04th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
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20170023767 | IMAGING LENS - An optical imaging lens includes a plurality of lens elements arranged in the given order from an object side to an imaging side. Each of the lens elements has a refracting power, an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The lens elements include a first lens element closest to the object side, a second lens element second closest to the object-side, a third lens element having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens element having its object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric. The object-side surface of the first lens element has a concave portion in the vicinity of the optical axis. The third lens element has at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023768 | OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An optical photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has two surfaces being both aspheric. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein two surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein two surfaces thereof are aspheric. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023769 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL DEVICES HAVING DIFFERENT FIELDS OF VIEW - An optical device and mobile device including a plurality of optical devices having different fields of view to increase an aberration improvement effect and to realize a higher degree of resolution are disclosed. The optical device includes first to sixth lenses disposed sequentially from an object, and an image sensor configured to convert an image of a subject incident through the first to sixth lenses into an electrical signal, wherein 0.72017-01-26 | |
20170023770 | Camera Lens - The present invention discloses a camera lens composed of five ultrathin and high-luminous flux wide angle lenses with excellent optical properties. The lenses are lined up in turn from the object side as follows: a first lens with positive refractive power, a second lens with negative refractive power, a third lens with negative refractive power, a fourth lens with positive refractive power a fifth lens with negative refractive power. The camera lens meets specific conditions. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023771 | Camera Lens - A camera lens is disclosed and includes from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive refractive power and a fifth lens with negative refractive power. Specific conditions are satisfied. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023772 | Camera Lens - A camera lens is disclosed and includes from the object side to the image side: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive refractive power; a fifth lens with positive refractive power; and a sixth lens with negative refractive power. Specific conditions are satisfied. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023773 | Lens Assembly - A lens assembly comprises sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis a first lens, a second lens, a stop, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The first lens is a biconvex lens with positive refractive power. The second lens is a meniscus lens with negative refractive power and the convex surface of second lens faces the object side. The third lens is a meniscus lens with negative refractive power and the convex surface of third lens faces the object side. The fourth lens is a meniscus lens with positive refractive power and the concave surface of fourth lens faces the object side. The fifth lens is a biconcave lens with negative refractive power. The lens assembly satisfies the following condition: 1.102017-01-26 | |
20170023774 | IMAGE LENS ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An image lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface, wherein both of the surfaces of the fifth lens element are aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein the image-side surface thereof has at least one inflection point, and both of the surfaces of the sixth lens element are aspheric. The image lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023775 | LENS ELEMENT, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND IMAGING LENS - There is provided a lens element which is capable of obtaining a small-sized image capturing device with excellent resolving power, and an image capturing device including the lens element. A shape of an outer profile of an image side surface (L | 2017-01-26 |
20170023776 | WAFER LEVEL LENS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A wafer level lens system includes a target lens and a wafer level lens group. The target lens includes a first surface, a second surface, and a first fitting structure. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The first fitting structure is disposed at the second surface. The wafer level lens group includes a first transparent plate and a second fitting structure. The first transparent plate has a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface. The second fitting structure is disposed on the third surface. The first fitting structure is fitted into the second fitting structure, and there is a space encapsulated between the second surface and the third surface. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023777 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, CAMERA DEVICE, AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - An imaging optical system includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group, an aperture stop, and a second lens group. The first lens group includes, in order from the object side, a negative lens of a biconcave shape and a positive meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the object side. The second lens group includes, in order from the object side, a second-front lens group and a second-rear lens group, the second-rear lens group having a positive refractive power as a whole. The second-front lens group includes a cemented lens formed by combing a negative lens with a concave surface facing the object side and a positive lens. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023778 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: a front group; an aperture stop; and a rear group having a positive refractive power. The front group is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: at least two negative lenses, and a cemented lens formed by cementing a negative lens and a positive lens having a smaller Abbe's number with respect to the d line than the negative lens, provided in this order from the object side to the image side, together. The rear group is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: at least one positive lens, and a cemented lens having a positive refractive power as a whole, formed by cementing a positive lens and a negative lens, provided in this order form the object side to the image side, together. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023779 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: a front group having a negative refractive power; and a rear group having a positive refractive power. The front group is constituted by two negative lenses. The rear group includes a cemented lens formed by cementing a negative lens and a positive lens having a smaller Abbe's number with respect to the d line (wavelength: 587.6 nm) than the negative lens, provided in this order from the object side to the image side, together. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023780 | CATADIOPTRIC PROJECTOR SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS - Catadioptric projector systems, devices, and methods are provided in accordance with various embodiments. For example, some embodiments include a catadioptric projector that may include: a radiation source; a static pattern generating element and/or a time-varying pattern generating element configured to condition radiation from the radiation source to produce the patterned illumination; and/or a convex reflector positioned to project the patterned illumination. Some embodiments include a system that includes a catadioptric projector and a camera configured to acquire one or more images based on the patterned illumination. Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments are provided to estimate a distance to a point on an object based on the one or more acquired images. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023781 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens arranged along an optical axis includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The second lens group has at least one aspheric lens. The first lens group moves toward an image side and the second lens group moves away from the image side along the optical axis during zooming. The first lens group is moved for focusing, and the second lens group is moved for zooming. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023782 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - The image display apparatus includes an optical system causing a light flux entering from an original image by being transmitted through a fifth surface to reflect at a fourth surface, a third surface, a first surface and a second surface and then cause the light flux to be transmitted through the first surface and exit toward an exit pupil, causing the light flux to form an intermediate image and causing optical paths to intersect with each other. The optical system satisfies 0.62≦L12/f≦5.00 and 1.80≦L45/L12≦5.00. When a distance between hit points of a central-view-angle principal ray on the surfaces is referred to as a hit point distance, L45 represents a hit point distance between the fourth and fifth surfaces, L12 represents a hit point distance between the first and second surfaces, and f represents a focal length of the optical system. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023783 | MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE LENS - A microscope objective lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, and is configured such that the first lens group includes, on the most object side, a positive meniscus lens whose concave surface is directed to the object side, such that the second lens group includes a diffractive optical element having positive refractive power, and such that the diffractive optical element is arranged at a position closer to the image than a portion at which the diameter of a light flux passing through the first lens group and the second lens group is the larges | 2017-01-26 |
20170023784 | AN OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR IMAGING A SAMPLE - An optical arrangement for imaging a sample is disclosed. The optical arrangement comprises at least one first objective lens and at least one second objective lens, at least one illumination source for producing an illumination beam, detector for imaging radiation from the sample, and at least one mirror for reflecting the radiation from one of the first objective lens or the second objective lens into the detector. The at least one mirror is double-sided and dependent on the illumination beam at the other one of the first objective lens and the second objective lens. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023785 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DRIFT CONTROL APPARATUS AND MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A three-dimensional direction drift control apparatus and a microscope apparatus that correct misalignment of a relative position between an object lens and a sample. A near-infrared light emitted from a light source is irradiated onto a surface of a glass cover holding a sample on a stage. When the near-infrared light is irradiated onto the glass cover, a regular reflection light and scattered light of the near-infrared light are generated, and the regular reflection light and the scattered light enter a half-mirror via lenses from an objective lens to an offset lens group. A clamp processing unit detects misalignment in the lateral direction of the object lens with respect to the sample based on the image of the scattered light, which has been reflected by the half-mirror and entered a two-dimensional photoelectric converter, and controls a drive unit according to this detection result, whereby the stage is moved. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023786 | Systems and Methods for Image Processing in Optical Microscopes - Example embodiments relate to systems and methods for processing an image in optical microscopy, such as for a CMOS camera used as an optical detector in a line confocal fluorescent imager. The method includes acquiring a raw image with a microscope, and asymmetrically deconvolving at least a portion of the raw image using a point-spread function that is different in an X-direction than in a Y-direction in order to generate an asymmetrically deconvolved image. When the image is a monochromatic fluorescence image, the method also includes compressing CMOS camera noise. Also provided is a system for processing an image in optical microscopy and an image processing system for processing a monochromatic image from a CMOS camera-based line-scan confocal fluorescent microscope. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023787 | Optical Systems for Multi-Sensor Endoscopes - There is provided herein an optical system for a tip section of a multi-sensor endoscope, the system comprising: a front-pointing camera sensor; a front objective lens system; a side-pointing camera sensor; and a side objective lens system, wherein at least one of said front and side objective lens systems comprises a front and a rear sub-systems separated by a stop diaphragm, said front sub-system comprises, in order from the object side, a first front negative lens and a second front positive lens, said rear sub-system comprises, in order from the object side, a first rear positive lens, an achromatic sub-assembly comprising a second rear positive lens and a third rear negative lens, wherein the following condition is satisfied: f | 2017-01-26 |
20170023788 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROJECTING AN IMAGE AND DISPLAY USING SAID SYSTEM - The invention relates to an image-projection system which comprises a device ( | 2017-01-26 |
20170023789 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device capable of adequately displaying in accordance with a condition. In a HUD device including a projector projecting an image that is to be a virtual image, a screen to which an image from the projector is projected, a magnifying optic magnifying the image projected on the screen, the screen is moved by an actuator in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the projector. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023790 | OPTICAL CONFIGURATIONS FOR HEAD-WORN SEE-THROUGH DISPLAYS - Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for providing high quality display images in see-through head-worn optics. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023791 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The image display apparatus includes an optical system causing a light flux entering from an original image through an entrance surface to reflect at a part of reflective surfaces, causing the reflected light flux to form an intermediate image, and then causing the light flux to reflect at another part of the reflective surfaces and exit from an exit surface toward an exit pupil located in a first direction. The optical element includes a first optical portion, a second optical portion provided in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the first optical portion, and a connection portion to be connected to a holding portion provided in the apparatus. The connection portion is formed on a side face of the first optical portion so as to be included within a maximum width of the second optical portion. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023792 | DIFFERENTIATED VIEWING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH ACTIVE SPECTACLES - A differentiated viewing device, notably for a motor vehicle, comprising a light system configured to selectively emit first and second light signals, the device further comprises a first pair of active spectacles intended to be worn by a first observer, the first pair of spectacles being provided with a first screen capable of allowing the vision of the first observer in a first configuration and of blanking the vision of the first observer in a second configuration, the light system and the first pair of spectacles being synchronized so that the first screen is in the first configuration when the light system emits the first signals, and in the second configuration when the light system emits the second signals. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023793 | Smart Contact Lens with Embedded Display and Image Focusing System - A contact lens system is provided. The contact lens includes a contact lens substrate, an embedded display, and a processor. The embedded display may form a part of the contact lens substrate. The processor is configured to shift at least a part of an image to a central position of the embedded display to bring the part of the image into focus on the embedded display. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023794 | THREE DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEM - A system may comprise a selectively transparent projection device for projecting an image toward an eye of a viewer from a projection device position in space relative to the eye of the viewer, the projection device being capable of assuming a substantially transparent state when no image is projected; an occlusion mask device coupled to the projection device and configured to selectively block light traveling toward the eye from one or more positions opposite of the projection device from the eye of the viewer in an occluding pattern correlated with the image projected by the projection device; and a zone plate diffraction patterning device interposed between the eye of the viewer and the projection device and configured to cause light from the projection device to pass through a diffraction pattern having a selectable geometry as it travels to the eye. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023795 | LENS AND FRAME ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE FOR GLASSES - This invention is related to a lens and frame assembly structure for glasses. A lens assembly slot for assembling a lens is formed on a frame. Two sliding grooves are corresponded to the two side of the lens assembly slot respectively for assembling the fastening elements. Long slots are formed on the top and bottom surface of each sliding groove respectively for embedding retaining blocks which are formed on the top and bottom surface of each fastening element, thereby allowing each fastening element sliding in each sliding groove without separation. Furthermore, an embedding part projects out from each fastening element toward the lens assembly slot for embedding the embedding part into the recess of the lens. Therefore, the fastening elements on the frame are pushed to assemble or separate the lens and the frame without using any tools. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023796 | EYEGLASS TEMPLE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL - An eyeglass temple of composite material mainly includes an aluminum-alloy made temple body and non-metallic material combined together. The temple body is form integral with a pivotal seat, molding projections, molding ornamental pieces and an elongated tail. The non-metallic material is injection molded on the aluminum-alloy temple body to form different senses of texture and further elevate practical value of the eyeglass temple of composite material. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023797 | Optical Article Comprising an Antireflective Coating With a Low Reflection Both in the Ultraviolet Region and in the Visible Region - This invention relates to an ophthalmic lens with a low reflection both in the ultraviolet region and in the visible region, comprising a substrate provided on its rear main face with a multilayered antireflective coating (3-7 layers) comprising a stack of at least one layer with a high refractive index and at least one layer with a low refractive index, having a mean reflection factor on the rear face in the visible region R | 2017-01-26 |
20170023798 | Method And System For Determining Personalized Near Addition Value, Lens With Such Addition - A method for determining personalized near addition value for non-presbyopes, including measuring fusional amplitudes and phoria with at least one addition value, on both eyes of a person at a working distance; finding a mathematical function that predicts the change of a pair of fusional amplitudes and phoria as a function of addition value based on the addition value and the measured fusional amplitudes and phoria; and determining the near addition value according to a suitable relationship between the pair of fusional amplitudes and phoria on the mathematical function. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023799 | Method For Producing A Customized Progressive Ophthalmic Lens - A method for producing a customized progressive ophthalmic lens intended for a wearer having a prescription for a wearer's eye corresponding to said lens, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing an initial progressive ophthalmic lens design having a meridian line; b) providing binocular convergence data for the wearer; and c) modifying the initial design so that the meridian line is laterally shifted in position with respect to said initial design, for matching the convergence data provided at step b), for said prescription, and the modified design as resulting from step c) is used for the customized lens, wherein step b) comprises the following substeps: b | 2017-01-26 |
20170023800 | CONFORMABLE THERAPEUTIC SHIELD FOR VISION AND PAIN - A conformable covering comprises an outer portion with rigidity to resist movement on the cornea and an inner portion to contact the cornea and provide an environment for epithelial regeneration. The inner portion of the covering can be configured in many ways so as to conform at least partially to an ablated stromal surface so as to correct vision. The conformable inner portion may have at least some rigidity so as to smooth the epithelium such that the epithelium regenerates rapidly and is guided with the covering so as to form a smooth layer for vision. The inner portion may comprise an amount of rigidity within a range from about 1×10−4 Pa*m3 to about 5×10−4 Pa*m3 so as to deflect and conform at least partially to the ablated cornea and smooth an inner portion of the ablation with an amount of pressure when deflected. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023801 | MODIFIABLE-FOCUS LENS DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to intraocular lens devices, systems, and methods that include determining relative tilt and/or vergence rotation of a subject's eyes and focusing one or more intraocular lenses based on the determined vergence rotation. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023802 | ANTI-GLARE SPECTACLES PROVIDED WITH AN AUTOMATIC SWITCHING DEVICE - A pair of anti-glare spectacles, intended to be worn by a user, the spectacles comprising at least one anti-glare screen that can be switched between a first state in which the screen is capable of allowing the vision of the user and a second state in which the screen is capable of occulting the vision of the user, the spectacles further comprising an automatic switching device configured to detect a geographic configuration of the spectacles in order to switch the anti-glare screen to the second state when the spectacles have a geographic configuration which belongs to a set of predetermined geographic configurations, and to switch the anti-glare screen to the first state, when the spectacles have a geographic configuration which does not belong to the set. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023803 | OPTICAL MODULATOR INCLUDING NANOSTRUCTURE - An optical modulator includes a plurality of nanostructures, each nanostructure of the plurality of nanostructures having a refractive index that is variable; a first insulation layer having a refractive index that is less than the individual refractive indexes of the plurality of nanostructures and surrounding the plurality of nanostructures; and a refractive index changer configured to change the refractive indexes of the plurality of nanostructures. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023804 | OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY USING GUIDED RESONANCE WITH BACKSIDE REFLECTORS - Methods and systems for controlling the phase of electromagnetic waves are disclosed. A device can consist of a guided resonance grating layer, a spacer, and a reflector. A plurality of devices, arranged in a grid pattern, can control the phase of reflected electromagnetic phase, through refractive index control. Carrier injection, temperature control, and optical beams can be applied to control the refractive index. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023805 | DIRECT-COUPLED DRIVER FOR MACH-ZEHNDER OPTICAL MODULATORS - An optical modulator device directly-coupled to a driver circuit device. The optical modulator device can include a transmission line electrically coupled to an internal VDD, a first electrode electrically coupled to the transmission line, a second electrode electrically coupled to the first electrode and the transmission line. A wave guide can be operably coupled to the first and second electrodes, and a driver circuit device can be directly coupled to the transmission line and the first and second electrodes. This optical modulator and the driver circuit device can be configured without back termination. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023806 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element includes a light guide plate with a first major surface and with a second major surface opposite the first major surface and with side faces connecting the first and second major surfaces, wherein the light guide plate includes a matrix material transparent to ultraviolet light in which scattering centers are embedded, at least one light-emitting semiconductor device that couples ultraviolet light into the light guide plate via a side face when in operation, a first filter layer on the first major surface and a second filter layer on the second major surface, wherein the filter layers opaque to ultraviolet light and at least partially transparent to visible light, and a first photochromic layer at least on the first major surface, between the light guide panel and the first filter layer, with a transparency to visible light by ultraviolet light. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023807 | ACTIVELY CONTROLLABLE COLOR USING HIGH CONTRAST METASTRUCTURES - A color changing or beam steering photonic device, which combines a high contrast metastructure (HCM) having a plurality of high index grating structures, into a low index membrane. In response to physical (or electrical) deformation of the membrane the low index gaps between adjacent grating bars changes which results in changing reflectance and transmission angles for steering a single wavelength of light and for causing a color change in said photonic device when subject to multiple light wavelengths. Deformation can result from direct physical stimulus, conversion from electrical or thermal to physical, and so forth. Refractive index change can also be initiated by carrier injection through electrodes. The apparatus is exemplified for use in color displays, beam steering, labeling micro entities, mechanical deformation sensing, camouflage, anti-counterfeiting, and other fields. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023808 | Polarizer and Polarization Modulation System - Embodiments provide a polarizer and a polarization modulation system. The polarizer includes at least one MMI multi-mode waveguide, where one side of each MMI multi-mode waveguide is connected to an input waveguide, and the other side is connected to an output waveguide. An end portion of the side, on which the output waveguide is located, of the MMI multi-mode waveguide is provided with an adjustable portion, and the adjustable portion is connected to the output waveguide. The polarizer further includes a controller connected to the adjustable portion, where the controller is configured to perform control to change a material property of the adjustable portion, so that the output waveguide outputs optical signals in different polarization states. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023809 | Bandwidth Enhancement Technique Using Inductive Peaking - An integrated optical modulator includes, in part, a pair of waveguides and an inductor. The first waveguide is adapted to receive an incoming optical signal. The second waveguide includes a portion placed in proximity of the first waveguide so as to enable the incoming optical signal travelling in the first waveguide to couple to the second waveguide. The second waveguide comprises a p-n junction. The inductor has a first terminal coupled to the p-n junction and a second terminal coupled to a contact pad. The second waveguide has a circular shape. The inductor optionally has a spiral shape. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023810 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical waveguide device includes a substrate; a lower cladding disposed on the substrate; a rib waveguide including a slab disposed on the lower cladding and a single rib disposed on the slab contiguous to the slab; and an upper cladding disposed on the rib waveguide. The rib waveguide includes a first doped region having a first electric conductivity exhibiting a P-type electric conductivity across the rib and the slab and a second doped region being contiguous to the first doped region and having a second electric conductivity exhibiting an N-type electric conductivity across the rib and the slab. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023811 | Rubbing Roller - A rubbing roller is disclosed, which includes a cylindrical roller mandrel and a rubbing fabric in close contact with an outer surface of the roller mandrel; the rubbing fabric includes a first end face, an outer side face and a second end face in this order along an axial direction of the roller mandrel, and the first end face and the second end face are connected through the outer side; the outer side face of the rubbing fabric, at the first and second end faces, has a distance d | 2017-01-26 |
20170023812 | Rubbing Cloth Attaching Device - A rubbing cloth attaching device including a bracket; a feeding device mounted at the bracket to deliver a rubbing cloth; a detection device mounted at the bracket to detect a delivery rate of the rubbing cloth; a cutting carrier device movably cooperating with the bracket; a cutting device movably mounted at the cutting carrier device; a first driving device configured to drive the cutting carrier device; a second driving device configured to drive the cutting device; and a control system configured to calculate a length of delivered rubbing cloth based on the delivery rate, and control the first driving device to drive the cutting carrier device to move in a delivering direction of the rubbing cloth at the delivery rate and control the second driving device to drive the cutting device to move in perpendicular to the delivering direction upon the calculated length reaching a first predetermined value. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023813 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a gate line including a gate electrode; a data line including a source electrode; a drain electrode; an organic layer on the gate and data lines and the drain electrode, and a first opening defined therein; a first electrode on the organic layer, and a second opening defined therein; and a passivation layer on the first electrode, and a contact hole defined therein exposing the drain electrode. An interval taken in a first direction between a first edge of the gate electrode, the first edge parallel to a second direction in which the gate line is extended and which is different than the first direction, and a second edge of the first electrode second opening, the second edge parallel to the second direction and adjacent to the gate electrode first edge is 0 micrometer to about 6 micrometers. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023814 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention prevents the shaving of an alignment film caused by a columnar spacer in a liquid crystal display device of an IPS method using photo-alignment. A plinth higher than a pixel electrode is formed at a part where a columnar spacer formed over a counter substrate touches a TFT substrate. When an alignment film of a double-layered structure is applied over the pixel electrode and the plinth, the thickness of the alignment film over the plinth reduces by a leveling effect. When photo-alignment is applied in the state, a photodegraded upper alignment film over the plinth disappears and a lower alignment film having a high mechanical strength remains. As a result, it is possible to prevent the shaving of the alignment film. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023815 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A first organic insulating film is arranged in a circumference area outside an active area on a first substrate. A circumference color filter is arranged in the circumference area on a second substrate. A second organic insulating film covers the circumference color filter. A seal material is arranged between the first and second organic insulating films to attach the first substrate and the second substrate. The seal material extends up to a position in which end portions of the first and second substrates overlap. A first spacer is arranged between the first and second organic insulating films in the circumference area. The first spacer is arranged on an active area side in the seal material. A second spacer is formed between the first and second organic insulating films in a position in which the end portions of the substrates overlap. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023816 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a metal layer formed on an interlayer insulating film, arranged in contact with at least one of common electrodes adjacent to each other via a slit, and covering at least a part of the slit. The metal layer is at least partly opposed to a signal line located in correspondence with the slit and is arranged closer than the signal line to a liquid crystal layer. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023817 | Display Apparatus - A display apparatus according to the present invention includes a first polarizing film, a first insulating substrate, a second insulating substrate, and a second polarizing film that are located in the stated order in a light path from a light source toward a display surface. The second polarizing film has a polarization axis parallel or perpendicular to a polarization axis of the first polarizing film. The first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate each include a transparent substrate having insulating properties. At least the first insulating substrate or the second insulating substrate includes lower wiring that is located on the transparent substrate and is opaque and a fine pattern that is located in a preceding stage or a subsequent stage of the lower wiring in the light path and is opposed to the lower wiring with a transparent insulating film therebetween. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023818 | PEN WRITING ON ONE-DIMENSIONAL CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR - A touch panel includes a base, which is a liquid crystal module serving as a ground; a flexible dielectric layer over the base; and a one-dimensional pattern layer with sensor cells positioned as the same layer over the flexible dielectric layer. The sensor cells form a sensor array, and each of the sensor cells is individually controlled and sensed via an independent sensing line, wherein press sensing control is conducted according to a capacitance change resulting from a distance change between the sensor array and the base in response to an external force, and touch or gesture-based sensing control is conducted according to a capacitance change in the sensor array without involving the base. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023819 | LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal polymer composition comprising a liquid crystal, acrylic monomers including an acrylic monomer group (A) including a cyclic ring and an acrylic monomer group (B) including a chain structure or a cyclohexanol, and a photo initiator. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023820 | CONDUCTIVE INTERFACE FOR A LIGHT ADJUSTMENT SHEET - Embodiments of an apparatus for connection to a light adjustment sheet and conductive interfaces for connection to a light adjustment sheet are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus for connection to a light adjustment sheet include a power source interface configured to be connected to a power source and a sheet interface electrically connected to the power source interface. The sheet interface is configured to connect to the light adjustment sheet such that electricity can be conducted from the power source interface to the light adjustment sheet to switch the light adjustment sheet between different visibility states. Other embodiments are also described. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023821 | DISPLAY - A display which thickness is allowed to be reduced is provided. A display includes: a display panel; and a back-face member having rigidity and provided on a back face of the display panel, the back-face member covering the back face, or the back face and other part of the display panel. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023822 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a pixel electrode disposed in a pixel region and a light-shielding member partially overlapping the pixel electrode. A roof layer faces the pixel electrode. The roof layer includes a color filter and a pillar portion extending toward the light-shielding member. A cavity is formed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer. A common electrode is disposed on the roof layer. An inlet exposes a portion of the cavity. A controllable material is disposed in the cavity. A cover layer seals the inlet. The light-shielding member includes a first region corresponding to the pillar portion and a second region adjacent to the first region. A thickness of the first region is different from a thickness of the second region. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023823 | FIGURE EIGHT CLOSED LOOP COOLING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - The exemplary embodiments herein provide a figure eight closed loop of circulating gas pathways wrapping around an electronic display. One or more open loop ambient air pathways may pass through the figure eight but do not allow the circulating gas and the ambient air to mix. In some embodiments, the open loop ambient air pathway travels along a rear surface of the electronic display. In some embodiments, the circulating gas pathways contain a front channel placed in front of the electronic display, a rear channel placed behind the electronic display, and a center channel placed between the front and rear channels. Pass-through apertures may be placed within the path of the circulating gas and/or the ambient air to allow the paths of the two gaseous matters to cross without allowing them to mix with one another. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023824 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device of the disclosure includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a column spacer disposed on the first substrate and maintaining a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate; a light blocking pattern disposed on the first substrate and including an extended portion formed around the column spacer; and light blocking metal overlapped with at least a part of a region adjacent to and outside of a boundary of the extended portion that is not parallel to an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023825 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a front-side polarizing plate having a front-side polarizer; a liquid crystal cell; and a rear-side polarizing plate having a rear-side polarizer in this order, in which a distance D1 from a central portion of the front-side polarizer to a central portion of the liquid crystal cell and a distance D2 from a central portion of the rear-side polarizer to the central portion of the liquid crystal cell are different from each other, in which a ratio between an X value, and the distance D1 and a Y value, and the distance D2 rear-side polarizer is in a range of 1±0.12, a distance T1 between the front-side polarizing plate and the liquid crystal cell is 40 μm or more, and a distance T2 between the rear-side polarizing plate and the liquid crystal cell is in a range of 0 to 30 μm. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023826 | DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING MIRROR FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display apparatus having a mirror function. The display apparatus includes a display panel and a mirror panel. The mirror panel is provided at a light exiting side of the display panel, wherein the mirror panel is configured to permit a part of polarized light from the display panel to transmit therethrough while reflecting a part of ambient light. In addition, another embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a method for producing a display apparatus having a mirror function. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023827 | REFLECTIVE ELEMENT, BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A reflective element is adapted for use in a backlight module, which includes a plurality of optical lens elements each being provided with a light emitting element. The reflective element includes a plurality of interconnecting reflective portions, each defining a through hole that is adapted for accommodating a corresponding one of the optical lens elements and a corresponding one of the light emitting elements, and being adapted for reflecting light incident from the corresponding one of the light emitting elements. A backlight module and a display device including the reflective element are also disclosed. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023828 | Backlight Unit and Liquid Crystal Display Device Including the Same - A backlight unit comprises a plurality of point light sources facing a rear surface of a liquid crystal panel; a bottom cover comprising a lower surface supporting the plurality of point light sources and two or more side surfaces disposed between the lower surface of the bottom cover and the liquid crystal panel; and a support side in contact with a first side surface of the bottom cover's side surfaces and in contact with the lower surface of the bottom cover in order to change a path of light from the plurality of point light sources toward the liquid crystal panel, the support side including a plurality of support side members oriented at different angles relative to the bottom cover. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023829 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH LIGHT CONVERTING LAYER THEREIN, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device includes a display panel including a first display substrate and a backlight unit. The first display substrate includes a base substrate in which a groove is recessed from a first surface thereof, a light converting layer in the groove, and a protection layer overlapping the light converting layer in the groove and the first surface of the base substrate. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023830 | PHOTOLUMINESCENCE COLOR DISPLAY - A photoluminescence color display comprises a display panel that displays red, green and blue sub-pixel areas, an excitation source operable to generate excitation radiation for operating the display, and a combined layer of photoluminescence materials and filter pigments. The combined layer comprises at least one photoluminescence material, such as a phosphor material or quantum dots, that is operable to emit light corresponding to red, green and blue sub-pixel areas of the display in response to said excitation radiation. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023831 | LCD DEVICE - An LCD device is provided. The LCD device includes a blue backlight source, a lower polarizer, an array substrate, a liquid-crystal layer, an upper substrate, an upper polarizer, and a quantum excitation color filter layer. The LCD device is capable of emitting colored natural light by disposing the blue backlight source which has blue planar light with three wavelengths, improves luminous efficiency of the LCD device, and increases a viewing angle of the LCD device. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023832 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display, including: applying a photoalignment agent on a substrate; baking the applied photoalignment agent; forming a photoalignment layer by irradiating the baked photoalignment agent with polarized light; baking the photoalignment layer; and removing at least one decomposed unit by cleaning the baked photoalignment layer using a cleaning solution including at least one of propylene glycol monomethyl ether, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, or ethyl lactate. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023833 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes first and second voltage divider reference lines, first and second pixel electrodes, and first and second switching circuits. The first and second voltage divider reference lines are on different layers and extend in different directions. The first pixel electrode includes a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode, that receives a voltage lower than a voltage to be applied to the first sub-pixel electrode. The second pixel electrode includes a third sub-pixel electrode and a fourth sub-pixel electrode, that receives a voltage lower than a voltage to be applied to the third sub-pixel electrode. The first switching circuit is connected to the first voltage divider reference line, and the second switching circuit is connected to the second voltage divider reference line. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023834 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS SUBSTRATE, GLASS SUBSTRATE, AND PANEL FOR DISPLAY - A method for manufacturing a glass substrate comprises a surface processing step of performing surface processing for forming unevenness on a glass surface. In the surface processing step, protruded portions having a height of 1 nm or more from an average line of a roughness curve are dispersedly formed on the glass surface. In the surface processing step, the surface processing is performed such that a protruded portion area ratio is 0.5 to 10%. The protruded portion area ratio is a ratio of an area of the protruded portions with respect to an area of any rectangular region. The rectangular region has a square shape with a side length of 1 μm. In the surface processing step, in a case where the rectangular region is equally divided into at least one hundred divided regions having a square shape, the surface processing is performed such that a protruded portion content ratio is 80% or more. The protruded portion content ratio is a ratio of the number of divided regions having the protruded portions with respect to the number of divided regions included in the rectangular region. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023835 | TOUCH SENSING TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch sensing type liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate includes a first substrate, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, and a touch sensing unit; a color filter substrate including a second substrate and facing the array substrate; an anti-static layer on an outer side of the second substrate and including an organic material and a carbon nano-tube; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and an inner side of the second substrate. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023836 | BOA LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a BOA liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The BOA liquid crystal display panel is structured to have a TFT (T) entirely located on a first black matrix ( | 2017-01-26 |
20170023837 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device includes: a substrate; a gate line disposed on the substrate and extending in a first direction; a data line insulated from the gate line and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a pixel electrode disposed in a pixel region defined by the gate line and the data line; a source electrode connected to the data line; a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode; and a color filter layer disposed on the data line, the source electrode, and the drain electrode. The color filter layer includes: a first contact hole exposing the drain electrode, and a second contact hole disposed over at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode. The pixel electrode is disposed on the color filter layer and is connected to the drain electrode through the first contact hole. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023838 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device, an upper electrode and a drain electrode are reliably connected to each other electrically, with preventing or suppressing an occurrence of an aperture ratio loss, or sufficiently reducing a parasitic capacitance between the scanning line and the lower electrode. An interlayer resin film is formed on a drain electrode, with a hole being formed on the interlayer resin film, and on the drain electrode exposed to a bottom portion of the hole, an island-shaped electrode is formed separately from a lower electrode. Moreover, on the island-shaped electrode, an inter-electrode insulating film is formed, a contact hole is formed in the inter-electrode insulating film, and an upper electrode is formed on the island-shaped electrode exposed to a bottom portion of the contact hole. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023839 | DISPLAY DEVICE BEING RESISTANT TO SHORT-CIRCUITING - A display device includes a first substrate including a display area and a peripheral area disposed in a periphery of the display area. A gate line is disposed in the display area. A data line is insulated from the gate line and intersects the gate line. The data line includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed in the display area, and the second portion is connected to the first portion and is disposed in the peripheral area. A thin-film transistor (TFT) is disposed in the display area of the first substrate and is connected to the gate and data lines. A first insulating pattern is disposed on the TFT. A second insulating pattern is disposed in the peripheral area and covers a part of the second portion of the data line. The second insulating pattern includes a same material as the first insulating pattern. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023840 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - A display device and a display substrate are provided. The display device includes a first substrate, having a surface; a gate line disposed on the substrate, wherein the gate line substantially extends along a first direction; a first data line and a drain electrode disposed on the substrate, and the data line intersecting with the gate line. In particular, a first opening projects onto the surface to form a first projection pattern, wherein the first projection pattern includes a first portion, and wherein the first portion is disposed between projections of the at least two finger portions onto the surface and outside a projection of the connecting portion onto the surface. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023841 | ELECTROCHROMIC COATED GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR LASER PROCESSING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are glass articles coated on at least one surface with an electrochromic layer and comprising minimal regions of laser damage, and methods for laser processing such glass articles. Insulated glass units comprising such coated glass articles are also disclosed herein. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023842 | SUB-VOLT DRIVE 100 GHZ BANDWIDTH ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR - Electro-optical modulators and methods of fabrication are disclosed. An electro-optical modulator includes a Mach-Zehnder interferometer formed in a substrate removed semiconductor layer and a coplanar waveguide. Signals from the coplanar waveguide are capacitively coupled to the Mach-Zehnder interferometer through first and second dielectric layers. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023843 | APPARATUS FOR BEAM-DIVIDING USING ACOUSTO-OPTIC MODULATORS - An apparatus for temporally dividing pulses from a train of optical pulses into angularly-separated beam paths is disclosed. The apparatus includes no more than one acousto-optic modulator (AOM) for each beam path. The AOMs are configured and arranged to maximize the angular separation of the beam paths and to maximize the energy of each divided pulse. Pulses on the separated beam paths have equal pulse energies and may be gated independently. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023844 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH PHOTON FLIPPING - An optical device with photon flipping for converting an incident light flux into a practically monochromatic light beam, the device including a cladding area including a photon crystal microstructure, the photon crystal microstructure having an allowed spectral band and a spectral band gap; a flipping area including a flipping fluorescent dye which has a spectral band for absorbing fluorescence, which covers at least part of the allowed spectral band, and a spectral band for emitting fluorescence, which covers at least part of the spectral band gap of the photon crystal microstructure; a central area arranged to enable propagation of a monochromatic light beam having a wavelength in the spectral band gap, the central area being surrounded by the photon crystal microstructure; the core area having a thickness which is less than or equal to five times the wavelength of the maximum fluorescence emission of the flipping fluorescent dye. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023845 | LIGHT ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A light adjusting apparatus includes substrates arranged in parallel, each including an opening to pass light, a rotary shaft member which is rotatable around an axis perpendicular to the substrates and movable in an axial direction, a light adjusting section fixed integrally to the rotary shaft member in a space between the substrates and configured to move to an insertion position or a retracted position along with the rotation of the rotary shaft member and adjust light that passes through the opening, and a holding member configured to restrict the rotation of the light adjusting section that moves to one substrate side in the space from the insertion/retracted position and allow the rotation of the light adjusting section that moves to the other substrate side in the space. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023846 | REFLECTIVE LIGHTING SYSTEM - A reflective lighting system for illuminating a subject includes a diffusion panel and a reflector. The diffusion panel is arranged and configured to be illuminated by a light source. The reflector is arranged and configured to receive light from the diffusion panel and redirect the light toward the subject. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023847 | SOUND BLIMP - The present disclosure is directed to a housing for operating a camera having a lens and a camera body. The housing includes a main portion defining a cavity for receiving the camera body, wherein the main portion has a front wall and a rear opening, and a closure portion releasably connected to the main portion to close the rear opening. The front wall has a lens opening for receiving the camera lens when the camera is within the cavity of the main portion, and the housing includes a homogeneous mass of rubber material. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023848 | HIGH-DEFINITION PYLON-MOUNTED CAMERA ASSEMBLY WITH MOUNTING STRUCTURE - Wired portable or permanent pylon-mounted, single or multiple camera assemblies providing high-definition images, remote video parameter adjustment, real time imaging, lower camera mounting, microphone use, no overheating problems, longer run times, and installation and removal without disturbing field surface. Pylon is molded from high-density, impact resistant foam, integrated with a break-away connect providing for non-destructively breaking and remaking electrical connections. Increased content of high impact, resistant material provides player and pylon protection. Camera wiring extends internally to integral connecting base fitted with magnets for quick and accurate mating with stationary turf base. Wires in turf carry signals from camera to a fiber optic transmitter that powers the pylon cameras, converts the electrical signals to optical signals, and receives control signals converting them to electrical signals. Thousands of meters range optical signals converted back to electrical high-definition video signals by fiber optic receiver and recorded by replay devices for instant viewing. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023849 | BALANCED CAMERA SLIDER - A camera slider has a base and a tubular hollow arm pivotally attached to the base. A counterweight carriage is supported on the arm on carriage rollers. An electric drive motor moves the counterweight carriage linearly on top of the arm. A slider counterweight is movable from a first position, wherein the counterweight carriage is at or adjacent to a first end of the arm and the slider counterweight is at or adjacent to a second end of the arm, and a second position wherein the counterweight carriage is at the second end of the arm, opposite from the first end, and the slider counterweight is at or adjacent to the first end of the arm. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023850 | CAMERA COVER - A cover or shell for a camera is disclosed and described. The cover can have multiple openings for accessing various portions of the camera so that the camera can be operated without substantially removing the cover. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023851 | LED Project Light Has Features - The AC or DC powered LED projection light to project Bigger-size image desire location, It may has one or plurality or memory card, SD card, Micro SD card or displayer has changeable screen, display, TFT, Lcos though the desired optics lens or magnify lens and LED light source to project at least one of screen to desired surface and size and quality of image to viewer. The preferred function or more than one function has desired combination but not limited from all different purpose LED light with desired power source with preferred circuit, switch, sensor, timer, IC, electric parts and accessories to has predetermined function as requirement and which all are available device or parts or accessories from conventional market place. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023852 | INDIVIDUAL VISUALIZATION OF IMAGE INFORMATION CONCEALED IN A LIGHT PROJECTION | 2017-01-26 |
20170023853 | MASK BLANK SUBSTRATE, SUBSTRATE WITH MULTILAYER REFLECTION FILM, TRANSMISSIVE MASK BLANK, REFLECTIVE MASK BLANK, TRANSMISSIVE MASK, REFLECTIVE MASK, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - Disclosed is a mask blank substrate for use in lithography, wherein a main surface of the substrate satisfies a relational equation of (BA | 2017-01-26 |
20170023854 | BLANKMASK AND PHOTOMASK USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a blankmask and a photomask, in which compositions of metal and light elements of a light-shielding film are controlled so that the light-shielding film can guarantee a light-shielding efficiency, increase an etching speed, become thinner, and have a minimum sheet-resistance. To this end, the blankmask according to the present invention includes at least a light-shielding film on a transparent substrate, and the light-shielding film includes a first light-shielding layer adjacent to the transparent substrate and a second light-shielding layer formed on the first light-shielding layer, in which the first and the second light-shielding film contains chrome (Cr) and molybdenum (Mo). | 2017-01-26 |
20170023855 | PHOTOMASK BLANK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOMASK BLANK - A method for manufacturing a photomask blank having at least a silicon-containing inorganic film over a transparent substrate includes forming the silicon-containing inorganic film such that a surface has an oxygen concentration not less than 55 atomic percent and not more than 75 atomic percent, the silicon-containing inorganic film being an SiO film or an SiON film and serving as a hard mask film. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023856 | MASK BLANK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHASE SHIFT MASK - A mask blank suitable for fabricating a phase shift mask having a thin film pattern composed of a material enabling dry etching with a fluorine-based gas and a substrate-engraved pattern. The mask blank | 2017-01-26 |
20170023857 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which performs an imprint process of forming a pattern on a substrate by molding an imprint material on the substrate using a mold, the apparatus including a measurement unit configured to measure relative positions of the mold and the substrate, a light source unit configured to emit light for curing the imprint material, a scanning unit configured to scan light from the light source unit on the substrate, and a control unit configured to control the imprint process, wherein the control unit performs the imprint process by causing the scanning unit to scan the light while partially aligning the mold and the substrate with each other based on a measurement result of the measurement unit. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023858 | COLORING COMPOSITION, FILM, COLOR FILTER, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COLOR FILTER, SOLID IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, AND INFRARED SENSOR - A coloring composition includes colorants, polymerizable compounds, and a resin, in which a ratio P/M of a mass P of the colorants to a mass M of the polymerizable compounds is 0.05 to 0.35, a content of the polymerizable compounds is 25 to 65 mass % with respect to a total solid content of the coloring composition, a ratio A/B of a minimum value A of an absorbance in a wavelength range of 400 nm or longer and shorter than 580 nm to a minimum value B of an absorbance in a wavelength range of 580 nm to 770 nm is 0.3 to 3, and a ratio C/D of a minimum value C of an absorbance in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 750 nm to a maximum value D of an absorbance in a wavelength range of 850 nm to 1300 nm is 5 or higher. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023859 | RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising a binder resin (A), a radiation-sensitive compound (B), a tetrafunctional or lower functional epoxy-based cross-linking agent (C) having an epoxy equivalent of 450 or less and a softening point of 30° C., or less, and an aralkyl phenol resin (D) is provided. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a radiation-sensitive resin composition able to give a resin film high in adhesion to a metal layer and excellent in developability and low hygroscopicity. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023860 | PHOTOSENSITIVE POLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to a photosensitive polysiloxane composition and a thin film formed by the aforementioned photosensitive polysiloxane composition. The thin film is a planarization film of a TFT substrate, an interlayer insulating film or an overcoat of a core material or a protective material in a waveguide. The invention is to provide a photosensitive polysiloxane composition having excellent surface flatness and high tapered angle of a pattern. The photosensitive polysiloxane composition comprises a polysiloxane (A), an o-naphthoquinone diazide sulfonic acid ester (B), an alkali-soluble resin containing a silyl group (C) and a solvent (D). | 2017-01-26 |
20170023861 | POSITIVE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, AND COMPOUND - The present invention aims to provide positive photosensitive compositions that have excellent patterning properties and can exhibit excellent electrical insulation reliability when cured (as thin films). The positive photosensitive composition according to a first aspect of the present invention is characterized by including (A) a compound that contains an alkenyl group or a SiH group within a molecule and has a structure that decomposes in the presence of acid to generate an acidic group or a hydroxyl group; (B) a compound that contains a SiH group or an alkenyl group within a molecule; (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst; and (D) a photoacid generator. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023862 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING PATTERNS WITH CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM LITHOGRAPHY - In a method for fracturing or mask data preparation or mask process correction for charged particle beam lithography, a plurality of shots are determined that will form a pattern on a surface, where shots are determined so as to reduce sensitivity of the resulting pattern to changes in beam blur (β | 2017-01-26 |
20170023863 | TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE AREA REDUCTION THROUGH CO-OPTIMIZING LOGIC CORE BLOCKS AND MEMORY REDUNDANCIES - Techniques are disclosed for achieving size reduction of embedded memory arrays through determining a spare-core layout. In an embodiment, input parameters comprising global process parameters are combined with design characteristics to compute yield values corresponding to potential redundancy configurations for a die. Resulting yields may be compared to determine which redundancy configuration is suitable to maintain a particular yield. A die configured with one or more spare cores (with no redundant memory therein) results in a yield which is equivalent to, or exceeds, the yield of a die with conventional memory redundancies. In some example cases, memory redundancy is eliminated from cores. Another embodiment provides a semiconductor structure having including an array of redundant cores, each including a composition of memory arrays and logic structures, wherein at least one of the memory arrays of each redundant core is implemented without at least one of row redundancy and column redundancy. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023864 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPOSURE PATTERN CORRECTION AND EXPOSURE SYSTEM - A method for correcting an exposure pattern on a substrate includes obtaining, based on the exposure pattern, displacement adjustment parameters for adjusting displacements of a worktable supporting the substrate in each of a first direction and a second direction, a rotation angle adjustment parameter for adjusting a rotation angle of the worktable in a rotation direction, and a gap adjustment parameter for adjusting a gap between the worktable and a mask plate. The first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other in a horizontal plane. The rotation direction is a direction in which the worktable rotates around a central axis of a base table supporting the mask plate. The method further includes moving the worktable based on the displacement adjustment parameters, the rotation angle adjustment parameter and the gap adjustment parameter. | 2017-01-26 |
20170023865 | METHOD FOR ALIGNING A MIRROR OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A method for aligning a mirror of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, according to one formulation, involves: recording a first partial interferogram between a wave reflected at a first mirror segment ( | 2017-01-26 |
20170023866 | BIT PATTERNED MEDIA TEMPLATE INCLUDING ALIGNMENT MARK AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A method is disclosed that includes forming at least one substrate alignment mark and at least one lithography alignment mark in a substrate; forming a seed layer on the substrate; and forming a guide pattern and at least one guide pattern alignment mark in the seed layer, where the at least one guide pattern alignment mark is formed over the at least one substrate alignment mark. The method further includes determining an alignment error of the at least one guide pattern alignment mark relative to the at least one substrate alignment mark; and patterning features on at least one region of the substrate, where the features are positioned on the substrate based on the at least one lithography alignment mark and the alignment error. | 2017-01-26 |