An illumination apparatus forms, onto a linear array light modulator, a line of illumination that extends in a linear direction. The illumination apparatus has a first laser array with laser emitters for forming a first linear beam array and a second laser array with laser emitters for forming a second linear beam array. An array combiner aligns at least the first and second linear beam arrays in the linear direction and directs the first and second linear beam arrays along a propagation path to form a mixed illumination. At least first and second cylindrical lens elements having power in the linear direction relay the mixed illumination from the propagation path toward the linear array light modulator. At least third and fourth cylindrical lens elements having power in the cross-array direction that is orthogonal to the linear direction focus the mixed illumination onto the linear array light modulator. | 07-08-2010 |
20100176855 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATED CIRCUITRY FOR INTEGRATED DEVICES - An apparatus for producing a separate pulse width modulation signal for each of a plurality of integrated devices, comprising circuitry for each integrated device having structures that :receive and convert a digital signal for each integrated device to an analog voltage level; sample the analog voltage level and storing such analog voltage level; and compare the stored analog voltage level to a common dynamic reference signal and producing a variable width pulse having a first level when the reference signal is above the analog voltage level and a second level when the reference signal is below the analog voltage level, wherein the common dynamic reference signal is the same signal for each integrated device | 07-15-2010 |
20100177123 | EDGE REPRODUCTION IN OPTICAL SCANNING DISPLAYS - When producing an image in an optical scanning device, such as an optical scanning device employing pulse width modulation, for example, edges are reproduced by illuminating, within a pixel through which an edge passes, an off-centered location towards the lighter illumination side of the edge. Such a technique reproduces an edge with reduced jagging and with accurate color as compared to conventional displays. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177129 | ARTIFACT REDUCTION IN OPTICAL SCANNING DISPLAYS - When producing an image in an optical scanning device, such as an optical scanning device employing pulse width modulation, for example, a pixel or its adjacent pixels are illuminated over a period at least as a function of a sequence of illumination data. Such pixel or its adjacent pixels are illuminated, however, at different locations within the pixel or its adjacent pixels over the period. This varying of the illumination-location within pixels over time reduces the “screen-door effect” present in conventional displays. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177171 | DUAL-VIEW STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY USING LINEAR MODULATOR ARRAYS - A method for displaying first and second stereoscopic images to first and second viewers provides the first viewer with a first decoding device having a first viewer differentiating element for receiving the first stereoscopic image and further having a first left- and right-eye differentiating elements for separating left- and right-eye images. The second viewer is provided with a second decoding device having a second viewer differentiating element for receiving the second stereoscopic image and further having a second left- and right-eye differentiating element. The first stereoscopic image is displayed to the first viewer by forming a first left-eye image and forming a first right-eye image, each over substantially half of the refresh period. The second stereoscopic image is displayed to the second viewer by forming a second left-eye image and forming a second right-eye image, each over substantially half of the refresh period. | 07-15-2010 |
20100315595 | DYNAMIC ILLUMINATION CONTROL FOR LASER PROJECTION DISPLAY - A display apparatus ( | 12-16-2010 |
20110134344 | DYNAMIC ILLUMINATION CONTROL FOR LASER PROJECTION DISPLAY - A method for improving image contrast for a display apparatus obtains a frame of image data having one or more code values for each pixel in the frame of image data, analyzes the frame of image data to identify a distribution of dark regions therein. The method further adjusts at least one of the one or more code values for the frame of image data according to the distribution of dark regions in the frame of image data and attenuates a brightness level available for the image frame according to the distribution of dark regions in the frame of image data. | 06-09-2011 |
20110224515 | REPLACEABLE MICRONEEDLE CARTRIDGE FOR BIOMEDICAL MONITORING - A replaceable microneedle array for a biomedical monitor is disclosed. The microneedle array includes a plurality of moveable microneedles coated with at least one chemical sensing material coupled with a porous material. The microneedle array also includes a substrate defining wells to house the microneedles. The microneedle array further includes at least one restoring spring element coupled between each microneedle and the substrate such that each of the plurality of microneedles is held at least partially in an associated well. | 09-15-2011 |
20110319742 | SPATIAL IMAGING METHODS FOR BIOMEDICAL MONITORING AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - A method for monitoring at least one biomedical characteristic is disclosed. A first microneedle coated with one or more regions of a chemical sensing material is illuminated. One or more digital images are captured of the first microneedle, wherein at least one of the one or more digital images is captured after the first coated microneedle has been actuated to penetrate a subject's skin. Pixel information is spatially extracted from the captured one or more images to define one or more pixel sample areas corresponding to the one or more regions of a chemical sensing material. One or more spectral characteristics are determined for each of the one or more pixel sample areas. The at least one biomedical characteristic is determined for each of the one or more pixel sample areas based on the determined one or more spectral characteristics for each of the one or more pixel sample areas. | 12-29-2011 |
20120070942 | PROCESS FOR FORMING THIN FILM ENCAPSULATION LAYERS - A thin film environmental barrier encapsulation process includes providing an electronic device on a substrate, a first reactant gaseous material, a second reactant gaseous material, an inert gaseous material; and a delivery head through which the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material are simultaneously directed toward the electronic device and the substrate. One or more of the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material flows through the delivery head. The flow of the one or more of the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material generates a pressure to create a gas fluid bearing that maintains a substantially uniform distance between the delivery head and the substrate. Relative motion between the delivery head and the substrate causes the second reactant gaseous material to react with at least a portion of the electronic device and the substrate that has been treated with the first reactant gaseous material. | 03-22-2012 |
20120076929 | THIN FILM ELECTRONIC DEVICE FABRICATION PROCESS - A thin film electronic device fabrication process includes providing an electronic device on a substrate, a first reactant gaseous material, a second reactant gaseous material, an inert gaseous material; and a delivery head through which the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material are simultaneously directed toward the electronic device and the substrate. One or more of the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material flows through the delivery head. The flow of the one or more of the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material generates a pressure to create a gas fluid bearing that maintains a substantially uniform distance between the delivery head and the substrate. Relative motion between the delivery head and the substrate causes the second reactant gaseous material to react with at least a portion of the electronic device and the substrate that has been treated with the first reactant gaseous material. | 03-29-2012 |
20120224036 | DUAL-VIEW STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY USING LINEAR MODULATOR ARRAYS - A method for displaying first and second stereoscopic images to first and second viewers provides the first viewer with a first decoding device having a first viewer differentiating element for receiving the first stereoscopic image and further having a first left- and right-eye differentiating elements for separating left- and right-eye images. The second viewer is provided with a second decoding device having a second viewer differentiating element for receiving the second stereoscopic image and further having a second left- and right-eye differentiating element. The first stereoscopic image is displayed to the first viewer by forming a first left-eye image and forming a first right-eye image, each over substantially half of the refresh period. The second stereoscopic image is displayed to the second viewer by forming a second left-eye image and forming a second right-eye image, each over substantially half of the refresh period. | 09-06-2012 |
20120243100 | LINE ILLUMINATION APPARATUS USING LASER ARRAYS - A method for forming, onto a linear array light modulator, a line of illumination that extends in a linear direction, the method includes forming a first linear beam array and a second linear beam array, both linear beam arrays comprising a plurality of laser beams; forming a mixed illumination by aligning the first linear beam array and the second linear beam array in the linear direction and directing the first and second linear beam arrays along a propagation path; magnifying the mixed illumination from the propagation path in the linear direction and relaying the magnified mixed illumination toward the linear array light modulator; and focusing the mixed illumination in the cross-array direction that is orthogonal to the linear direction onto the linear array light modulator. | 09-27-2012 |
20120253224 | SKIN TEST IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUSES AND METHODS THEREOF - An apparatus and method for making an apparatus for skin testing includes a housing with an opening which defines a field of view of a skin testing region, an image sensing apparatus, an illumination apparatus, a binding apparatus, and an image processing controller. The image sensing apparatus is positioned with respect to the housing to capture images in the field of view provided by the opening. The illumination apparatus is positioned within the housing to direct light towards a portion of the field of view provided by the opening. The binding apparatus detachably secures the housing over the skin testing region and maintains a fixed distance between the image sensing apparatus and the skin testing region. The controller is configured to analyze test samples sites in each of the captured images from the image sensing apparatus and provide a skin test result for each of the test sample sites. | 10-04-2012 |
20130016287 | DYNAMIC ILLUMINATION CONTROL FOR LASER PROJECTION DISPLAY - A display apparatus includes one or more imaging channels, each imaging channel includes a polarized light source and a spatial light modulator that is actuable to modulate the polarized light and provide a modulated polarized light. A control logic processor is disposed to receive and analyze each frame of image data for the one or more imaging channels. A variable brightness attenuator in the path of the modulated polarized light and actuable under the control of the control logic processor to attenuate the modulated polarized light to one of a plurality of attenuation levels for the one or more imaging channels according to each frame of image data. | 01-17-2013 |