22nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150146102 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING CHANNEL-SWITCHING AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING THE METHOD - In a method for controlling channel-switching, a current channel is displayed through a display unit. A channel-switching correlation table is looked up to obtain at least one candidate channel, which is predicted to be watched after the current channel. The current channel is switched to the at least one candidate channel when a channel-switching signal is received, such that the display unit displays the at least one candidate channel. The present invention also discloses a device for controlling channel-switching and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing the method for controlling channel-switching. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL - A method for processing a video signal according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a motion vector list comprising at least one of a spatial motion vector, a temporal motion vector, and a mutation vector as a motion vector candidate of a target block; extracting motion vector identification information for specifying the motion vector candidate to be used as a predicted motion vector of the target block; setting the motion vector candidate corresponding to the motion vector identification information as the predicted motion vector of the target block; and performing motion compensation based on the predicted motion vector. The present invention forms the motion vector candidate and derives the motion vector of the target and derives the motion vector of the target block therefrom, thus enabling a more accurate prediction of the motion vector, and thereby reduces the amount of transmitted residual data and improves coding efficiency. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146104 | PROJECTOR, IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A projector includes a moving unit adapted to move positions of at least six correction points, which are included in a correcting image, a reception unit adapted to receive a designation on a value of a parameter representing linearity, a derivation unit adapted to derive a correspondence relationship of the coordinates between and input image and the correcting image using coordinates of the at least six correction points moved by the moving unit, and the parameter having the value designation of which is received by the reception unit, and a processing unit adapted to perform a correction process the input image based on the correspondence relationship derived by the derivation unit. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146105 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146106 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146107 | Methods to Reduce Bit-Depth Required for Linearizing Data - Media is usually encoded using a non-linear transfer function that approximates human perception to more efficiently allocate codes to areas of dynamic range where human observers are more easily able to perceive differences in signal strength. Many common media operations, e.g., scaling, rotating, and gamut converting, must be performed in a linear representation to be correct and artifact-free. The non-linear transfer functions used are often pure-power functions, such as “gamma” functions. To avoid banding after transformation, as many as 17 bits are needed in the linear-space with 8-bit input. Thus, methods, computer readable media, and systems for reducing the number of bits required in the linear domain are described herein that substitute a piecewise linear function (e.g., a line segment followed by an offset curve) for a pure-power gamma function, such that a slope limit is applied to constrain the number of (additional) linear bits required (over the input precision). | 2015-05-28 |
20150146108 | VIDEO PRE-PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION ESTIMATION - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method of video pre-processing for motion estimation, the apparatus comprising a similarity description module, a storage module, a verdict module, and a motion estimation module. The similarity description module receives a first image in a video, the first image consisting of first blocks, and calculates the similarity descriptors of every first block and a second block of a second image in the video. The second block corresponds to a reference block among the first blocks. The similarity descriptor of each block, which corresponds to a pixel matrix, indicates whether the pixel values of at least one pair of adjacent pixels in the pixel matrix are identical. The verdict module determines whether the similarity descriptors of the second and reference blocks are identical and reaches a verdict, whereby motion estimation is selectively performed on the second block. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146109 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device | 2015-05-28 |
20150146110 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A backlight unit | 2015-05-28 |
20150146111 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes LEDs, a liquid crystal panel | 2015-05-28 |
20150146112 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device | 2015-05-28 |
20150146113 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A display device | 2015-05-28 |
20150146114 | Vehicle Display Mount - The present invention is an attachment that is designed to mount a flat screen display to a bumper of a vehicle. The present invention includes a substantially L-shaped tubular brace having a vertically-oriented mounting end and a horizontally-oriented attachment end. The vertically-oriented mounting end includes a concentric sleeve that has a bracket that removably attaches to a display. The concentric sleeve allows a display to swivel and be viewed at a variety of angles. The horizontally-oriented attachment end is removably secured to a vehicle bumper, such as a conventional square channel bumper, by removably inserting the horizontally-oriented attachment in the hollow channel of the bumper. The attachment end includes a pair of square-shaped flanges that are spaced apart along the length of the attachment end and are sized to be received within the hollow channel of the bumper. The flanges support the weight of the assembly and an attached display. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146115 | DISPALY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PRISM CELL PANEL - A display device with a liquid crystal prim cell is disclosed. The liquid crystal prism cell panel has first and second substrates, liquid crystal layer and control circuit; the liquid crystal layer is disposed between a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer; the control circuit is configured to control a voltage difference between the first and second electrode layers; the first electrode layer has at least two strip-shaped electrodes, the a light-shielding components are disposed on a position of the second substrate corresponding to the strip-shaped electrodes. The liquid crystal device can enhance the display quality of a three-dimensional image. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146116 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PRISM CELL PANEL - A display device with a liquid crystal prism cell panel is disclosed. The display device has a display panel and a liquid crystal prism cell panel, a black matrix layer which is disposed on the display panel further has spacers; the liquid crystal prism cell panel has a first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer and a control circuit; light-shielding components are disposed on a position of the second substrate corresponding to a strip-shaped electrode which is disposed on the first substrate; the width of the light-shielding components is smaller than the width of the spacers. The liquid crystal device can enhance the display quality of a three-dimensional image. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146117 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A 3D image display device includes: a liquid crystal (LC) display panel including, a first array substrate (AS) including a gate line (GL) extending in a first direction (FD), a data line (DL) extending in a second direction (SD) substantially perpendicular to the FD, and a pixel electrode (PE) connected to the GL and the DL and having first branch electrode portions (FBEPs) having a first width, each of the FBEPs being spaced from each other by a first interval substantially ≧the first width, and a LC lens panel including a second AS including lens electrodes (LEs) extending in a third direction (TD) tilted with respect to the SD by a first angle having an absolute value ≧about 5° and ≦about 15°. Each of the FBEPs extends in a fourth direction having a first tilting angle with respect to the TD by about 45° or about 135°. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146118 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel generating an image, a phase retarder disposed on the display panel, a first polarizer disposed on the phase retarder, a liquid crystal lens disposed on the first polarizer, and a second polarizer disposed on the liquid crystal lens. The phase retarder has a first optical axis and the first polarizer has a second optical axis crossing the first optical axis. The second polarizer has a third optical axis substantially in parallel to the second optical axis. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146119 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A three-dimensional display device of a parallax barrier system including a liquid crystal display device of an IPS system having a TFT substrate and an opposed substrate as well as a liquid crystal barrier panel of a TN system having a first substrate and a second substrate, in which the opposed substrate of the liquid crystal display device and the second substrate of the liquid crystal barrier panel are opposedly arranged by interposing a polarizer, the TFT substrate includes a pixel configured by a common electrode having a slit above a pixel electrode configured in a planar shape, and includes a first pixel in which an angle made by an alignment axis of the TFT substrate and a direction of a long axis of the slit is θ1 and a second pixel in which an angle made by the alignment axis of the TFT substrate and the direction of the long axis of the slit is θ2, θ1 and θ2 are in a relationship θ1=−θ2, the first pixel and the second pixel are arranged to switch in a first direction, and arranged to switch in a second direction, and the alignment axis of the TFT substrate and an alignment axis of the second substrate of the liquid crystal barrier panel coincide with each other or are orthogonal to each other. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146120 | NOZZLE FACE WIPING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - The present invention provides a nozzle face wiping device and an image recording device that can switch whether to wipe out a nozzle face by a simple mechanism. According to one mode of the present invention, it is possible to brake the running of the wiping web by the braking device on the upstream side (supply shaft side) of the pressure member. In a case where the running direction of the wiping web wound around the pressure member and the relative movement direction of the nozzle face are the same, it is possible to prevent the wiping web from being forcefully drawn out from the supply shaft by braking the running of the wiping web by the braking device. By this means, it is possible to wipe out the nozzle face from two directions. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146121 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention has a pixel which includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first liquid crystal element, and a second liquid crystal element. A pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a signal line through the first switch. The pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element through the second switch and the first resistor. The pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a Cs line through the third switch and the second resistor. A common electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a common electrode of the second liquid crystal element. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146122 | Trace Structure, Repair Method and Liquid Crystal Panel Thereof - A trace structure is proposed. The trace structure includes a substrate, a shorting bar on the substrate and a plurality of data lines or scan lines, whose one end is connected to the shorting bar, on the substrate. The trace structure also includes an excessive shorting bar on the substrate. A break on a data line or a scan line is repaired by connecting the broken data line or scan line with one of the excessive shorting bar or the rest of the shorting bars. The present invention also proposes a repair method and a LCD panel using the trace structure. The simple trace structure and easy break repair operation not only raises repair efficiency but also lessens repair time and saves cost. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146123 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display panel including a display area in which a plurality of pixels is disposed and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. A plurality of dummy patterns extends in a first direction and is disposed in a predetermined area of the display area and a predetermined area of the non-display area at a boundary area between the display area and the non-display area. A plurality of color filters extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the display area to overlap with the pixels arranged in the second direction. A predetermined area of the color filters disposed adjacent to the non-display area in the second direction is partially overlapped with a corresponding dummy pattern. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146124 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display includes: providing a lower mother substrate including a plurality of lower panels including thin film transistors and coated with a lower alignment layer, providing an upper mother substrate including a plurality of upper panels respectively corresponding to the plurality of lower panels and coated with an upper alignment layer, forming a mother substrate assembly by forming a liquid crystal mixture layer including a liquid crystal between the lower mother substrate and the upper mother substrate and combining the lower mother substrate and the upper mother substrate, dividing each upper panel into a first region, a second region, and a third region by forming three cutting lines for each upper panel at the upper mother substrate of the mother substrate assembly; applying a voltage to the first region and the third region of the upper mother substrate that is not covered by the lower mother substrate and exposed to pretilt the liquid crystal, and irradiating light to the mother substrate assembly at a side of the upper mother substrate to harden an alignment supplement agent included in at least one of the liquid crystal mixture layer and the lower and upper alignment layers. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146125 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device each having sufficiently excellent transmittance, and a thin film transistor array substrate for use in the liquid crystal display panel and the liquid crystal display device. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, wherein the first substrate includes an electrode having a T-shaped branched section, and the electrode includes linear portions forming the T-shaped branched section and separately extending in directions different from a pixel array direction. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146126 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display includes an insulation substrate, a plurality of pixels disposed on the insulation substrate, where each pixel has a shape elongated in a horizontal direction, and includes a thin film transistor formation region and a display area; and a reference voltage line extending in a vertical direction along a center of the display area, where the display area includes a single high-gray subpixel area and two low-gray subpixel areas, and the single high-gray subpixel area is positioned between the two low-gray subpixel areas. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146127 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An array substrate comprises a first substrate and a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of the data lines provided on the first substrate, the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of the data lines define a plurality of pixel units arranged into a matrix form. Each of the plurality of pixel units comprising: a first electrode having slits, comprising two or more regions where the slits have the different tilt degrees; a second electrode; and a thin film transistor switch, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are used to form a horizontal electric field for driving liquid crystal molecules, the gate line and the thin film transistor switch are arranged between each two regions of the first electrode, and the thin film transistor switch is controlled by the gate line to operate each region of the first electrode. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146128 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A gate line ( | 2015-05-28 |
20150146129 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - In a pixel circuit, during a period during which an organic EL element is not emitting light, transistors are in an “on” state and the organic EL element (OLED) is reversed-biased by a low-level power-supply potential and a reverse-biasing power-supply potential. A reverse-direction voltage determined by a reverse-direction current that depends on the degree to which degradation of the organic EL element has progressed is thus written to a capacitor. A data voltage is then supplied to the capacitor via another capacitor, bringing the drive voltage of a transistor (T | 2015-05-28 |
20150146130 | Liquid Crystal Display Panel and Manufacturing Method for the Same - The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel which includes a thin film transistor array substrate, a color filter substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a frame. The color filter substrate includes a transparent substrate, a black matrix layer and a coloring layer. The frame is disposed at an outer side edge of the liquid crystal layer. The present invention further discloses a method for manufacturing the LCD panel. The present invention can block an UV light by the black matrix layer and the coloring layer, and an UV mask can be omitted. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146131 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light modulation layer of a display panel in the present invention includes shape-anisotropic members and liquid crystal molecules. The projected area of the shape-anisotropic members on a first substrate and a second substrate is changed by altering the voltage applied to the light modulation layer, which changes the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules. According to the present invention, it is possible to increase light use efficiency with a simple configuration and to control light/dark switching in both directions at a high switching speed. The present invention is applicable to a television. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146132 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Provided is a surface light source device capable of producing directed light. The surface light source device according to the present invention is provided with: LEDs (light source); a case having a light-emitting surface provided with at least one opening (a light-transmitting part), and enabling the light from the LED to be repeatedly reflected and guided within an internal space, and emitted through the aperture part; and a lens sheet (lens member) that is disposed facing the light-emitting surface of the casing and includes at least one lens. The position of the focal point of the lens is substantially the same as the position of the aperture. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146133 | SUNLIGHT COLLECTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING SUNLIGHT AS A BACKLIGHT SOURCE - A sunlight collecting device provided in the present invention includes a lens substrate, a plurality of Fresnel lens, a connector substrate, a plurality of optical fiber connectors, and a light-tracking substrate. The lens substrate has a plurality of circular openings. The Fresnel lenses correspond to the circular opening and are disposed on the lens substrate. The connector substrate is disposed parallel to the lens substrate and away from the lens substrate with a focal length. The optical fiber connectors are adjustably disposed on the connector substrate. The light-tracking substrate is disposed between the lens substrate and the connector substrate for simultaneously rotating the lens substrate and the connector substrate such that the Fresnel lenses are directly opposite to the sunlight. An LCD using the sunlight as a backlight source is further provided in the present invention. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146134 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device including the same. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing and separated from the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, and a light source providing light to the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer includes cholesteric liquid crystal and a dichromic dye. The cholesteric liquid crystal includes nematic liquid crystal and an optically active material, and selectively reflects light having a certain wavelength, and the dichromic dye transmits light selectively reflected from the cholesteric liquid crystal. An amount of the dichromic dye is about 0.01 to about 10 wt % based on a total amount of the liquid crystal layer. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146135 | BACKLIGHT MODULE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DRIVING BACKLIGHT SOURCE - A backlight module, a liquid crystal display and a control method for driving the backlight source, the backlight module comprising an LED backlight source and a driving circuit, the LED backlight source comprising first LEDs each formed of a blue light chip, red phosphor powder and green phosphor powder, and second LEDs each formed of a blue light chip, a green light chip and red phosphor powder, and the driving circuit comprising driving circuit modules for driving the first LEDs and the second LEDs respectively. The liquid crystal display includes the above-mentioned backlight module and the display panel. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146136 | SIDE-LIGHT TYPE BACKLIGHT MODULE - A side-light type backlight module includes a front bezel, an optical film, a light guide plate, a box-shaped back cover, and a light source board. The optical film is positioned on the light guide plate. The back cover is connected to the front bezel, and the light guide plate is positioned in the back cover and integrated with the back cover by insert-molding. The back cover includes a bottom plate and a plurality of side walls perpendicular to the bottom plate, and the inner surfaces of the bottom plate and the plurality of side walls have high reflectivity. The bottom plate of the back cover defines a number of micro indentations. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146137 | Multiple Cell Liquid Crystal Optical Device With Coupled Electric Field Control - A liquid crystal optical device is provided. The optical device includes a liquid crystal cell controlling optical properties of light passing therethrough and has: a liquid crystal layer, a planar electrode located to one side of said liquid crystal layer; an electric field control structure located to the opposite side of the liquid crystal layer; and a wavefront adjustment structure configured to provide optical phase front adjustment. In some embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure is a conductive floating electrode. In other embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure is a weakly conductive structure having spatially variable sheet resistance. In other embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure a weakly conductive structure having spatially variable sheet resistance having a frequency dependent characteristic. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146138 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the thin film transistor; and a roof layer facing the pixel electrode, wherein a plurality of microcavities are formed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, each microcavity includes liquid crystal materials, a partition wall is formed between the microcavities, and the roof layer includes a dry film. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146139 | Liquid Crystal Control Structure, Tip-Tilt-Focus Optical Phased Array And High Power Adaptive Optic - A transmissive liquid crystal (LC) control structure comprising: a superstrate ( | 2015-05-28 |
20150146140 | POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a polarizing plate including a first protective film, a polarizer, and a second protective film in this order, in which the first protective film is a film including a synthetic polymer, and has a thickness of 30 μm or less, an elastic modulus in the TD direction of 2 GPa to 2.5 GPa, and a humidity dimensional change rate in a TD direction of 0.1% or less, and the second protective film has an evaluation value represented by the following Equation (2) of 7.0 to 11.0: | 2015-05-28 |
20150146141 | 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic three-dimensional image display device is disclosed which includes: a liquid crystal display panel defined into a plurality of pixel regions; a data driver to supply data voltages to the pixel regions; a patterned retarder disposed on a front surface of the liquid crystal display panel to polarize light from the liquid crystal display panel. The patterned retarder includes a first patterned retarder, to circularly polarize light from the liquid crystal display panel in a first direction and formed in a height greater than that of a pixel region of the plurality of pixel regions, and second patterned retarder to circularly polarize light from the liquid crystal display panel in a second direction opposite the first direction and formed in a height greater than that of the pixel region. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146142 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to liquid crystal display technology, and provides an optical compensation film for a liquid crystal display, including a first polarizer and a second polarizer disposed on both sides of the liquid crystal panel respectively, and an A-plate and a C-plate arranged between the liquid crystal panel and the first polarizer or between the liquid crystal panel and the second polarizer, wherein the in-plane compensation value for optical path difference of the A-plate Ro | 2015-05-28 |
20150146143 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and transmits a first voltage, a second electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and transmits a second voltage, and a light blocking member overlapping a space between a side of the first electrode and a side of the second electrode which face each other, where the light blocking member has an island shape within a region of a pixel of the plurality of pixels in a plan view. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146144 | Border Masking Structures for Liquid Crystal Display - A display may have a thin-film transistor layer and color filter layer. The display may have an active area and an inactive border area. Light blocking structures in the inactive area may prevent stray backlight from a backlight light guide plate from leaking out of the display. The thin-film transistor layer may have a clear substrate, a patterned black masking layer on the clear substrate, a clear planarization layer on the black masking layer, and a layer of thin-film transistor circuitry on the clear planarization layer. The black masking layer may be formed from black photoimageable polyimide. The clear planarization layer may be formed from spin-on glass. The light blocking structures may include a first layer formed from a portion of the black masking layer and a second layer such as a layer of black tape on the underside of the color filter layer. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146145 | COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a color liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The color liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate ( | 2015-05-28 |
20150146146 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A color filter substrate includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of color filter patterns. The transparent substrate has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other, and a plurality of containing cavities. The containing cavities extend from the upper surface toward the lower surface and separate from each other. Each containing cavity has a bottom surface. The color filter patterns are disposed on the transparent substrate and located inside the containing cavities, respectively. The color filter patterns contact with the corresponding bottom surfaces, respectively. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146147 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same - The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same. The device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate spaced apart from and opposite to the first substrate; a first lower alignment layer formed on an upper surface of the first substrate; a first upper alignment layer formed on a lower surface of the second substrate; a second alignment layer formed in an array on either or both of an upper surface of the first lower alignment layer and a lower surface of the first upper alignment layer; a polymer barrier positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate, the polymer barrier formed on the array of the second alignment layer; and a liquid crystal positioned between the polymer barriers. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146148 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device with which response characteristics are able to be easily improved without using major equipment is provided. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes steps of forming a first alignment film including a polymer compound having a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain on one substrate of a pair of substrates; forming a second alignment film on the other substrate of the pair of substrates; arranging the pair of substrates so that the first alignment film and the second alignment film are opposed to each other, and sealing a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric constant anisotropy between the first alignment film and the second alignment film; and bridging the polymer compound to give pre-tilt to the liquid crystal molecule | 2015-05-28 |
20150146149 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, at least one of which is transparent, a liquid crystal layer which is disposed between the first and second substrates, a pixel electrode and a common electrode which are formed on one of the first and second substrates and which apply an electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a plurality of active elements which is connected to the pixel electrode and the common electrode, an alignment film which is disposed on at least one of the first and second substrates and has one surface contacting the liquid crystal layer, and an underlying layer which is disposed on at least one of the first and second substrates and contacts the other surface of the alignment film. The pixel electrode is laminated on the common electrode having a plane shape through an isolation film. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146150 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - A liquid crystal panel, a display device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal panel are provided. In the liquid crystal panel according to the embodiments, the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules ( | 2015-05-28 |
20150146151 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS - An LC lens is provided, including an upper substrate; a lower substrate; a first electrode layer disposed on a side of the upper substrate, facing the lower substrate, and being of an integral conductive material; a second electrode layer disposed on a side of the lower substrate, facing the upper substrate, including several strips of electrodes and being opposite to the first electrode layer; an LC layer disposed between the first and second electrode layers; and a thin film layer coated on a side of the second electrode layer, facing the LC layer; and further a cured LC layer disposed between the thin film layer and second electrode layer. An LCD device and a process for manufacturing an LC lens are also provided. With them, the extra cost problem encountered when manufacturing an LCD device can be solved, and the interface scattering phenomenon occurring during light transmission can be ameliorated. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146152 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device having a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, and a sealing member formed in a peripheral portion of at least one of the substrates. The method includes forming the sealing member, disposing the liquid crystal layer inside the sealing member, and bonding the first substrate to the second substrate. In forming the sealing member, a ring-shaped portion that seals the liquid crystal layer inside the sealing member, a first sealing layer and a second sealing layer that face each other to be separated from each other are formed. In the bonding of the first substrate to the second substrate, a junction portion is formed in which the first and second sealing layers are pressed and joined outside the sealing member so as to form the ring-shaped portion. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146153 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and separated from the first substrate, a plurality of liquid crystal parts disposed between the first and second substrates, and separated in a horizontal direction from each other, spacers for separating the liquid crystal parts between the first and the second substrates, and immobilization patterns disposed in each of the liquid crystal parts, and including an optically active material. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146154 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MOTHERBOARD, MANUFACTURING AND CUTTING METHODS THEREOF, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL OBTAINED THEREBY - The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal panel motherboard, comprising providing materials that can form projections on a margin area of at least one of two substrates of the liquid crystal panel motherboard, and then fitting said two substrates to each other, so that the margin area of said at least one of the two substrates cannot be fit to a corresponding margin area of the other substrate seamlessly. The present disclosure also provides a method for cutting a liquid crystal panel motherboard, and a liquid crystal panel obtained from the liquid crystal motherboard. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146155 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PS (“polymer sustained”) or PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type, and to LC displays, especially PS or PSA displays, comprising said LC medium. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146156 | OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC SUBSTANCE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - To provide an optically anisotropic substance having a negative uniaxial phase difference film and a positive uniaxial phase difference film, and excellent heat resistance and sputtering resistance. The positive uniaxial phase difference film is formed in combination with a bifunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound, the negative uniaxial phase difference film is formed in combination of the bifunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound with an optically active compound having a polymerizable binaphthol moiety, and additional thermosetting treatment (postcure) is applied after the negative uniaxial phase difference film is photocured, and when glass transition temperature after the negative uniaxial phase difference film is cured is 85° C. or higher and 115° C. or lower, additional thermosetting treatment temperature is adjusted to 220° C. or higher and 250° C. or lower, and when the glass transition temperature is higher than 115° C., the additional thermosetting treatment temperature is adjusted to 200° C. or higher and 250° C. or lower. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146157 | ARTICLES OF EYEWEAR INCLUDING ACCESSORY ATTACHMENT FEATURES - An article of eyewear includes a frame. The frame includes a front frame defining a left aperture and a right aperture. The frame also includes a left temple arm and a right temple arm. The left temple arm is supported by the front frame and the right temple arm is supported by the front frame. The frame further includes an accessory attachment opening adapted to detachably receive an accessory. The accessory attachment opening extends through a portion of the frame in a thickness direction. The accessory attachment opening includes an open side adapted to facilitate ingress and egress of the accessory from the accessory attachment opening in a direction substantially perpendicular to the thickness direction. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146158 | STRUCTURE OF EYEGLASSES - Disclosure relates to a structure of eyeglasses, including a body of eyeglasses integrally formed to include a mid-rim and two frames, the mid-rim being disposed between the two frames and surrounded thereby to form a nose bridge, a holding recess being concavely disposed at the mid-rim, the holding recess having a buckling portion, each of the frames having a lens bearing portion for bearing lens, an opening of the lens bearing portion being disposed at the holding recess, and another side of each of the frames opposite to a side where the mid-rim is connected being movably arranged with a temple; and a buckling member being arranged with a shape corresponding to that of the holding recess, and being detachably disposed to the buckling portion of the mid-rim. The present invention is therefore easy to disassemble or replace lens. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146159 | METHODS FOR FORMATION OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS WITH AN INSERT UTILIZING VOXEL-BASED LITHOGRAPHY - Methods for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens with an insert using voxel-based lithography techniques, wherein at least a portion of one surface may be free-formed from a reactive mixture are set forth herein. An ophthalmic lens precursor may be formed on a substrate with an arcuate optical quality surface via a source of actinic radiation controllable to cure a definable portion of a volume of reactive mixture, wherein the control may be on a voxel by voxel basis. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146160 | CONTACT LENSES WITH IMPROVED OXYGEN TRANSMISSION - Contact lenses may be designed with locally thinned regions to increase oxygen transmissibility to the eye. The locally thinned regions are preferably positioned outside of the optic zone and in the thicker peripheral zone. For a contact lens formed from a specific material, creating local thinner regions, for example, dimples in the back curve surface of the lens, provides an effective and efficient means for increasing oxygen diffusion. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146161 | OPHTHALMIC LENS COMPRISING A BASE OF POLYMERIC MATERIAL WITH A COATING HAVING AN INTERFERENTIAL, ANTI-REFLECTIVE, ANTI-IRIDESCENT AND IR FILTER MULTIPLE LAYER STRUCTURE - Ophthalmic lens including a base of polymeric material with a coating having an interferential, anti-reflective, anti-iridescent and infrared filter multiple layer structure. An interphase, a first layer (of 91-169 nm) with a refraction index higher than 1.8, a second layer (of 128-248 nm) with a refraction index lower than 1.65, a third layer (of 73-159 nm) with a refraction index higher than 1.8 and a fourth layer (of 40-138 nm) with a refraction index lower than 1.8. A total thickness of the multiple layer structure is less than 600 nm. The structure can have intermediate layers with intermediate refraction indices, in which case a doublet of two adjacent layers that fulfil the thicknesses above is replaced by a triplet so that the thickness and an optical thickness of the triplet differ from those of the doublet by less than 5%, respectively. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146162 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCAPSULATING A RIGID INSERT IN A CONTACT LENS FOR CORRECTING VISION IN ASTIGMATIC PATIENTS - The present invention, as described above and as further defined by the claims below, provides methods for forming an Ophthalmic Lens that encapsulates a Rigid Insert, wherein the Rigid Insert may be tailored to correct specific astigmatic characteristics of an eye and apparatus for implementing such methods, as well as Ophthalmic Lenses formed with the Rigid Inserts. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146163 | STABILIZATION OF CONTACT LENSES - Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146164 | Ophthalmic Lenses Taking Into Account The Wearer's Handedness - Ophthalmic lenses and spectacles for enhanced experience due to right-handedness or left-handedness. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146165 | HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX POLARIZING LENS - A polyurethane based high refractive index polarizing lens consisting of a polarizing film and a cured monomer mixture placed on both sides of said polarizing film, in which the polarizing film consists of a heated polyvinyl alcohol having a water content of 4.5% or less, and the cured monomer mixture comprises a polyisocyanate and a polythiol, has no problems such as the generation of bubbles, and has excellent adhesiveness. A manufacturing method for high refractive index polarizing lenses including a process for forming lens layers comprising a polyurethane based polymer formed from polyisocyanate and polythiol on both surfaces of a polarizing film, characterized by using a polarizing film whereof the water content is 4.5 wt % or less as the aforementioned polarizing film. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146166 | BLUE EDGE FILTER OPTICAL LENS - Optical lenses are described and include a polymeric interference filter disposed on a curved polymeric substrate. The optical lens has an average light transmission of less than 2% across a band of blue light from 400 nm to at least 420 and up to 440 nm and substantially transmits blue light greater than 450 nm. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146167 | Method and Device for Improving Visual Performance - The disclosure describes an apparatus ( | 2015-05-28 |
20150146168 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OBJECTIVE OCULAR REFRACTION AND AT LEAST ONE GEOMETRIC-MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF AN INDIVIDUAL - Disclosed is a device for measuring ocular refraction and a geometric-morphological parameter of an individual, including: a gaze-stimulating target placed so as to stimulate the gaze of the individual in a posture associated with a proximity value and a sight axis; an illuminating system able to generate at least one illuminating beam in the direction of the eyes of the individual; an image-capturing system; and a computer able to receive at least one first image captured by the image-capturing system. According to the invention, the image-capturing system is able to acquire an image of part of the face surrounding the eyes of the individual, and the computer is able to extract, from the acquired image, a first measurement of a glazing parameter and a first measurement of objective ocular refraction by refraction of the illuminating beam on the eyes of the individual in the given posture. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146169 | AUTOMATIC PUPILLARY DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND MEASURING METHOD - Method for automatically measuring pupillary distance includes extracting facial features of face image, a head current center indicator is shown/displayed based on facial feature extraction, elliptical frame and target center indicator are shown, a first distance between head current center indicator and target center indicator is calculated to see if below a threshold range, then allowing head current center indicator, elliptical frame and target center indicator to disappear. Card window based on facial tracking result is shown. Credit card band detection is performed to see if located within card window. Card window then disappear. Elliptical frame of moving head and target elliptical frame are shown. Elliptical frame of the moving head is aligned with the target elliptical frame and maintaining a correct head posture. If elliptical frame of moving head is aligned with target elliptical frame, then allow them to disappear from view, and performing a pupillary distance measurement. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146170 | EYE IMAGING APPARATUS WITH A WIDE FIELD OF VIEW AND RELATED METHODS - An eye imaging apparatus can include a housing, an optical imaging system in the housing, and a light source in the housing to illuminate an eye. The optical imaging system can include an optical window at a front end of the housing with a concave front surface for receiving the eye as well as an imaging lens disposed rearward the optical window. The apparatus can comprise a light conditioning element configured to receive light from the light source and direct said light to the eye. The apparatus can further include an image sensor in the housing disposed to receive an image of the eye from the optical imaging system. In various embodiments, light conditioning element includes at least one multi-segment surface. In some embodiments, the housing is provided with at least one hermitic seal, for example, with the optical window. In some embodiments, time sequential illumination is employed. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146171 | DETERMING LENS ALIGNMENT ON AN EYE USING OPTICAL WAVEFRONTS - An apparatus and method for selecting a lens that accounts for Decentration and/or Rotation Errors. The method includes obtaining results of a first wavefront exam on a patient, including a wavefront map and Zernike polynomials, selecting a first lens that improves vision, obtaining the results of a second wavefront exam including a wavefront map and Zernike polynomials, calculating the Decentration and/or Rotation Errors of the selected lens by calculating a difference between the Zernike polynomails, and selecting a second lens that better corrects accounts for the calculated Decentration and/or Rotation Errors. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146172 | CURVED PROJECTOR SCREEN - The invention relates to a projector screen having a projection surface essentially forming a spheric section, comprising a rigid structure ( | 2015-05-28 |
20150146173 | LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A light source system includes a laser module and at least one light coupling module. The laser module includes a plurality of laser sources, each of which provides a light beam. The light coupling module has a light incident surface, a plurality of total reflection surfaces and a light output surface. The light incident surface includes a plurality of light incident zones, and the light incident zones are disposed corresponding to the laser sources, respectively. The total reflection surfaces are disposed corresponding to the light incident zones, respectively. The projected areas of the total reflection surfaces on the light output surface have no overlap with each other. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146174 | PROJECTOR WITH OPTICAL CONVERSION MEDIA PUMPED BY LOW ETENDUE SOURCE - A projector system with a single imaging array has a low-etendue light source. The projector system includes a first optical path from the low-etendue light source to a plurality of optical conversion media having a plurality of emission wavelengths to provide display light with wavelengths longer than blue light. The projector system includes a second optical path from the optical conversion media to the imaging array. The projector system has a means of moving an excitation location on the optical conversion media in the first optical path. The projector system may include a blue LED, a diffuser region, or an optical conversion medium with a blue emission wavelength to provide blue display light. Light from the low-etendue light source is prevented from directly impinging on the imaging array. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146175 | LIGHT MODULATOR SYSTEM INCLUDING RELAY OPTICS FOR CORRECTING OPTICAL DISTORTIONS - A relay lens system is provided. The relay lens system comprises: an air-spaced doublet comprising: a biconvex lens and a negative meniscus lens, an optical axis of the air-spaced doublet offset between the biconvex lens and the negative meniscus lens, each of the biconvex lens, the negative meniscus lens, an air space there between and an offset of the optical axis there between are selected to adjust the coma in an image travelling there through; and, a pair of cylindrical lenses, cylindrical with a relay optical path through the system, each of the pair of cylindrical lenses, and a respective air space there between, selected to adjust the astigmatism in the image. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146176 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TEMPERATURE OF A REACTION ASSEMBLY - A stage assembly ( | 2015-05-28 |
20150146177 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus includes a measuring member disposed in a substrate stage for holding the substrate, at a side of a surface holding the substrate of a substrate stage, an auxiliary member disposed at a side of the surface of the substrate stage, with a gap with the measuring member, and a sealing member contacting a surface of the auxiliary member, disposed to cover the gap, and for suppressing penetration of the liquid locating on a surface of the measuring member, or the surface of the auxiliary member into the gap, and wherein the sealing member has a shape forming a space where a part of the surface of the measuring member contacts gas, while the liquid is on the surface of the measuring member and the liquid contacts an edge of the sealing member. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146178 | Substrate Tuning System and Method Using Optical Projection - Techniques herein include systems and methods that provide a spatially-controlled or pixel-based projection of light onto a substrate to tune various substrate properties. A given pixel-based image projected on to a substrate surface can be based on a substrate signature. The substrate signature can spatially represent non-uniformities across the surface of the substrate. Such non-uniformities can include energy, heat, critical dimensions, photolithographic exposure dosages, etc. Such pixel-based light projection can be used to tune various properties of substrates, including tuning of critical dimensions, heating uniformity, evaporative cooling, and generation of photo-sensitive agents. Combining such pixel-based light projection with photolithographic patterning processes and/or heating processes improves processing uniformity and decreases defectivity. Embodiments can include using a digital light processing (DLP) chip, grating light valve (GLV), or other grid-based micro projection technology. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146179 | Low energy electron beam lithography - A low energy electron beam lithography system uses an 2 KeV electron beam of about two hundred microamperes, a 4 Division Complementary Mask (4DCM) formed from a monocrystalline silicon wafer with membranes about 100 nm thick that are surrounded by supporting silicon struts, and spaced about 50 microns from an electron sensitive resist layer about 20 nm thick that covers a nonmetallic conductive layer that covers a semiconductor wafer. Distortions in the 4DCM and semiconductor wafer are sensed and an error distortion signal is generated that results in the electron beam being tilted so as to compensate for the distortions to minimize image placement errors. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146180 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING NANOANTENNA ARRAY, NANOANTENNA ARRAY CHIP AND STRUCTURE FOR LITHOGRAPHY - A method for fabricating a nanoantenna array may include forming a resist layer on a substrate, forming a focusing layer having a dielectric microstructure array on the resist layer, diffusing light one-dimensionally in a specific direction by using a linear diffuser, forming an anisotropic pattern on the resist layer by illuminating the light diffused by the linear diffuser on the focusing layer and the resist layer, depositing a material suitable for a plasmonic resonance onto the substrate and the resist layer on which the pattern is formed, and forming a nanoantenna array on the substrate by removing the resist layer and the material deposited on the resist layer. A light diffusing angle by the linear diffuser and a size of the dielectric microstructure are determined based on an aspect ratio of the pattern to be formed. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146181 | APPARATUS OF PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS TO LIQUID DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an apparatus of photolithography process to a liquid display panel, comprising: a platform, employed for loading the liquid display panel; a power supplying device, employed for supplying power to the liquid display panel; an ultraviolet light source supply device, employed for providing the ultraviolet light; a light distributing plate, employed for homogenizing the ultraviolet light. The present invention also discloses a method of photolithography process to a liquid display panel. The monomer can plenty reacts without damaging liquid crystal molecules according to the present invention. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146182 | RADIATION SOURCE - A radiation source for generating EUV radiation includes a laser configured to fire laser pulses at a target area to which is supplied a stream of fuel droplets, which may be tin droplets that emit EUV radiation when excited by the laser beam. The EUV radiation is collected by a collector. The tin droplets may be pre-conditioned by a laser pre-pulse before the main laser pulse to change the shape of the droplets so that the droplets are in an optimum condition for receiving the main laser pulse. Embodiments of the invention take into account the effect of the vaporization of one fuel droplet on succeeding droplets and allow the timing of the main and/or pre-pulse to be adjusted to take into account any delay in arrival of the subsequent droplet or oscillations in the shape of the subsequent droplet which may be caused by vaporization of the preceding droplet. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146183 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes an optical integrator having a plurality of light entrance facets each being associated with a secondary light source. A spatial light modulator has a light exit surface and transmit or to reflect impinging projection light in a spatially resolved manner. A pupil forming unit directs projection light on the spatial light modulator. An objective images the light exit surface of the spatial light modulator onto the light entrance facets of the optical integrator. The light exit surface of the optical light modulator includes groups of object areas being separated by areas that are not imaged on the light entrance facets. The objective combines images of the object areas so that the images of the object areas abut on the optical integrator. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146184 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination system includes an optical integrator having a plurality of light entrance facets, whose images at least substantially superimpose in a mask plane. A spatial light modulator transmits or reflects impinging projection light in a spatially resolved manner. A pupil forming unit directs projection light onto the spatial light modulator. An objective images a light exit surface of the spatial light modulator onto the light entrance facets of the optical integrator so that an image of an object area on the light exit surface completely coincides with one of the light entrance facets. A control unit controls the spatial light modulator such that along a scan direction a length of an image, which is formed on a mask from a light pattern in the object area, gradually increases at a beginning of a scan cycle and gradually decreases at the end of the scan cycle. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146185 | CATADIOPTRIC IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR DIGITAL SCANNER - Projection optical system for forming an image on a substrate and including an illumination relay lens and a projection lens each of which is a catadioptric system. The projection lens may include two portions in optical communication with one another, the first of which is dioptric and the second of which is catadioptric. In a specific case, the projection optical system satisfies | 2015-05-28 |
20150146186 | Lithography Mask Repairing Process - A method includes performing a beam scan on a photolithography mask to repair the photolithography mask. After the beam scan, a radiation treatment is performed on the photolithography mask. The method is performed by an apparatus including a beam generator configured to generate and project a beam on the lithography mask, a radiation source configured to generate a radiation on the lithography mask, and a process gas source configured to release a process gas onto the lithography mask. The process as reacts with a surface portion of the lithography mask to repair the lithography mask. With the radiation treatment, residue process gas on the lithography mask is removed. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146187 | SUBSTRATE CARRYING DEVICE - A substrate carrying device includes pads that hold a substrate, and a hand having recesses formed therein. The pads are placed in the recesses and detachably attached to the hand. Each of the pads includes a flange, and the flange of at least one of the pads includes an outer peripheral part detachably attached to the hand, an elastic part that is able to bend in the recess, and a substrate holding part that rises from an inner edge of the elastic part and holds the substrate by vacuum suction. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146188 | METHOD TO DETERMINE THE USEFULNESS OF ALIGNMENT MARKS TO CORRECT OVERLAY, AND A COMBINATION OF A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND AN OVERLAY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A method to determine the usefulness of an alignment mark of a first pattern in transferring a second pattern to a substrate relative to the first pattern already present on the substrate includes measuring the position of the alignment mark, modeling the position of the alignment mark, determining the model error between measured and modeled position, measuring a corresponding overlay error between first and second pattern and comparing the model error with the overlay error to determine the usefulness of the alignment mark. Subsequently this information can be used when processing next substrates thereby improving the overlay for these substrates. A lithographic apparatus and/or overlay measurement system may be operated in accordance with the method. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146189 | LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM - Disclosed is a lidar sensor system, including: a transmission unit including one DV lens which emits laser light to a front area of a vehicle, and two SV lenses which emit laser light to left and right side areas of the vehicle; and a reception unit including one DV reception lens which receives light reflected from the front area of the vehicle, and two SV reception lenses which receive light reflected from the left and right side areas of the vehicle. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146190 | LASER RADAR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF - Provided herein a laser radar apparatus including a plurality of light transmission and reception modules arranged concavely in an opposite direction to a scanning direction based on a surface vertical to the scanning direction, wherein each of the plurality of light transmission and reception modules comprises a transmitter configured to deflect a laser beam and to irradiate the deflected laser beam to a target; and a receiver configured to receive the laser beam reflected from the target. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146191 | RADAR DEVICE - An optimal position analysis unit | 2015-05-28 |
20150146192 | Optical measurement system with polarization compensation, and corresponding method - A method for the adjustment of an optical measurement system comprises providing an optical measurement system, which comprises, as optical elements, a beam splitter; a first photo sensor, exposed by a first partial beam from the beam splitter; an optical filter; a second photo sensor, arranged downstream of the optical filter, exposed by a second partial beam from the beam splitter. Additionally, the angularity and relative position between multiple optical elements is designed to be adjustable. The method further comprises providing a device for generating a difference signal from the two photo sensors; providing a light source with periodically varying polarization; irradiating the light in the beam splitter, so that the two respective photo sensors are exposed by a partial beam; generating a difference signal of the output signals of the photo sensors; varying the position and/or angularity of at least one optical element, and observing the difference signal, determine the combination of angularity/position of the elements where a minimum difference signal is achieved, and configuring the angularity of the optical elements to the determined values. Further, a corresponding system is proposed. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146193 | OPTICAL METROLOGY SYSTEM FOR SPECTRAL IMAGING OF A SAMPLE - An optical metrology device is capable of detection of any combination of photoluminescence light, specular reflection of broadband light, and scattered light from a line across the width of a sample. The metrology device includes a first light source that produces a first illumination line on the sample. A scanning system may be used to scan an illumination spot across the sample to form the illumination line. A detector spectrally images the photoluminescence light emitted along the illumination line. Additionally, a broadband illumination source may be used to produce a second illumination line on the sample, where the detector spectrally images specular reflection of the broadband illumination along the second illumination line. The detector may also image scattered light from the first illumination line. The illumination lines may be scanned across the sample so that all positions on the sample may be measured. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146194 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE QUALITY AND/OR COMPOSITION OF MILK, IN PARTICULAR DURING A MILKING PROCESS - A method is proposed for ascertaining the quality and/or the composition of milk, in particular during a milking operation, in which the fill level of the milk in a chamber is determined. After the fill level of the milk in the chamber has been determined, the milk is irradiated using at least one radiation of a predefined wavelength. The intensity of the reflected radiation is measured. The fill level and the intensity of the reflected radiation represent a value pair. Characteristic values are stored in a memory. A characteristic value is assigned to the ascertained value pair. A statement about the quality and/or the composition of the milk can be made from the characteristic value thus ascertained. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146195 | Test Apparatus For Electro-Optical Printed Circuit Boards - A test apparatus for electro-optical printed circuit boards having optical waveguides comprises a control device, a beamer and a camera, which can be positioned in such a way that light emitted by the beamer can be coupled by means of a first deflecting element to optical waveguides of the circuit board and can be coupled out by means of a second deflecting element into the field of vision of the camera. The beamer is used in a first phase to determine the position for each deflecting mirror of the first deflecting element which a light spot needs to assume in the image projected by the beamer so that the light spot illuminates the deflecting mirror. The beamer is used in a second phase to illuminate at least one deflecting mirror and to carry out the testing of the optical waveguide associated with the at least one deflecting mirror. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146196 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING COMPENSATING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND COMPENSATING OPTICAL SYSTEM - A positional deviation between a phase distribution in a wavefront sensor and a compensation phase pattern in a wavefront modulator is corrected in a short time and with high accuracy by a method including a first step of causing the wavefront modulator to display a singularity generation pattern, a second step of measuring in the sensor an adjustment wavefront shape when an optical image modulated by the singularity generation pattern enters the wavefront sensor, a third step of detecting a position of a singularity in the adjustment wavefront shape from a measurement result in the sensor, and a fourth step of adjusting a positional deviation between a wavefront shape measured in the wavefront sensor and a compensation pattern displayed on the wavefront modulator based on a positional deviation of the position of the singularity. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146197 | Mobile Apparatus for Checking Airport Marker Lights - A mobile apparatus is provided for measuring photometric characteristics of airport marker lights. The mobile apparatus includes a measuring rod configured to be moved above the marker lights to be checked, in light beams emitted by these marker lights, and a device for measuring the distance between the measuring rod and the marker lights to be checked. The measuring rod carries at least one photometric sensor and includes a device for acquiring and processing the signals emitted by the photometric sensor or sensors during its movement, as a function of the distance measured between the measuring rod and the marker lights to be checked. The device for acquisition and processing is configured to generate a set of data representing photometric characteristics of each marker light checked. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146198 | DEVICE FOR SPRAYING A DYE PENETRATION INSPECTION LIQUID INTO A WORKPIECE - A device for spraying a liquid for use in dye penetration inspection into an inner cavity of a workpiece for making a turbine engine part, the device including a workpiece support, a manifold for spraying the inspection liquid into the inner cavity, a manifold for sucking up and discharging the sprayed inspection liquid, and a mechanism for tilting at least a portion of the support from a substantially horizontal position to an inclined position in which the workpiece is inclined so that the inspection liquid sprayed into the cavity flows under gravity to a zone from which it is sucked up. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146199 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF DAMAGE OR DIRT IN A DOPPLER LASER ANEMOMETRY PROBE PORTHOLE - A device for determining the presence of damage or dirt on a Doppler laser anemometry probe ( | 2015-05-28 |
20150146200 | DEFECT INSPECTION DEVICE AND DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD - To detect an infinitesimal defect, highly precisely measure the dimensions of the detect, a detect inspection device is configured to comprise: a irradiation unit which irradiate light in a linear region on a surface of a sample; a detection unit which detect light from the linear region; and a signal processing unit which processes a signal obtained by detecting light and detecting a defect. The detection unit includes: an optical assembly which diffuses the light from the sample in one direction and forms an image in a direction orthogonal to the one direction; and a detection assembly having an array sensor in which detection pixels are positioned two-dimensionally, which detects the light diffused in the one direction and imaged in the direction orthogonal to the one direction, adds output signals of each of the detection pixels aligned in the direction in which the light is diffused, and outputs same. | 2015-05-28 |
20150146201 | OPTICAL PROBE WITH EXTENDED WORKING DISTANCE - A side-looking optical probe for a Raman spectroscopy system is provided. The probe includes: a base for mounting the probe to an optical assembly of the system; and a prism mounted to the base, the prism configured for receiving signal light from a sample and providing the signal light to the system. A method of fabrication and a spectrometer are provided. | 2015-05-28 |