20th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120120306 | TECHNIQUES FOR NETWORK-CENTRIC SCHEDULED POWER PROVISIONING - A method is performed in a power sourcing device (PSD). The method includes, for each of a plurality of powered devices (PDs) configured to time-varyingly draw power from the PSD, (a) receiving a set of power requirements for that PD, (b) assigning a set of amounts of power to be allocated to that PD, each assigned amount respectively indicating an assigned power allocation to that PD at a different time slot, and (c) during each time slot, providing an amount of power to that PD in accordance with the assigned amount. The set of power requirements includes (1) a plurality of different amounts of power to be drawn by the PD, each different amount of power being associated with an operational mode in which the PD can operate and (2) a policy indicating which operational mode the PD should operate in at different times. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120307 | FOREIGN SUBSTANCE REMOVING DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A dust removing device includes an oscillation body including at least an elastic member and an electromechanical energy conversion element which is fixed to the elastic member, wherein the electromechanical energy conversion element is configured to excite oscillation in the elastic member to remove dust. A rigidity-increasing member configured to enhance rigidity of the oscillation body in the direction of a node line of the oscillation is provided on at least one of the elastic member and the electromechanical energy conversion element. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120308 | CAPILLARY ACTUATOR DEPLOYMENT - A method for making an actuator includes forming a substantially planar actuator device of an electrically conductive material, the device incorporating an outer frame, a fixed frame attached to the outer frame, a moveable frame disposed parallel to the fixed frame, a motion control flexure coupling the moveable frame to the outer frame for coplanar, rectilinear movement relative to the outer frame and the fixed frame, an actuator incorporating a plurality of interdigitated teeth, a fixed portion of which is attached to the fixed frame and a moving portion of which is attached to the moveable frame, moving the moveable frame to a deployed position that is coplanar with, parallel to and spaced a selected distance apart from the fixed frame, and fixing the moveable frame at the deployed position for substantially rectilinear, perpendicular movement relative to the fixed frame. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120309 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transmission apparatus configured to transmit moving image data to another apparatus inputs moving image data and, if some of the input moving image data is to be excluded from the moving image data to be transmitted according to a transmission state, excludes the moving image data of a frame not corresponding to an event out of the input moving image data from the moving image data to be transmitted. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120310 | Programmable Signal Processing Circuit And Method of Interleaving - A programmable signal processing circuit is used to (de-)interleave a data stream. Data from the signal stream is stored in a data memory ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120311 | DISTRIBUTED IMAGE RETARGETING - A method for retargeting an image in a system comprising a transmitter connected to at least one receiver through a communication network, comprises: —computing ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120312 | IMAGE SYNTHESIZING DEVICE, CODING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In order to prevent obstruction of a view of a subtitle due to synthesis of the subtitle onto an object area such as a person and display of the synthesized subtitle, an image synthesizing device includes: an image synthesizing unit which synthesizes a graphics object onto an image; and a display area detecting unit which outputs a display position of an area having the lowest spatial frequency; and a drawing control unit which causes the graphics object to be drawn at the display position. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120313 | HIGH DENSITY WIRELESS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for communicating within a wireless microphone system having a plurality of audio channels. The method includes the steps of dividing a small block of radio frequency spectrum associated with a single television broadcast channel into a plurality of at least 20 contiguous subchannels that are also contiguous with the boundaries of the television broadcast channel where each of the subchannels is less than 75 kHz and transmitting an audio signal from a microphone transmitter on one the plurality of subchannels through a transmitter with a radio frequency isolator or other means for suppressing intermodulation energy coupled to an antenna, the radio frequency isolator having a bandwidth no larger than any one of the plurality of divided subchannels; and receiving the audio signal through a microphone receiver. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120314 | LIP SYNC ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION - A method of managing lip synchronization error in a multimedia content delivery network includes identifying a video packet and an audio packet associated with the video packet and determining a synchronization offset between the audio and video packets at a first monitoring point in the network. The audio and video packets are then detected at a second monitoring point in the network and a second synchronization offset is determined. When a delta between the first synchronization offset and the second synchronization offset exceeds a threshold, lip synchronization error information may be automatically recorded and/or reported to a service provider and corrective action may be taken if potential sources of the lip synchronization error are within the domain of the service provider. The video packet may be identified by a timestamp within the packet and the audio packet may be identified by audio data within the audio packet. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120315 | TRACKING ACTIVATION OF LICENSABLE COMPONENT IN AUDIO VIDEO DEVICE BY UNIQUE PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION - An audio-video display device (AVDD) includes a licensable component providing a licensable function. The licensable function is available to present data on the AVDD without paying a license fee to exploit the licensable function, when the AVDD is in a retail demonstration mode, whereas post-vending of the AVDD the licensable function is available to present data on the AVDD only pursuant to a license fee therefor being arranged. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120316 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. An image display apparatus as embodied and broadly disclosed herein may include a video image displayed in a first area of the display module. A first and second card objects may be displayed in a second and third areas of the display module. The first and second card objects may include at least one link for connecting to a content provider or to a storage device or at least one link for retrieving the video image. The first or second card objects may be scrolled across the display module to cause a third card object to be scrolled onto the display. The third card object may be displayed in the second or third areas of the display if the third card object is scrolled onto the display module a prescribed amount. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120317 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METADATA APPLYING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touch screen display unit configured to display a video; and a controller configured to receive metadata that can be displayed in association with the video and to control the display unit to display a metadata information indication indicating the metadata is available. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120318 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BROADCASTING SIGNALS AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for receiving broadcasting signals. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining a channel number of contents included in a first broadcasting signal; and allocating a channel number into contents included in a second broadcasting signal by using the obtained channel number. The method is characterized in that the same contents included respectively in the first and second broadcasting signals have the same channel number. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120319 | ACOUSTIC SIGNAL CORRECTOR AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL CORRECTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises (i) an image extraction module configured to extract representative images from a plurality of frames which constitute video content data, and to output time stamp information indicative of time points at which the extracted representative images appear, and (ii) an image list display process module configured to display a list of the extracted representative images on a two-dimensional display area. The area includes image display areas which are divided by columns, a plurality of time zones, and the image list display process module is configured to display, based on the time stamp information corresponding to each of the extracted representative images, the representative images, which belong to the time zone allocated to each column. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120320 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-THE-FLY KEY COLOR GENERATION - The video output system in a computer system reads pixel information from a frame buffer to generate a video output signal. In addition, a full-motion video may also be displayed. Reading from both the frame buffer and the full-motion video buffer when displaying the full-motion video window wastes valuable memory bandwidth. Thus, the disclosed system provides a system and methods for identifying where the video output system must read from the frame buffer and where it must read from the full-motion video buffer while minimizing the amount of area it reads from both the frame buffer and the full-motion video buffer. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120321 | SUPPLYING OMITTED CRITICAL CODE PORTION TO ACTIVATE LICENSABLE COMPONENT IN AUDIO VIDEO DEVICE - An audio-video display device includes a licensable component requiring software code to execute a licensable function. The device is vended with the software code but without the critical piece of code. Upon determining that a license for the licensable function has been activated, the critical piece of code is downloaded to the device to enable execution of the licensed function. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120322 | PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICE - Disclosed is a portable wireless device which can receive signals at a wideband with good sensitivity, and change a narrowband wherein signals are received with high sensitivity. In this device, a wireless unit ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120323 | AUDIO VIDEO DEVICE WITH EXTERNALLY BUNDLED TV TUNER - A CE device is vended with a TV tuner module which may be provided in an envelope in the same shipping container along with instructions to the consumer to connect the tuner module to the CE device if TV capabilities are desired and to return the module for a rebate if TV capabilities are not desired. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120324 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight unit | 2012-05-17 |
20120120325 | SUPPORT PIN, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE - In a support pin ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120326 | EDGE-LIGHT ILLUMINATING DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE - Provided is an edge-light illuminating device capable of preventing formation of a gap between point light sources and edge faces of a light guide plate, and also capable of allowing heat expansion of the light guide plate. An edge-light illuminating device | 2012-05-17 |
20120120327 | Electronic Retail Shelf Pricing and Promotional Display Modular System - There is provided an electronic display system for retail product displays including an electronic display apparatus, a controller, a database stored plan-o-gram data and associated devices. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120328 | Transflective Liquid Crystal Displays Using Transverse Electric Field Effect - Techniques are provided for transflective LCDs using homogeneously aligned liquid crystal materials which optical birefringence is electrically controllable. An unpaired retarder may be configured to compensate, in transmissive parts, for the effect of reflection in reflective parts. A light recycling/redirecting film may be added between a BLU and a nearby polarization layer to recycle backlight from a reflective part of an LCD unit structure into a transmissive part of the same structure to increase the optical output efficiency of the BLU. Electrodes for the transmissive part and the reflective part may be separately driven in various operating modes. Benefits include high transmittance, high reflectance, wide view angles, improved optical recycling efficiency, and low manufacturing costs. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120329 | PROJECTION DEVICE WITH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - A projection device with a brightness adjustment function includes a polarization beam splitter (PBS), a light source, a reflective display, a lens module, a power supply unit, a light detection unit and a power controller. The light source emits light to the PBS. The PBS reflects a portion of the light to the reflective display, and transmits a remaining portion of the light. The lens module projects the images. The light detection unit acquires a digital value of a portion of the light reflected by the PBS that is not received by the reflective display, and compares the digital value with a predetermined digital value to generate a control signal. The power controller for adjusts power from the power supply unit to the light source according to the control signal until the digital value matches the predetermined digital value of the light from the light source. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120330 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic display device includes a reactive mesogen layer disposed inside the stereoscopic display, such that a backlight source has a first polarization state and a second polarization state after passing the reactive mesogen layer. The manufacturing method includes the following steps. First, a liquid crystal layer and a reactive mesogen layer are formed between a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes at least one first eye image region and a second eye image region. Then, render the liquid crystal layer corresponding to the first eye image region and the second eye image region a first state and a second state, respectively. A first exposure step is performed on the reactive mesogen layer for emitting a first exposure light source passing the liquid crystal layer to induce photopolymerization reactions in the reactive mesogen layer. Subsequently, a backlight source is provided. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120331 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a technology capable of reducing crosstalk at the time of 3D display in a display device using a liquid crystal lens that forms cylindrical lenses by controlling a voltage applied to a liquid crystal panel. The display device includes a liquid crystal display panel which includes a substrate including a plurality of strip-shaped transparent electrodes and a plurality of strip-shaped light shielding portions overlapping with the electrodes. The display device displays an image by switching a two-dimensional display and a three-dimensional display, and the cylindrical lenses making up a parallax barrier, are formed by controlling a refraction index of a liquid crystal layer. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120332 | OPTOELECTRONIC PATTERNED TRANSIENT ELECTRODES FOR PARTICULATE MANIPULATION - An optically based transport system and method for transporting particles across a virtual electrode array are disclosed. The system comprises a photoconductor layer where optically induced electrodes are projected thereon through sequential light images in a traveling wave grid pattern in order to transport particles across the virtual electrode array with a traveling wave. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120333 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND 3D DISPLAY USING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal lens, a controlling method thereof and a 3-Dimensional (3D) display using the same. The liquid crystal lens includes a pair of electrode structures which are arranged apart from each other; and a liquid crystal layer which is arranged between the pair of electrode structures and includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules aligned in an initial aligning direction in which the liquid crystal layer has a non-lens effect. The pair of electrode structures are arranged to generate a first electric field which is used to change aligning directions of the liquid crystal molecules to make the liquid crystal layer have a lens effect. The pair of electrode structures are further arranged to generate a second electric field which is used to make the liquid crystal molecules revert to the initial aligning direction. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120334 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display may include a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer comprising liquid crystal molecules that are interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the insulating layer, a third electrode disposed on the second substrate, and an alignment layer disposed on any one of the second electrode and the third electrode. The second electrode comprises a fine slit structure, and at least one of the liquid crystal layer and the alignment layer comprises a sub-alignment substance. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120335 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES USING DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION OF EFFECTIVE ELECTRODE STRUCTURES - Variable liquid crystal devices for controlling the propagation of light through a liquid crystal layer use a frequency dependent material to dynamically reconfigure effective electrode structures in the device. The frequency of a drive signal that generates an electric field in the device may be varied, and the frequency dependent material has different charge mobilities for the different frequencies. At a low charge mobility, the frequency dependent material has little effect on the existing electrode structures. However, at a high charge mobility, the frequency dependent material appears as an extension of the fixed electrodes, and may be used to change the effective electrode structure and, thereby, the spatial profile of the electric field. This, in turn, changes the optical properties of the liquid crystal, thus allowing the optical device to be frequency controllable. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120336 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - There is provided a high quality liquid crystal panel having a thickness with high accuracy, which is designed, without using a particulate spacer, within a free range in accordance with characteristics of a used liquid crystal and a driving method, and is also provided a method of fabricating the same. The shape of a spacer for keeping a substrate interval constant is made such that it is a columnar shape, a radius R of curvature is 2 μm or less, a height H is 0.5 μm to 10 μm, a diameter is 20 μm or less, and an angle α is 65° to 115°. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the lowering of an opening rate and the lowering to of light leakage due to orientation disturbance. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120337 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a spacer disposed there between. The second substrate includes a black matrix pattern, a color filter, a dummy color filter and a common electrode. The black matrix pattern is formed with an opening portion which is filled by the color filter. The dummy color filter is made of same material as the color filter and extends in a vertical direction along which the spacer also extends. The spacer is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate in correspondence with location of the dummy color filter so that the effective spaced apart distance that the spacer provides between the first and second substrates is a function of a thickness of the dummy color filter. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120338 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules provided between a first substrate and a second substrate; pixels forming a display area; electrodes for applying a voltage across the liquid crystal layer within each of the pixels; a plurality of domain regulating structures for dividing orientations of the liquid crystal molecules and forming multiple domains within each of the pixels, when a predetermined voltage is applied across the liquid crystal layer within each of the pixels; and a structure which is formed in an outer area located next to the display area and is substantially the same as at least one of the plurality of domain regulating structures. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120339 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device with reduced defects due to a reduced stress between corners of an LCD panel assembly and a molded frame. The LCD device includes an LCD panel assembly; and a molded frame that houses the LCD panel assembly, wherein the molded frame includes: sidewalls surrounding outer surfaces of the LCD panel assembly; settling units protruding from at least one of corners of the sidewalls corresponding to bottom corners of the LCD panel assembly; and escape grooves recessed in a rearward direction in at least one of the settling units. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120340 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, BONDING FILM USED FOR THE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE BONDING FILM - A display apparatus may include a display panel between top and bottom covers. The display panel has a display area to display an image. The display panel may be inserted in the bottom cover, which includes a bottom surface having a shape corresponding to a shape of the display panel. Lateral sides of the bottom cover extend upward from the bottom surface. The top cover supports edges of the display panel and includes a top surface having a display window to expose the display area. Lateral sides of the top cover extend toward the bottom cover from the top surface. A bonding film may be bonded to the top and bottom covers to fixedly couple the top cover to the bottom cover. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120341 | Color Shift Reduction In Transflective Liquid Crystal Displays - Techniques are provided to reduce color shifts in an LCD. A sub-pixel in the LCD may comprise a reflective part and a transmissive part. The reflective and transmissive parts may be covered by one or more retardation films. To reduce color shifts in general and especially in oblique viewing angles, at least one retardation film in the sub-pixel may comprise a slow axis with an elevation angle from a surface of a substrate layer of the LCD. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120342 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A control IC controls a switching power supply configured to supply a driving voltage Vout to one terminal of an LED string to be intermittently driven. In the on period of the LED string, a pulse modulator generates a pulse signal having a duty ratio adjusted such that a detection voltage V | 2012-05-17 |
20120120343 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE, LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAYING DEVICE, AND TELEVISION-RECEIVER DEVICE - An LED module (MJ) includes an LED ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120344 | OPTICAL SHEET, OPTICAL MEMBER, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical sheet including a body portion, unit optical elements arranged on one surface of the body portion, and an uneven coating having an uneven surface with micro-protrusions, provided on the other surface of the body portion. When the hardness He of the optical element surface Pe and the hardness Hm of the uneven coating surface Pm are evaluated in terms of the pencil hardness measured in accordance with JIS K5600-5-4 (1999) (load: 1000 g; speed: 1 mm/s), the hardness Hm is not less than the hardness He (hardness Hm≧hardness He) and the hardness Hm is preferably not less than F. Further, the hardness He and the hardness Hm preferably satisfy the following relation: | 2012-05-17 |
20120120345 | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGE - A dial gauge assembly includes a single circuit board that supports light emitting diodes for both illuminating a pointer and backlighting a liquid crystal display. The dial gauge assembly controls illumination of the pointer by switching on and off a plurality of segments disposed within the LCD. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120346 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120347 | OPTICAL RESIN COMPOSITION, OPTICAL RESIN MATERIAL USING THE SAME, OPTICAL FILTER FOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical resin composition that is transparent, has suitable adhesion and necessary impact absorption for protection of an image display device etc., not affecting constituent materials of a image display panel, and being excellent in reliability, can be used to provide an optical resin material using the same. The optical resin composition contains (A) a first acrylate derivative that is a compound having one polymerizable unsaturated bond in its molecule, (B) a second acrylate derivative that is a compound having two or more polymerizable unsaturated bonds in its molecule, and (C) an acrylate derivative polymer, and an optical resin material produced by curing reaction of the optical resin composition. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120348 | VA-MODE LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A VA-mode liquid-crystal display device comprising a front-side polarizing element, a rear-side polarizing element, a liquid-crystal layer disposed between the front-side polarizing element and the rear-side polarizing element, and a color filter disposed between the liquid-crystal layer and the rear-side polarizing element, wherein one or more retardation layers disposed between the rear-side polarizing element and the color filter layer (hereinafter the whole of one or more retardation layers disposed between the rear-side polarizing element and the color filter layer is referred to as “rear-side retardation region”) satisfies, as a whole, |Rth(590)|≦90 nm, is disclosed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120349 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a circularly polarizing VA mode liquid crystal display device having an excellent gray scale viewing angle from an intermediate gray scale to a high gray scale at an azimuth angle of 45°. The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes: a first polarizer; a first λ/4 plate; liquid crystal cell; a second λ/4 plate; and a second polarizer in this order, wherein when an azimuth of an absorption axis of the second polarizer is defined as 0°, an in-plane slow axis of the second λ/4 plate forms an angle of approximately 45°; an in-plane slow axis of the first λ/4 plate forms an angle of approximately 135°; the absorption axis of the first polarizer forms an angle of approximately 90°, and wherein a display brightness is varied by changing an alignment state of liquid crystal molecules in a liquid crystal layer from a state that the liquid crystal molecules are approximately vertically aligned to a substrate surface, to a state that the liquid crystal molecules are tilted to the substrate surface; and the liquid crystal layer has a domain in which the liquid crystal molecules are tilted in an azimuth angle range of 12.5° to 32.5°, a domain in which the liquid crystal molecules are tilted in an azimuth angle range of 102.5° to 122.5°, and a domain in which the liquid crystal molecules are tilted in an azimuth angle range of 192.5° to 212.5°, and a domain in which the liquid crystal molecules are tilted in an azimuth angle range of 282.5° to 302.5°. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120350 | Single layer high brightness full color reflective cholesteric displays - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display, more specifically, to a single layer reflective full color cholesteric display employing full spectrum circularly polarization. The display has not only zero-field long time memory but also paper-like super high brightness and contrast. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120351 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device of a guest-host type includes an array substrate including a switching element and a reflective electrode connected to the switching element, a counter-substrate including a counter-electrode which is opposed to the reflective electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the array substrate and the counter-substrate, and including liquid crystal molecules and dichroic dyes. The liquid crystal layer has a blue phase. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120352 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an MVA type liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120353 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multidimensional display apparatus includes a main display screen divided into at least three display areas including a first centre display area and at least two surrounded display areas, at least two reflective elements, and at least three display surfaces. The reflective elements are arranged above and inclined with respect to the second display areas, and a reflection surface of each of the reflective elements faces the corresponding second display area. One of the display surfaces is above the first display area, and the other two are corresponding to the second display areas, facing the reflection surfaces of the reflective elements. The contents displayed on the first display area is viewable on the display surface above, and the contents displayed on the second display areas are reflected by the corresponding reflection surfaces of the reflective elements and viewable on the other two display surfaces. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120354 | CHOLESTERIC REFLECTOR - A cholesteric reflector ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120355 | STRUCTURE OF REFLECTIVE DISPLAY PANEL - A structure of a reflective display panel including a silicon substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a stacked compensation film layer is provided. The liquid crystal layer disposed on the silicon substrate has a first phase retardation which is within a first retardation range. The stacked compensation film layer disposed on the liquid crystal layer has a second phase retardation which is within a second retardation range. The stacked compensation film layer is selected according to an optical characteristic of the liquid crystal layer so as to increase a contrast of the reflective display panel. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120356 | OPTICAL FILM - An optical film having a desired wavelength dispersion characteristic, a low photoelastic coefficient and a desired Nz coefficient. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120357 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electro-optic device is provided with an substrate, in which a stress relieving film formed of a doped silicon oxide film is formed between a third interlayer insulating film formed of a non-doped silicon oxide film and a pixel electrode formed of an aluminum film or the like. The stress relieving film is formed of the doped silicon oxide film, has a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the third interlayer insulating film, comes in contact with the third interlayer insulating film, has a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the pixel electrode, and comes in contact with the pixel electrode. The thermal expansion coefficients are in the following relation of Third Interlayer Insulating Film2012-05-17 | |
20120120358 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixel cells on a substrate and a common voltage line. The common voltage line provides a common voltage to the pixel cells, and includes first to third s interconnection patterns which are sequentially stacked over the substrate. Each of the pixel cells includes a storage capacitor which includes a lower electrode, and an upper electrode over the lower electrode. The second interconnection pattern includes the same material as a material of the upper electrode, and is formed in the same process as a process of the upper electrode. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120359 | TRIPLE-GATE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A triple-gate liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes a plurality of first monochromatic pixels, a plurality of second monochromatic pixels, and a plurality of third monochromatic pixels. The first monochromatic pixels, the second monochromatic pixels, and the third monochromatic pixels are arranged in columns and rows. The first monochromatic pixels, the second monochromatic pixels, and the third monochromatic pixels in each row are repeatedly arranged in a horizontal sequence. The horizontal sequence from left to right is the first monochromatic pixel, the second monochromatic pixel, and the third monochromatic pixel. The first monochromatic pixels in each column are not adjacent to each other, the second monochromatic pixels in each column are not adjacent to each other, and the third monochromatic pixels in each column are not adjacent to each other. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120360 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments relate to a liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a gate line extended in a first direction on the first substrate; a data line on the first substrate and extended in a second direction, crossing the first direction; and a common voltage line on the same layer as the gate line. The common voltage line includes: a plurality of first lines and a plurality of second lines extended in the first direction and separately disposed with a cutting unit therebetween; a first connector for connecting the first lines; and a second connector for connecting the second lines. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120361 | Liquid crystal display device - There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents light leaks near spacers. The LCD device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed opposite each other, by means of an electric field generated in the layer-thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer. The LCD device includes spacers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, signal lines formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate, an insulating film formed to cover the signal lines, and electrodes on the insulating film's upper surface. Each electrode contributes to controlling the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer. Each spacer has a vertex surface disposed opposite to the signal lines. A portion of each electrode extends to the upper surface of a corresponding signal line. The extended portion is opposite to a part of a spacer's vertex surface disposed opposite to the corresponding signal line. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120362 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thin film transistor array panel includes a source electrode and a drain electrode on an insulating substrate, an oxide semiconductor on the insulating substrate and overlapping the source electrode and the drain electrode, a passivation layer overlapping the oxide semiconductor and on the insulating substrate, a gate electrode on the passivation layer, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode. The gate electrode and the pixel electrode include a same material. The oxide semiconductor is between the source electrode and the gate electrode, and between the drain electrode and the gate electrode in a cross-sectional view of the thin film transistor array panel. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120363 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display element that can be driven at a low threshold voltage. A liquid crystal display element of the present invention includes: a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer contains liquid crystal molecules that are aligned perpendicularly to at least one substrate face of the pair of substrates when a voltage is applied, the at least one of the pair of substrates comprises a pair of comb-shaped electrodes, the at least one of the pair of substrates comprises a polymer film on a face contacting the liquid crystal layer, and the polymer film is made of a polymer material having a CF | 2012-05-17 |
20120120364 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A display device includes a substrate, a backplane, a display medium layer, a protective layer, a driving component, a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and a sealant. The backplane and the display medium layer are disposed on the lower side and the upper side of the substrate, respectively. The protective layer covers the display medium layer and prevents moisture and oxygen from permeating into the display medium layer to deteriorate its performance. The sealant surrounds the first side surface of the substrate and the second side surface of the display medium layer, and wraps at least a portion of the driving component and a portion of the FPC. Additionally, a manufacturing method of a display device is also provided. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120365 | MOLDED LENS WITH NANOFILAMENTS AND RELATED METHODS - A method includes molding a lens, the lens including a front portion and a rear portion and an intermediate portion therebetween, the rear portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the back of the eye, the front portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the front of an eye, wherein molding the lens includes disposing conductive parallel nanofilaments on or within the lens. A molded contact lens includes a rear portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the back of the eye, and a front portion that is adapted to be disposed in the direction of the front of the eye. The molded lens includes conductive parallel nanofilaments located on or within a central region of the molded lens. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120366 | VISION MASK - The invention relates to a vision screen having a continuous convex surface ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120367 | WAVEFRONT PROPAGATION FROM ONE PLANE TO ANOTHER - The present invention provides methods, systems and software for scaling optical aberration measurements of optical systems. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reconstructing optical tissues of an eye. The method comprises transmitting an image through the optical tissues of the eye. Aberration data from the transmitted image is measured across the optical tissues of the eye at a first plane. A conversion algorithm is applied to the data, converting it to corrective optical power data that can be used as a basis for constructing a treatment for the eye at a second plane. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120368 | FUNDUS ANALYZING APPARTUS AND FUNDUS ANALYZING METHOD - A fundus analyzing apparatus | 2012-05-17 |
20120120369 | SELF GUIDED SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS - A refraction device determines a refraction end point to provide corrective optics for a test subject. The device includes an adjustable optical system providing corrective optics to the test subject and an adjustable viewing target disposed along an optical path such as to be viewable through the adjustable optical system by a test subject. The adjustable viewing target includes a directional indicator linked synchronously to at least two choices of corrective optics presented to the test subject. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120370 | EFFECTIVE ACUITY AND REFRACTION TARGETS - A viewing target for a visual acuity and refraction measurement includes at least one line comprising a width dimension that is below a resolution limit width (hereinafter “RLW”) of a test subject visual acuity, and an adjustable length dimension that is initially set at greater than the RLW of the test subject visual acuity. A base, at least approximately intersecting the line, has a thickness along the direction of the length of the line that is greater than the RLW of the test subject visual acuity. The length dimension of the line is adjustable in increments small enough to effectively approximate the visual acuity of the test subject by determining a shortest resolvable line and a next smaller line that is not resolvable by the test subject. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120371 | CAMERA CRANE MOBILE BASE - A camera crane has a telescoping arm on a mobile base. The mobile base has a drive motor assembly at each corner of a chassis. The drive motor assemblies may have an electric motor linked to an axle via gearing, and two or more wheels attached to the axle. The wheels can be set to free wheel, so that the mobile base may be pushed or towed, without back driving the electric motor. The wheels may also be linked to the axle, so that the electric motor can provide torque to each of the wheels. The electric motors may be separately controlled to propel and steer the mobile base. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120372 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A DISPLAY SYSTEM USING MANUAL AND SEMI-MANUAL TECHNIQUES - The invention provides a system and method that reduces the tediousness of the manual alignment process. Users select correspondences between projectors or components of a projector, to form a common coordinate. Using models of the display system, and projectors, the common coordinate system can be mapped quickly to the entire display. The process avoids a need to measure screen points, and allows the user to move significantly fewer points. Alternatively, the invention allows introduction of machine-vision style algorithms into manual calibration techniques to improve performance. This overcomes the tediousness of prior systems by introducing models of the display into the manual alignment process, allowing selection of a small number of points on each projector, and avoiding selection of precisely measured screen points. The system conversely finds correspondences between projectors, allowing mapping of the projectors into a common coordinate system, and quick warping of the coordinate system to the screen. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120373 | IMAGE PROJECTOR - An image projector includes a first deflector configured to deflect a first optical path and to form a second optical path, a second deflector configured to deflect the second optical path and to form a third optical path, a shifter configured to shift a projection lens in a vertical direction which corresponds to a longitudinal direction of the projected surface among directions orthogonal to an optical axis of the projection lens, a housing configured to house the first deflector and the second deflector, and a fixed plate fixed onto the housing at an end on an installing surface side of the housing, the projection lens and the shifter being fixed onto the fixed plate, wherein the third optical path is closer to an installing surface of the housing than the first optical path. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120374 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE PROJECTOR - A projector and a method for operating the projector are provided, in which an optical module alternately emits first image information and second image information at intervals, and an optical path switch is installed to be switched on or off from a traveling path of the first and second image information emitted from the optical module. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120375 | OPTICAL MICRO-PROJECTION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION METHOD - An optical micro-projection system comprising the following components: at least one laser light source ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120376 | FLUID HANDLING STRUCTURE, A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A fluid handling structure for a lithographic apparatus, the fluid handling structure having, at a boundary from a space configured to contain immersion fluid to a region external to the fluid handling structure: a meniscus pinning feature to resist passage of immersion fluid in a radially outward direction from the space; a gas supply opening radially outward of the meniscus pinning feature; and a gas recovery opening radially outward of the meniscus pinning feature and at least partly surrounding the gas supply opening. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120377 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Liquid is supplied to a space between the projection system of a lithographic apparatus and a substrate. A flow of gas towards a vacuum inlet prevents the humid gas from escaping to other parts of the lithographic apparatus. This may help to protect intricate parts of the lithographic apparatus from being damaged by the presence of humid gas. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120378 | COMPONENT OF AN EUV OR UV LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT - To improve the bonding of two parts ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120379 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISTORTION OF A RETICLE - An apparatus for controlling the distortion of a reticle ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120380 | LOW AND HIGH PRESSURE PROXIMITY SENSORS - A fluid proximity sensor for surface measurements having a measurement chamber ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120381 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVICE - A liquid immersion exposure apparatus includes a projection system having a last optical element, the projection system projecting a beam onto a substrate through an immersion liquid; a movable stage having a holder by which the substrate is held; a measurement member provided on the movable stage, the measurement member having a measurement portion covered with a light-transmissive material; a first alignment system by which an alignment mark is detected not through the immersion liquid; and a second alignment system which optically obtains, using the measurement member, first positional information of the beam projected by the projection system through the immersion liquid. In order to obtain the first positional information, the movable stage is moved so that the measurement member is under the projection system and a gap between the projection system and the measurement member is filled with the immersion liquid. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120382 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL ACTIVE SENSOR - A multi-directional sensor system includes a light source configured to generate a beam of electromagnetic radiation; and a transmitter configured to transmit the beam of electromagnetic radiation to a target. The transmitter may include (i) a plurality of optical fibers, wherein one or more of the optical fibers are configured to receive the beam of electromagnetic radiation, and (ii) a surface on which one end of each of the plurality of optical fibers terminate in a different direction and/or orientation thereof to emit electromagnetic radiation. A detector is configured to detect electromagnetic radiation responsive to electromagnetic radiation transmitted to the target. A method of sensing is also disclosed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120383 | DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - A distance measuring device including a polarizing element disposed on a plane conjugate with a pupil of an objective lens, an optical rotatory plate rotating a polarizing axis of light which has passed through the polarizing element, a polarization separation element separating light which has passed through the optical rotatory plate into a first light beam and a second light beam, a first imaging element forming a first image by the first light beam, a second imaging element forming a second image by the second light beam, and a focus detector detecting a focus state based on relative deviation between the first image and the second image which correspond to a same region of a subject. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120384 | Sensor Clip Assembly for an Optical Monitoring System - A sensor clip assembly for an optical blood monitoring system includes a circuit board with a microprocessor that is programmed with a ratiometric model to calculate hematocrit and/or oxygen saturation levels of a patient. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120385 | PATHOGEN DETECTION BY SIMULTANEOUS SIZE/FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT - A method and apparatus for detecting pathogens and particles in a fluid in which particle size and intrinsic fluorescence of a simple particle is determined. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120386 | WATER COLOR SENSING HARDWARE AND METHODOLOGY FOR APPLIANCES - Apparatus and methodologies are provided to selectively activate a liquid usage option in a washing apparatus based on the color of the liquid. Light from different light sources is passed through a liquid to be tested and the intensity of the light passing through the liquid is measured. The measurement is adjust based on a measurement of the turbidity of the liquid and the measurement compared to a reference value derived from measurements of a clear liquid. A decision is made based on the adjust measured color of the liquid regarding retention of the liquid for further use in the washing apparatus. The liquid tested may correspond to grey water from a previous wash cycle. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120387 | Workpiece Characterization System - A workpiece characterization system for obtaining simultaneous measurement of layer and photoluminescence properties of a workpiece. The workpiece characterization system includes an excitation light and an illumination light each impinging upon a surface of a workpiece whereby the workpiece emits photoluminescent light and encodes light from said illumination source with layer information. The excitation light and the illumination light are generated from a single light source. The light from the single light source is filtered to remove wavelengths of light that correlate to light wavelengths emitted from the workpiece as a result of excitation. Wavelengths that correlate to light reflected from the workpiece that may contain encoded information are not filtered. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120388 | System for Performing Scattering and Absorbance Assays - An optical system for performing scattering and absorbance assays in clinical diagnostics comprises a light source for emitting collimated light parallel to an optical axis in an optical path, a sample holding unit comprising at least one sample holding position located in the optical path and an optical detector for measuring light transmitted through a sample located in a sample holding position. The optical system further comprises an adjustable light angle selector adjusted to prevent light transmitted through the sample and diverging from the optical axis with an angle greater than a certain value from reaching the detector when a scattering assay is performed, and wherein the light angle selector is adjusted to allow light transmitted through the sample and diverging from the optical axis with an angle smaller than a certain value to reach the detector when an absorbance assay is performed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120389 | Monitoring Fibers in an Optical Ribbon Cable - A system for monitoring an optical cable includes a cable having monitor fibers solely for monitoring cable status. The monitor fibers may be fibers selected from optical fibers having a higher mechanical sensitivity to mechanical stresses than other fibers in the cable, which may attenuate earlier than the other fibers in the event of cable degradation. The monitor fibers may be in communication with a transmitter and receiver, for transmitting and receiving a monitor signal. The receiver may be in communication with an alarm, the alarm being operative to send an alert signal when an increased attenuation is detected from the monitor signal, the increased attenuation being indicative of the status of the optical cable. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120390 | BEAM DIRECTION SENSOR - A direction sensor ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120391 | TRACKING METHOD AND MEASURING SYSTEM COMPRISING A LASER TRACKER - A measuring system includes a laser tracker ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120392 | Non-traditional agent/dusty agent detection system - A chemical agent detection system is described. The system comprises a sample introduction module, an agent concentration module and a detection module. The sample introduction module comprises a sample collector that collects particles and aerosols from a sample, and a heater that vaporizes the collected particles and aerosols and produces a sample vapor. The agent concentration module comprises a sorbent tube filled with a sorbent material that preferentially absorbs the vapor of a target chemical agent when the sample vapor passes through the sorbent tube. The detection module interrogates the sorbent material and identifies the target chemical agent absorbed to the sorbent material. Also disclosed are methods for detecting a non-traditional agent (NTA) or a dusty agent (DA), and trace levels of chemical warfare agents (CWA) and toxic industrial chemical (TIC) vapors. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120393 | TIME AND SPACE RESOLVED STANDOFF HYPERSPECTRAL IED EXPLOSIVES LIDAR DETECTOR - A system and method for standoff detection of explosives and explosive residue. A laser light source illuminates a target area having an unknown sample producing luminescence emitted photons, scattered photons and plasma emitted photons. A first optical system directs light to the target area. A video capture device outputs a dynamic image of the target area. A second optical system collects photons, and directs collected photons to a first two-dimensional array of detection elements and/or to a fiber array spectral translator device which device includes a two-dimensional array of optical fibers drawn into a one-dimensional fiber stack. A spectrograph is coupled to the one-dimensional fiber stack of the fiber array spectral translator device, wherein the entrance slit of the spectrograph is coupled to the one dimensional fiber stack. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120394 | MICROSCANNING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD - A microscanning system including a microscope, a relay lens device, a stepping motor and a hyper-spectrometer is disclosed. The microscope is adapted to acquire and enlarge an image of an object to generate an enlarged image which is a 2D image distributed along the first direction and second direction. The relay lenses device disposed behind the microscope receives and transfers the enlarged image outputted by the microscope. The stepping motor electrically connected to the relay lens device reciprocates the relay lens linearly in the first direction device in a stepwise manner along the second direction. . The hyper-spectrometer disposed behind the rely lens device receives the partial enlarged images of the object along the first direction that are transferred by the relay lens device sequentially along the second direction, and transform the partially enlarged images into the corresponding spectrum information. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120395 | DEVICE FOR PREVENTING INTENSITY REDUCTION OF OPTICAL SIGNAL, OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETER, OPTICAL INSTRUMENT, AND MASS SPECTROMETER INCLUDING THE SAME - A device for a device for preventing the intensity reduction of an optical signal, an optical emission spectrometer, an optical instrument, and a mass spectrometer including the same are provided. The device for preventing the intensity reduction includes a shielding filter which has a mesh structure capable of blocking RF electromagnetic waves radiated from a plasma field for a wafer processing, is installed in the front of an optical window of an optical emission spectrometer for measuring the plasma field from an emission spectrum image of the plasma field, and collects charging particles passing through the mesh. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120396 | ANGLE-RESOLVED ANTISYMMETRIC SCATTEROMETRY - A method for determining an overlay offset may include, but is not limited to: obtaining a first anti-symmetric differential signal (ΔS | 2012-05-17 |
20120120397 | HYBRID GAS ANALYZER WITH THERMALLY INSULATED FLOW CELL - Gas analyzer systems and methods for measuring concentrations of gases and in particular dry mole fraction of components of a gas. The systems and methods allow for rapid measurement of the gas density and/or dry mole fraction of gases for a number of environmental monitoring applications, including high speed flux measurements. A novel coupling design allows for tool-free removal of a cell enclosing a flow path to enable infield cleaning of optical components and to enable re-configuration between open- and closed-path analyzer configurations. In closed path configurations, the sample flow path is thermally isolated from the remainder of the gas analyzer to provide more accurate temperature measurements. Composite plastic/metal sample cells are presented with achieve this thermal isolation without compromising analyzer performance. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120398 | MICRO-CAVITY GAS AND VAPOR SENSORS AND DETECTION METHODS - Micro-cavity gas or vapor sensors and gas or vapor detection methods. Optical energy is introduced into a resonant micro-cavity having a deformable coating such as a polymer. The coating swells or expands when it is exposed to or absorbs a gas or vapor, thereby changing the resonant wavelength of optical energy circulating within the micro-cavity/coating. Expansion or swelling of the coating may be reversible such that it contracts when gas or vapor diffuses from the coating. The coating deformation and/or a change of one or more optical properties of the optical energy circulating within the micro-cavity are used to detect the presence of the gas or vapor or molecules or particulates thereof | 2012-05-17 |
20120120399 | DUCT DETECTOR - A particle detection unit including a detection chamber and a duct detector is disclosed. The duct detector is disposed within the detection chamber. The duct detector has a rod with a first and a second end where the first end is distal the second end. A reflector may be attached to the rod adjacent the first end. A sensor and emitter device may be attached to the rod and spaced apart from the reflector. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120400 | ALIGNING DEVICE FOR MEASURING MEANS IN A WIND POWER ROTOR - A wind power rotor with measuring device ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120401 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSING METHOD AND SENSING SYSTEM - A SPR sensing method comprising the steps of: providing a SPR sensor comprising a SPR supporting sensor surface and contacting a sample to be analysed with the sensor surface. At least one resonance condition at said SPR supporting sensor surface is monitored by illuminating the sensor surface with an SPR exciting test light beam and sensing the reflected or transmitted test light beam. Additionally, the sensor surface is illuminated with a reference light beam under conditions selected so as not to excite SPR at said sensor surface and sensing the intensity of the reflected or transmitted reference light beam. At least one property of the reflected or transmitted test light beam is determined taking into account the sensed intensity of the reflected or transmitted reference light beam. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120402 | WAVELENGTH VARIABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND LIGHT ANALYZER - A wavelength variable interference filter includes: a first movable mirror disposed on a first substrate; a second movable mirror disposed so as to be opposed to the first movable mirror with a predetermined gap interposed therebetween; and an electrostatic actuator which varies the length of the gap between the mirrors. The first substrate has a first movable portion on which the first movable mirror is disposed, and a first linkage portion which holds the first movable portion in such a manner that the first movable portion can shift in the thickness direction of the substrate. The second substrate has a second movable portion on which the second movable mirror is disposed, and a second linkage portion which holds the second movable portion in such a manner that the second movable portion can shift in the thickness direction of the substrate. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120403 | OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes a telecentric optical system, a variable wavelength interference filter, and a detection section, the variable wavelength interference filter includes a first reflecting film, a second reflecting film provided to a movable section, and an electrostatic actuator adapted to displace the movable section, an effective measurement area capable of transmitting a light with a wavelength, which is within a predetermined allowable range centered on a measurement center wavelength when an amount of the displacement of the movable section takes a maximum displacement value, is set in the first reflecting film and the second reflecting film, and the telecentric optical system guides the incident light to the variable wavelength interference filter so that a principal ray of the incident light is parallel thereto and perpendicular to the first reflecting film, and at the same time, collects the incident light in the effective measurement area. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120404 | Flexure Mounted Moving Mirror to Reduce Vibration Noise - A novel means of provided a hybrid flexure mounted moving mirror component in an interferometer is introduced herein. In particular, a linear bearing in combination with a novel flexure mounting having novel tilt and velocity control of the moving optical component is provided. Such an arrangement enables correction of the errors at the mirror itself while also solving the problem of isolating vibration and noise caused by the imperfections in the bearing surfaces used in many conventional interferometers. Using such a coupled flexure mounting of the present invention, in addition to the above benefits, also enhances velocity control because the resultant low mass of the moving mirror assembly enables the systems disclosed herein to respond faster than conventional mirror velocity controlled interferometer instruments and with a lower velocity error so as to provide a more stable and lower noise spectra from the analytical instrument. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120405 | Interferometer Velocity Control of Beamsplitter and Moving Mirrors - A novel means of provided velocity control of an interferometer wherein one of the moving components includes the beamsplitter element is introduced herein. Using a moving beamsplitter and coupled flexure mounting allows improved velocity control because the low mass of the beamsplitter enables the systems disclosed herein to respond faster than conventional mirror velocity controlled interferometer instruments with a resultant lower velocity error so as to provide a more stable and lower noise spectra from the analytical instrument. The control of the velocity of the beamsplitter and if desired, one or both of the configured mirrors, reduces the time wasted changing velocity at the ends of each scan. The result is an increase in data collection available in any given experiment time frame. Such desirable arrangements of the present invention thus allow scans to be collected at higher rates, which beneficially increase the ability to monitor rapidly changing systems. | 2012-05-17 |