22nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140146226 | DRIVE APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an outer shell, a camera body arranged inside the outer shell and moving along the outer shell, drivers arranged inside the outer shell and configured to drive the camera body, a drive controller configured to control the drivers, a power source arranged inside the outer shell, a power receiver arranged inside the outer shell so as to move together with the camera body and configured to receive power from the outside of the outer shell to supply the power to the power source, and a power supply detector configured to determine whether or not the power is supplied from the outside of the outer shell. When the power is supplied, the drive controller moves the camera body to a predetermined power supply position. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146227 | CAMERA UNIT AND SENSING DEVICE - A camera unit includes an image sensor, a circuit board in which a signal processor circuit to process an output signal of the image sensor is formed, a cable including a signal conductor element and a ground conductor element and connected at one end to the circuit board, and a shielding component formed to enclose the circuit board therewith. The ground conductor element is connected to both a ground terminal of the circuit board and the shielding component in a vicinity of the end of the cable. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146228 | VIDEO CAMERA DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - A video camera driving circuit and a method thereof are provided, where the video camera driving circuit includes a connector, a determination unit and a control chip. The connector outputs an identification signal specifying either a first lens or a second lens which the connector connects to. The determination unit outputs a determination signal according to the identification signal and a reference voltage. The control chip outputs a control signal according to the determination signal. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146229 | USING EXTRA SPACE ON ULTRA HIGH DEFINITION DISPLAY PRESENTING HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO - A UHD display presents HD video in the native resolution of HD, leaving some portions of the UHD display unused for presenting the HD video. Ancillary information received, for example, in real time with the HD video or in parallel with the HD video over the Internet is presented in the unused portions of the UHD display along with the HD video. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146230 | AV Timing Measurement and Correction for Digital Television - An invention for measuring, maintaining and correcting synchronization between signals which suffer varying relative delays during transmission and/or storage is shown. The present invention teaches measuring the relative delay between a plurality of signals which have suffered differing delays due to transmission, storage or other processing. The preferred embodiment of the invention includes the use of a marker which is generated in response to a second signal and combined with a first signal in a manner which ensures that the marker will not be lost in the expected processing of the first signal. Subsequently a first delayed marker is generated in response to the marker associated with or recovered from the first signal, and a second delayed marker is generated from the second signal. The first delayed marker and second delayed marker are compared to determine a measure of the relative timing or delay between said first signal and said second signal at said subsequent time. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146231 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and an image capturing method are provided. The display apparatus includes a receiving unit, a processing unit, a display panel, a display output interface, and a capturing unit. The receiving unit is coupled to a data bus and receives video stream data provided by an external video source. The processing unit is coupled to the data bus and processes the video stream data to generate display data. The display output interface is coupled to the processing unit and the display panel, receives the display data, and drives the display panel to display an image frame. The capturing unit is coupled to the data bus and captures all or part of the image frame according to a capturing command issued by an external device, so as to obtain captured target data. The capturing unit also transmits the captured target data back to the external device. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146232 | Identifying Ancillary Information Associated With An Audio/Video Program - A system communicates video information including television content associated with a plurality of channels and ancillary information. Information may be transmitted with the ancillary information that is indicative of the type of content included in the ancillary information. This provides the user, in one embodiment of the present invention, with a visual indication of the type of information that accompanies television content. This helps the user to decide whether the user wishes to view the ancillary information and provides the opportunity to select that enhancement for viewing. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146233 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONFIGURATION OF AN ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM CONTROLLING DEVICE - An entertainment device initiates a configuration process of a controlling device in response to a change in an audio visual entertainment system configuration in which at least one of a plurality devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual source and at least one of the plurality of devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual output destination for the entertainment device. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146234 | SIGNAL DIGITIZING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON AMPLITUDE-TO-TIME OPTICAL MAPPING - A signal digitizing system and method based on analog-to-time optical mapping, optically maps amplitude information of an analog signal of interest first into wavelength information using an amplitude tunable filter (ATF) to impress spectral changes induced by the amplitude of the analog signal onto a carrier signal, i.e. a train of optical pulses, and next from wavelength information to temporal information using a dispersive element so that temporal information representing the amplitude information is encoded in the time domain in the carrier signal. Optical-to-electrical conversion of the optical pulses into voltage waveforms and subsequently digitizing the voltage waveforms into a digital image enables the temporal information to be resolved and quantized in the time domain. The digital image may them be digital signal processed to digitally reconstruct the analog signal based on the temporal information with high fidelity. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146235 | PRACTICAL TEMPORAL CONSISTENCY FOR VIDEO APPLICATIONS - A video sequence having a plurality of frames is received. A feature in a first frame from the plurality of frames and a first position of the feature in the first frame are detected. The position of the feature in a second frame from the plurality of frames is estimated to determine a second position. A displacement vector between the first position and the second position is also computed. A plurality of content characteristics is determined for the first frame and the second frame. The displacement vector is spatially diffused with a spatial filter over a frame from the plurality of frames to generate a spatially diffused displacement vector field. The spatial filter utilizes the plurality of content characteristics. A temporal filter temporally diffuses over a video volume the spatially diffused displacement vector field to generate a spatiotemporal vector field. The temporal filter utilizes the plurality of content characteristics. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146236 | CALCULATING APPARATUS, CALCULATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS - According to one embodiment, a calculating apparatus includes, a register module includes a plurality of registers configured to store a plurality of values, a controller configured to specify a plurality of registers including a register to which input data is written, and a calculator configured to calculate a predetermined combination of the values of the specified registers. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146237 | AUDIO/VIDEO TRANSFORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING AUDIO/VIDEO - A method for transferring audio/video includes the steps of determining whether an audio/video transformer is inserted into an audio/video receiving end; controlling a power supply unit to provide electricity for a memory when the audio/video transformer is inserted the audio/video receiving end; controlling a power supply unit to provide electricity for a memory when the audio/video transformer is inserted the audio/video receiving end; controlling the power supply unit to provide electricity for the audio/video transformer for transforming an input signal if the identified information can be identified. Furthermore, a to audio/video transforming system is disclosed herein. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146238 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A switching power supply device has a switching controller adapted to generate an output voltage from an input voltage by turning on and off a switching device by a non-linear control method according to a comparison signal and a timer signal, a main comparator adapted to generate the comparison signal by comparing a feedback voltage based on the output voltage with a predetermined reference voltage, a timer adapted to output the timer signal as a one-shot pulse when a predetermined fixed period elapses after the switching device is turned from on to off or vice versa, and a reverse current detector adapted to detect a reverse current to the switching device to forcibly turn off the switching device. The timer and the reverse current detector are turned on at a pulse edge in the comparison signal, and are turned off on ending their respective operation. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146239 | AUTOMATIC ANTENNA REDIRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A geolocation smart antenna system is presented. In the system a database of television station information is provided. The database may include information such as channel number, broadcast frequency, network affiliation, and locations of one or more terrestrial television broadcast towers. An optimal antenna direction is determined based on a determined geographic location of an antenna and a geographic location of a broadcast tower. A system user selects a television program or television network broadcasted by a television station. A selection signal is sent to an antenna controller, and in response a television antenna is automatically oriented in an optimal direction toward a broadcast tower for the selected station. The selection signal may also be sent to a television receiver, and in response a television tuner is tuned to the station's radio frequency channel. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146240 | CIRCUIT BOARD - Provided a circuit board including an input terminal to which a high-frequency signal is input, a high-frequency amplifier for amplifying the high-frequency signal input to the input terminal, at least one distributor distributing the high-frequency signal, a plurality of high-frequency processing circuits of which transmission path lengths for inputting each of the high-frequency signals distributed by the distributor into signal inputting sections of the plurality of high-frequency processing circuits are different from one another, and a plurality of attenuating devices which are mounted at previous stages of each of the plurality of high-frequency processing circuits and possess amounts of attenuation which increase with decrease of the transmission path lengths. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONFIGURATION OF AN ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM CONTROLLING DEVICE - An entertainment device initiates a configuration process of a controlling device in response to a change in an audio visual entertainment system configuration in which at least one of a plurality devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual source and at least one of the plurality of devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual output destination for the entertainment device. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146242 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPRODUCING CONTENTS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A content reproducing method and system for performing seamless playback of contents between devices is provided. The contents reproducing system includes a portable device which, when a short distance communication with a remote control which is configured to control an electronic device occurs during reproducing of contents, generates data required by the electronic device for reproducing the contents that are being reproduced, and which transmits the generated data to the remote control; the remote control which receives the data from the portable device and which transmits the received data to the electronic device, in conjunction with the occurrence of the short distance communication with the portable device; and the electronic device for receiving the contents from a contents provider and reproducing the contents. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146243 | Head-Mounted Electronic Device And Audio Processing Method - A head-mounted electronic device and an audio processing method includes a fixing unit, by which the head-mounted electronic device can be worn on the wearer's head; a processing unit, provided in the fixing unit and configured to perform audio processing and output a first audio signal; a first bone conduction unit, provided on the inner side of the fixing unit, configured to generate vibrations according to the first audio signal, so that the wearer can hear the first audio through the generated vibration, wherein the inner side of the fixing unit is the side which is closer to the wearer's head when the head-mounted electronic device is worn on the wearer's head, and when the head-mounted electronic device is worn on the wearer's head, the first bone conduction unit contacts the wearer's head, so wearer can sense vibrations generated by the first bone conduction unit. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146244 | LIGHT MODULE FOR A PROJECTION DEVICE - A light module for a projection device may include: at least one light source designed to emit partly polarization radiation; and a first polarization beam splitter, which is arranged in the beam path of the radiation emitted by the at least one light source, wherein the polarization beam splitter is designed to provide radiation of a first polarization at a first output and radiation of a second polarization at a second output. The light module includes a first beam cube arranged in the beam path of the radiation, a first to fourth LCD panels; a second dichroic beam splitter arranged between a first output of the first polarization beam splitter and a first input of the beam cube. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146245 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel according to the embodiment includes a cover window including an active area and an unactive area; a print layer on the unactive area; a sensing part on the unactive area to emit light toward the print layer; and a first light receiving part on the print layer to receive the light, wherein the print layer includes a first print layer on the cover window; a second print layer formed on the first print layer while forming a step difference with respect to the first print layer; and a third print layer formed on the second print layer while filling the step difference. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146246 | IN-CELL TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - An In-Cell touch panel is disclosed. The panel includes a color filter substrate, a common electrode disposed on the color filter substrate, and an array substrate disposed opposite to the color filter substrate. The panel also includes an Integrated Circuit disposed on the array substrate, a plurality of data lines on the array substrate, and a plurality of gate lines on the array substrate. The gate lines are perpendicular to the data lines, the common electrode is divided into a plurality of common electrode lines, the common electrode lines are configured to function as drive electrodes or sense electrodes, the IC is configured to perform a timesharing function for providing display signals and touch drive signals. In addition, the IC is also configured to detect touch signals. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146247 | ORGANIC METAL COMPLEX AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE USING THE COMPLEX - To provide an organic electroluminescence device that emits blue light and is excellent in luminescence properties (in particular, external quantum yield), and provide an organic metal complex including xanthone in a ligand of the following formula (1). | 2014-05-29 |
20140146248 | DISPLAY MODULE AND ELECTRONIC TERMINAL - The present invention provides a display module ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140146249 | Light-based touch surface with curved borders and sloping bezel - A light-based touch-sensitive surface, including a housing, a surface attached to the housing for receiving touch input, a plurality of light sources in the housing for emitting light that crosses the surface, a plurality of light receivers in the housing for detecting the light emitted by the light sources, a curved lens adjacent to the surface through which the light emitted by the light sources passes, including two substantially similarly curved exterior panels, one of which forms a curved rim for the surface, and a calculating unit in said housing, connected to the light receivers, for calculating a touch location based on an absence of light expected to be received by the receivers. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146250 | Display Device - A display device includes a display panel, a protective plate which is provided opposed to the display panel, a member having touch sensor function, and a transparent organic layer which is provided between the display panel and the protective plate. The transparent organic layer includes an outer organic layer which is shaped like a frame to enclose at least a portion of an effective display area of the display panel, and an inner organic layer which is formed from the same material as the frame to fill a space enclosed by the frame. At least a part of the outer organic layer overlaps the effective display area of the display panel; and at least one of the display panel and the protective plate forms a portion of the member having touch sensor function. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146251 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A 3D image display device includes: a backlight unit including a first color light source and a second color light source, which are alternately turned on; a display panel on a front side of the backlight unit and including a pixel, where the pixel includes a first subpixel including a first color filter and a second subpixel including a second color filter; a patterned circular polarizer on a front side of the display panel, extending substantially in a first direction, and including a first circular polarization part and a second circular polarization part having widths substantially the same as widths of the first subpixel and the second subpixel, respectively; and glasses including a left lens and a right lens, where each of the left lens and the right lens includes a plurality of circular polarization patterns and a shutter glass panel which turns on and off each circular polarization pattern. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146252 | OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element is provided. The optical element is a light-dividing element, for example an element that can divide incident light into at least two kinds of light having different polarized states. The optical element can be used to realize a stereoscopic image. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146253 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel including first to nth signal lines formed in a display area in which pixels are formed, and first to nth link lines which are formed in a non-display area excluding the display area from the display panel. The first to nth link lines are respectively connected to the first to nth signal lines, where ‘n’ is an even natural number equal to or greater than 2. At least one of the first to nth link lines includes a hole passing through the at least one link line. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146254 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A display substrate has first and second conductive layers separated from one another by an insulation layer. The first and second conductive layers are used to integrally form on the display substrate, pixel units in a relatively central display area of the substrate and integrated gate driving circuitry as well as associated wirings thereof in one or more peripheral areas. The first and second conductive layers are covered by a first protection layer made of a first electrically insulative material. A second and supplementing protection layer is provided on top of the first protection layer. The supplementing protection layer (buffer layer) is formed of a material different from that of the first protection layer so as to provide supplemental resistance against corrosive chemical agents and supplemental resistance against formation of cracks. In one class of embodiments, the supplementing protection layer is made of a same material as used form at least one of an alignment layer, sealing layer and spacer layer of the display substrate. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146255 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An array substrate comprises: a substrate; and a plurality of gate lines ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140146256 | VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - The invention provides a vertical alignment liquid crystal panel, which includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, and a liquid crystal layer that includes negative liquid crystal containing liquid crystal molecules having a pre-tilt angle of 0°-7°, chiral agent, and a photo- or heat-polymerizable polymer. The first glass substrate includes a liquid crystal panel driving circuit, which includes a gate driver, a source driver, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines. The gate lines and the data lines define a plurality of pixel units, each of which includes a thin-film transistor, a common electrode, and a pixel electrode. The source driver applies a driving voltage of 0-6V via the thin-film transistor to the pixel electrode. The present invention improves elastic energy between the liquid crystal molecules and thus avoids image sticking caused by long term displaying of the same image at the same location. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146257 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING THE SAME - An active matrix substrate includes: a display region; a non-display region around the display region; a mounting region of the non-display region; a plurality of first signal lines provided in the non-display region to extend from near the display region to the mounting region, partially spaced at a pitch Pa, partially spaced at a pitch Pb, and partially inclined at an angle θa; and a plurality of second signal lines provided in the non-display region to extend from near the display region to the mounting region, partially spaced at the Pa, partially spaced at the pitch Pb, partially inclined at the angle θa, and partially inclined at an angle θb. The pitch Pd between each adjacent pair of a plurality of second connectors of the second signal lines is greater than the pitch Pc between each adjacent pair of a plurality of first connectors of the first connectors. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146258 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The drain lines are such that one drain line is formed for every two pixels adjacent to each other within the same pixel row, the gate lines are formed of a first gate line connected to one of the two pixels connected to the same drain line within the same pixel row and a second gate line connected to the other pixel, the pixel electrode is formed of a first linear electrode inclined in a plus direction from the first direction, and a second linear electrode inclined in a minus direction from the first direction, in a region in which the pixel electrode is superimposed over the common electrode, and each pixel has the first and second gate lines and thin film transistor formed in a region between the region of the first linear electrode and the region of the second linear electrode. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146259 | LCD DEVICE, ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ARRAY SUBSTRATE - The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display device, an array substrate, and a method for manufacturing the array substrate. The array substrate includes a glass substrate, gate scan lines formed on the glass substrate, and a pixel electrode. An edge of the pixel electrode has an overlapping region with the gate scan lines, and the pixel electrode and the gate scan lines form a parasitic capacitance in the overlapping region. The overlapping region between the pixel electrode and the gate scan lines is configured with at least one protection layer that reduces the parasitic capacitance. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146260 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device having a first substrate including a display area and a fanout area. A number of pixels are formed in the display area. A number of signal lines connected to the pixels in the display area form a number of wiring portions in the fanout area and a number of dummy patterns formed in a dummy area between the wiring portions. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146261 | Array Substrate, And Dual View Field Display Device And Manufacturing Method Thereof - There are an array substrate ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140146262 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display panel includes: a transparent insulating substrate; a signal line and a scanning line arranged in a display region on the transparent insulating substrate and crossing each other in a matrix; a protective insulating film arranged so as to cover at least the signal line and the scanning line from above; a first insulating film that covers the protective insulating film from above; and a first contact hole that penetrates at least the first insulating film and the protective insulating film to reach a surface of a common interconnect. The first contact hole has a bottom and an inner side surface covered with a first stacked film composed of a first transparent conductive film made of the same material as the lower electrode and a second transparent conductive film made of the same material as the upper electrode. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146263 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention is intended to control the color temperature of white exhibited by a liquid crystal display device. White is produced when light waves emitted through pixels associated with three colors of red, green, and blue have maximum intensities. The amounts of light emitted through the respective pixels are controlled by differentiating the shapes of the pixel electrodes disposed at the respective pixels from one another. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. Otherwise, the shapes of interceptive films disposed at the respective pixels are differentiated from one another in order to control light waves emitted through the respective pixels. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. The interceptive film may be shaped like the pixel electrode. Otherwise, the interceptive film may be realized with an interceptive pattern other than that of the pixel electrode or one of openings bored in a black matrix. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146264 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, PREPARATION AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention discloses an array substrate, preparation and driving methods thereof, a liquid crystal display panel and a display device, for reducing the drive voltage required by a liquid crystal display device, and increasing the light transmission rate. The array substrate comprises data lines and gate lines intersecting transversely and longitudinally to form a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit comprising a pixel electrode and common electrodes, wherein the common electrodes include first common electrodes and second common electrodes; the first common electrodes, the second common electrodes and the pixel electrode are located in a same layer and do riot overlap with each other; and the first common electrodes and the second common electrodes are in strip patterns, and the first common electrodes, the pixel electrode and the second common electrode are spaced apart from each other. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146265 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device in which one pixel is divided into a plurality of sub-pixels, power consumption is reduced. A liquid crystal display device in which a pixel formation portion forming one pixel includes a first sub-pixel portion and a second sub-pixel portion is provided with a charge sharing circuit ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140146266 | Plastic Frame, Backlight Module and Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention discloses a plastic frame, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device. The plastic frame comprising a support portion for supporting the liquid crystal panel, and having a first side surface disposed adjacent to the liquid crystal panel and provided with multiple first concave structures; and a second side surface disposed away from the liquid crystal panel and opposite to the first side surface. Through the above way, the present invention can reduce the heat transmitted to the liquid crystal panel and reduce the risk of display problem of the liquid crystal panel produced by over temperature so as to improve the display quality of the liquid crystal display device. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146267 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal module, which includes an edge-lit backlight source, a light-guiding plate, a backplane, a mold frame and a front frame; the light-guiding plate having an incident surface and a light-emitting surface connected to the incident surface; the edge-lit backlight source facing the incident surface; wherein a heat-dissipation layer being disposed on an outer surface of the front frame near the edge-lit backlight source. The present invention further provides a liquid crystal display device. The present invention disposes a heat-dissipation layer formed by radiation heat-dissipation material on the outer surface of the front frame near the edge-lit backlight source and uses the radiation heat-dissipation to greatly enhance the heat-dissipation capability of the front frame and improve the overall heat-dissipation result of the liquid crystal module and the liquid crystal display device. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146268 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention provides a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device using the backlight module. The backlight module includes a light collector, a plurality of first optical fibers connected to the light collector, a plurality of first optical fiber splitters connected to the first optical fibers, a plurality of second optic fibers connected to the first optical fiber splitters, and a light guide plate arranged at one side of the second optic fibers. Each of the first optical fiber splitters includes a first light inlet and a plurality of first light outlets. The first light inlets are respectively connected to the first optical fibers and the first light outlets are respectively connected to the second optic fibers. The backlight module uses optic fiber splitters to split received sun light for making dense and uniform distribution of sun light at a light incidence site of a light guide plate. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146269 | LIQUID DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display includes a support frame having a partitioned storage space; a backlight unit disposed in the storage space; a liquid crystal display panel disposed over the backlight unit and spaced apart from the backlight unit by a gap; and a cover window combined with the support frame such that the liquid crystal display panel is attached to the cover window. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146270 | Supporting Member And Liquid Crystal Module With The Same - A supporting member and a liquid crystal module with the same are disclosed. The supporting member includes a first sub-supporting member for supporting a liquid crystal panel, and a second sub-supporting member for abutting against a light guiding plate and an optical film on the light guiding plate. The second sub-supporting member is arranged on the first sub-supporting member. A hardness of the first sub-supporting member is higher than the hardness of the second sub-supporting member. With the structure, the safety of the liquid crystal panel under a vibration environment is enhanced, and a tolerance range of the liquid crystal module subjected to the vibrations is guaranteed. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146271 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight operated alternately in a first and a second mode and including a first and a second light source, a light guide, and an optical control member. The light guide is used to receive the light emitted from the second light source, and the optical control member is disposed below the light guide. When the backlight is operated in the first and the second modes, the optical control member has different transmittance with respect to light projected thereon, so as to improve image quality of a liquid-crystal display device using the same. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146272 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, an adhesive member on a lower surface of the liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate below the adhesive member, an optical sheet between the light guide plate and the liquid crystal panel and a dummy film between the light guide plate and the adhesive member, wherein the adhesive member is discontinuous in an area adjacent to the dummy film. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146273 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first polarizer, a second polarizer and a viewing angle control layer. The second substrate faces the first substrate. A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A first polarizer is disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate and includes a first polarizing layer and a second polarizing layer stacked on each other. A second polarizer is disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate. A viewing angle control layer is disposed on the first polarizer and is configured to control a viewing angle of a column direction of the display panel. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146274 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes an illuminator and a liquid crystal panel for performing displaying by using light which is emitted from the illuminator. The liquid crystal panel includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer provided between the pair of substrates, and a pair of alignment films provided on sides of the pair of substrates facing the liquid crystal layer. At least one of the alignment films is a photo-alignment film which is imparted with an orientation regulating force through a photo-alignment treatment, and the illuminator includes a light source causing primary generation of at least blue light, among other light which is used for displaying. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146275 | Reactive Monomer of Liquid Crystal on Polyimide Surface of Alignment Film and Liquid Crystal Panel - The present invention provides a reactive monomer of liquid crystal on a polyimide surface of an alignment film and a liquid crystal panel. The molecular weight of the reactive monomer of liquid crystal is ranged between 322 and 500, and the UV wavelength for polymerizing and curing the reactive monomer of liquid crystal and the polyimide surface is greater than or equal to 300 nm. The reactive monomer of liquid crystal can lower the interaction between the reactive monomer of liquid crystal and the PI surface of the alignment film, so as to improve the phenomenon of drop Mura defect occurred during implementing the ODF technology. Meanwhile, because the curing speed of polymerization and curing reaction is relatively raised, it can also carry out a purpose of energy saving and carbon reduction. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146276 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Embodiments of the present invention provide a liquid crystal display device and a producing method thereof, and relate to the field of liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises a liquid crystal panel and a first optical compensation structure and a second optical compensation structure located at two sides of the liquid crystal panel, and the second optical compensation structure comprises: a polarizing film layer, a compensation film layer and a biaxial film layer, wherein, the polarizing film layer is located between the compensation film layer and the biaxial film layer; and the biaxial film layer is located between the polarizing film layer and the liquid crystal panel. Through providing the biaxial film layer in the second optical compensation structure, the present invention can effectively correct the color shift generated in the diagonal direction of the liquid crystal panel and improve the product quality. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146277 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second electrode overlapping the first electrode and including a plurality of conductive patterns elongated in a first direction, and a light shielding layer overlapping an outermost conductive pattern of the second electrode. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146278 | NANO CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED MICROCAVITY STRUCTURE - A display panel with microcavities each having ends of asymmetric cross-sectional area. An exemplary display panel has a substrate; an electrode disposed on the substrate; and a supporting member disposed on the electrode. The supporting member is shaped to form a cavity between the supporting member and the electrode. The cavity has a first opening at one end of the supporting member and a second opening at an opposite end of the supporting member, the first opening being positioned over the electrode. A cross-sectional area of the first opening is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the second opening. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146279 | ANTI-SCRATCH FILM FOR FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - An anti-scratch film, including a film base and an anti-scratch layer on one side of the film base. The anti-scratch layer includes a plurality of protrusions. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146280 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ALIGNMENT LAYER - A method for manufacturing an alignment layer is provided. An alignment material having an ultraviolet reactive functional group is formed on a substrate. A pre-baking process is performed on the alignment material located on the substrate. An ultraviolet polarizer is provided on the substrate. An aligning process is performed on the pre-baked alignment material, so as to irradiate an ultraviolet light to the substrate. The ultraviolet light passes through the ultraviolet polarizer and irradiates to the pre-baked alignment material. A post-baking process is performed on the alignment material after being aligned, so as to fully cure the alignment material. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146281 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a first electrode formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate and having linear portions; a second electrode having linear portions formed along the linear portions of the first electrode and adjacent to the linear portions of the first electrode at a gap in plan view; and a third electrode formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate and having linear portions overlapping with the linear portions of the second electrode in plan view, wherein electric fields having different directions are generated between the first electrode and the second electrode and between the first electrode and the third electrode. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146282 | ADJUSTABLE EYEGLASS FRAME - The present invention provides an adjustable eyeglass frame comprising left and right lens frame units independent from each other and a temple unit. The left and right lens frame units further comprise insertion holes and insertion pieces configured to slide over each other for positioning and such that the relative distance between the left and right lens frame units is adjustable according to the facial width of the user. The other sides of the left and light frame units further include pivotally attached temple brackets with sliding slots. The temple unit comprises two extension rods slidable along the sliding slots of the temple brackets. Positioning can also be achieved as the positioning piece of the extension rod engages with a positioning notch of the riding slot at the inner wall of the sliding slot and such that the temple length is adjustable according to the head size of the user. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146283 | PROGRESSIVE POWER LENS AND DESIGN METHOD FOR THE PROGRESSIVE POWER LENS - A progressive power lens including a far vision part and a near vision part (wherein an average power of a far vision measurement reference point is minus) including: an object side surface including a first element, and an eyeball side surface including a second element cancelling the first element. The first element includes an element of a tonic surface or an element of an atoric surface by which horizontal surface power is larger than vertical surface power at a fitting point positioned at a lower end of the far vision part. The far vision part includes an element by which the vertical surface power in a first coordinate of a principal sight line intersecting the fitting point is smaller than the vertical surface power in a second coordinate of the principal sight line whose distance from the fitting point surpasses the distance between the first coordinate and the fitting point. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146284 | PRESBYOPIC TREATMENT SYSTEM - A method and system for treating Presbyopia and pre-Presbyopia are provided that do not compromise the wearer's intermediate or distance vision. The system is a lens and a lens series, wherein the power profiles of the lenses are tailored to provide an amount of positive ADD power in the near vision zone that is slightly less than that which is normally required for near vision accommodation, while also providing an amount of negative spherical aberration in the peripheral optical zone. The dynamic ocular factors of the wearer's eye work in conjunction with the positive ADD power provided by the central optical zone and with the effective ADD gained from the negative spherical aberration provided by the peripheral optical zone to induce a minimally discernible amount of blur that is tuned to maximize the wearer's depth of focus. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146285 | PHOTOCHROMIC CURABLE COMPOSITION - A photochromic curable composition comprising, | 2014-05-29 |
20140146286 | ADAPTIVE OPTICAL APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - An adaptive optical apparatus includes: a correction unit configured to correct a wavefront aberration of an eye to be examined; a detection unit configured to detect that an eyelid of the eye to be examined is closed or the eyelid of the eye to be examined is open, by using return light from the eye to be examined irradiated by measurement light; and a control unit configured to control the correction unit according to a detection result from the detection unit. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146287 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a photographing optical system configured to photograph a fundus of a subject's eye via a focusing lens, a projection unit configured to project, via a mask portion including an opening, a focusing index corresponding to the opening, and a driving unit configured to drive the focusing lens along an optical path based on a position of an image corresponding to the mask portion and a position of a focusing index image corresponding to the opening in a fundus image of the subject's eye. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146288 | RETINAL IMAGING DEVICE - A retinal imaging device and illumination module. The illumination module includes a light source to provide an incident beam along an illumination axis, a condenser lens at a spaced apart distance from the light source for condensing the incident beam and emanating a condensed incident beam, a transparent plate at a spaced apart distance from the condenser lens, wherein the transparent plate comprises a light absorber, at least one projections lens system to focus the condensed incident beam, a shield at a spaced apart distance from the projection lens system to yield a first partially blocked beam to form a comea illumination doughnut, and a perforated mirror comprising a hollow cylinder. A portion of the hollow cylinder protrudes out from a reflecting face of the mirror, forming an elliptical stopper to yield a second partially blocked beam to form a pupil illumination doughnut, enabling reflex-free imaging of the retina. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146289 | ON-PRODUCT PROJECTION FOR DIGITAL MERCHANDIZING - A system for on-product projection and display of electronic content. The system includes a projector for projecting electronic content, a mirror film stack having a reflective surface facing the projector, and a product having an exterior surface facing the reflective surface of the mirror film stack. A graphic is located on a surface of the mirror film stack opposite the reflective surface. The electronic content from the projector is projected onto the exterior surface of the product via the reflective surface of the mirror film stack. The graphic can be located on a display window and hide the mirror from a viewer without completely blocking a view of the projected electronic content. The product can include a removable projection screen for displaying the electronic content, and the projection screen can include a removable label on its non-viewer side to advertise or promote the product. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146290 | PROJECTION DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN OVERALL IMAGE FOR PROJECTION FREE-FORM SURFACES OR TILTED PROJECTION SURFACES - A projection display with an imaging system is described, which is implemented to generate individual images in a distribution, such as a two-dimensional distribution, of sub-areas of an imaging plane of the imaging system, and a multi-channel optics that is configured to map one allocated individual image or one allocated sub-area of the imaging system each per channel, such that the mapping of the individual images is at least partly superimposed to an overall image in a projection surface, wherein the projection surface is a non-planar free-form surface, such as a curved surface, and/or tilted with respect to the imaging plane, and the imaging system is implemented such that constellations of points in the sub-images, each superimposed in a respective common point in the overall image by the multi-channel optics, differ depending on what distance the respective common point in the overall image has to the multi-channel optics. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146291 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a solid-state light source, a diffuser member, an excitation light source, a phosphor, a light modulator, a projection system, a first and a second light blocking members. When the area, viewed in the direction of the optical axis of diffused light, of an opening of the first light blocking member and the area of a portion over which the first light blocking member blocks the diffused light are defined as A | 2014-05-29 |
20140146292 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE FOR PROJECTING AN INPUT UNIT IMAGE - A projection display device ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140146293 | SOLID-STATE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A solid-state light source device, enabling to build up with using solid-state elements, and having the structure suitable to be applied as a light source for a projection-type display apparatus, comprises a solid-state light source unit | 2014-05-29 |
20140146294 | OBLIQUE PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A projection type display apparatus including an oblique projection optical system having a plurality of lenses is disclosed. A lens nearest to a projection screen has a vertical effective image area through which a light flux passes. The lens is arranged at a position not including an optical axis shared by the largest number of lenses among the plurality of lenses. A flat mirror for returning the optical path is arranged between the particular lens and the projection screen at a predetermined angle to the optical axis. An enlarged image obtained by the light flux returned by the flat mirror is formed toward a display screen. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146295 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - Disclosed is a projection optical system, including a first lens group configured to include at least one lens and have a positive refractive power, a second lens group configured to include at least one lens and have a positive refractive power, a third lens group configured to include at least one lens and have a negative refractive power, a fourth lens group configured to include at least one lens configured to have an aspheric surface or a free-form surface, and a concave mirror, wherein the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, the fourth lens group, and the concave mirror are arranged in order and the projection optical system is a non-telecentric optical system. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146296 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a projector body, a mount fixed to a top of the projector body, and a projector lens assembly rotatably mounted to a top of the mount and electrically connected to the projector body. An inputting module and a processor are arranged in the projector body. A light source, a light engine, and a lens are arranged in the projector lens assembly. The inputting module receives image data and sends the image data to the processor. The processor creates instructions according to the image data. The projector lens assembly projects an image which reflects the image data, according to the instructions. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146297 | Methods and Apparatus for Inspection of Articles, EUV Lithography Reticles, Lithography Apparatus and Method of Manufacturing Devices - An EUV lithography reticle is inspected to detect contaminant particles. The inspection apparatus comprises illumination optics with primary radiation. An imaging optical system with plural branches is arranged to form and detect a plurality of images, each branch having an image sensor and forming its image with a different portion of radiation received from the illuminated article. A processor combines information from the detected images to report on the presence and location of contaminant particles. In one or more branches the primary radiation is filtered out, so that the detected image is formed using only secondary radiation emitted by contaminant material in response to the primary radiation. In a dark field imaging branch using the scattered primary radiation, a spatial filter blocks spatial frequency components associated with periodic features of the article under inspection, to allow detection of particles which cannot be detected by secondary radiation. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146298 | DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A SURFACE USING CHARACTER PROJECTION LITHOGRAPHY WITH VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION - A device for charged particle beam lithography is disclosed which includes an inputting device, a character projection stencil and a reducing lens. The inputting device reads a set of shots, where each shot has a magnification. The character projection stencil contains a character pattern. The reducing lens introduces magnification variation of the stencil character pattern when writing the pattern onto a surface, where the magnification of the reducing lens can be varied from shot to shot. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146299 | ALIGNMENT CORRECTION METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE TO BE EXPOSED, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An alignment correction method includes: the step of detecting coordinates of a first observation point | 2014-05-29 |
20140146300 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD, PATTERN FORMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND DECISION-MAKING METHOD - A drive unit drives a wafer table in a Y-axis direction based on a measurement value of an encoder that measures position information of the wafer table in the Y-axis direction and based on known correction information in accordance with position information of the wafer table in a non-measurement direction (e.g. Z, θz and θx directions) that is measured by an interferometer at the time of the measurement by the encoder. That is, the wafer table (a movable body) is driven in the Y-axis direction based on the measurement value of the encoder that has been corrected by correction information for correcting a measurement error of the encoder that is caused by a relative displacement of a head and a scale in the non-measurement direction. Accordingly, the movable body can be driven with high accuracy in a desired direction while measuring the position by the encoder, without being affected by the relative motion between the head and the scale in directions other than a direction to be measured (measurement direction). | 2014-05-29 |
20140146301 | EXPOSURE MACHINE - Disclosed is exposure machine, comprising: a loading frame, for placing an object to be exposed; a light source device, located at one side of a plane where the loading frame is positioned, wherein the light emitting direction of the light source device is perpendicular to a plane where the object to be exposed is positioned. During exposure, the loading frame will not reflect the light transmitting through the object to be exposed, and thus the stage spots are avoided. Further, when the exposure machine is operated in a vertical manner, a bidirectional exposure may be achieved only by adding a single prism into the light source device in the prior art, and thus the exposure efficiency is greatly improved. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146302 | DEVICE FOR HOMOTHETIC PROJECTION OF A PATTERN ONTO THE SURFACE OF A SAMPLE, AND LITHOGRAPHY METHOD USING SUCH A DEVICE - The invention relates to a device for homothetic projection of a pattern onto the surface of a sample ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140146303 | REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF SHALLOW DEPTHS IN SEMI-TRANSPARENT MEDIA - Through discrimination of the scattered signal polarization state, a lidar system measures a distance through semi-transparent media by the reception of scattered signals from a first surface and scattered signals from a second surface. Combined and overlapped light signals scattered from the two surface signals can be separated by exploiting their differing polarization characteristics. This removes the traditional laser and detector pulse width limitations that determine the system's operational bandwidth, translating relative depth measurements into the conditions of single surface timing measurements and achieving sub-pulse width resolution. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146304 | HANDHELD DEVICE WITH SURFACE REFLECTION ESTIMATION - Estimating reflectance of a surface adjacent a handheld electronic device having a orientation sensor and a light sensor, including estimating a location of the handheld electronic device relative to the surface in dependence on information from the orientation sensor; measuring light from the surface with the light sensor; and estimating a reflectance of the surface in dependence on the estimated location and measured light. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146305 | SPECTROPHOTOMETER FOR THE AUTOMATED OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLAR COLLECTOR TUBES AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF - The invention relates to a spectrophotometer for the automated optical characterization of solar collector tubes and to a method for the operation thereof, that measures the coefficient of transmission of the glass tube and of reflection of the metal tube. The device includes all the necessary components for taking said measurement, such as the optical bench supporting the tube, the standard or framework, and the optical modules for the device, a main module that generates the light bundles, a measuring module that measures the coefficient of transmission of the outer glass tube and the coefficient of reflection of the inner metal tube, a mechanical system of tube rotation, an electronic system of data acquisition and processing, an external computer for controlling the device and processing the data measured, and a system of communication between the device and the computer. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146306 | LAYERED OBJECT AND MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A measuring apparatus to identify a material and thickness of each of a plurality of layers included in a layered body, based on a measurement result obtained by measuring a time domain waveform of an electromagnetic wave pulse from the layered body, includes a database configured to store data of a plurality of material candidates and a plurality of thickness candidates, an input unit configured to input a search range of the data stored in the database, and a processing unit configured to reproduce a time domain waveform of an electromagnetic wave pulse from the layered body by employing data of a plurality of material candidates and a plurality of thickness candidates within the search range, and to compare this reproduced time domain waveform and the time domain waveform of the measurement result, thereby identifying the material and thickness of each of the plurality of layers. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146307 | Method and Device For Determining the State of Degradation of a Lubricant Oil - The present invention provides a method and a device for determining the degradation of a used oil. The method of the invention is based on calculating the components in the red, green and blue transmission spectral bands I | 2014-05-29 |
20140146308 | MOBILE APPARATUS WITH LOCAL POSITION REFERENCING STRUCTURE - A position-referenced mobile system includes: a mobile apparatus including: a transport mechanism for moving the mobile apparatus along or substantially along a plane of motion; a rotatable position detection assembly including: a laser; a first photo detector; and a second photo detector; and at least one encoder for monitoring an amount of rotation of the position detection assembly; a controller for interpreting signals provided by the first photo detector and the second photo detector; and a position referencing structure including: a reflective linear reference member; a first reflective cylindrical surface disposed at a first end of the linear reference member; and a second reflective cylindrical surface disposed at a second end of the linear reference member. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146309 | DETERMINING A POSITION OF A MOBILE APPARATUS - A method of determining a position of a mobile apparatus includes: firing a laser that is mounted on the mobile apparatus; rotating the laser and a first and second photo detector that are disposed proximate the laser while monitoring an amount of rotation; detecting a first amplitude of light received by the first photo detector and a second amplitude of light received by a second photo detector as a function of the amount of rotation; identifying a first orientation corresponding to perpendicularity of the laser to a position referencing structure; identifying a second orientation corresponding to perpendicularity of the laser to the position referencing structure; identifying a third orientation corresponding to perpendicularity of the laser to the position referencing structure; and calculating the position of the mobile apparatus based on the first orientation, the second orientation, the third orientation, and a predetermined distance associated with the position referencing structure. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146310 | BRIQUETTE INSPECTION DEVICE AND BRIQUETTE INSPECTION METHOD - A briquette inspection device and a briquette inspection method are capable of measuring at least a volume and a crush strength of an identical briquette sample. The briquette inspection device | 2014-05-29 |
20140146311 | METHOD OF DETERMINING MASK PATTERN AND EXPOSURE CONDITION, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER - A determining method includes the steps of setting a first parameter to define the shape of the plurality of pattern elements of the mask, setting a second parameter to define the effective light source distribution; and repeating the process of calculation of the image of the mask pattern and calculation of a value of an evaluation item while varying the value of the first parameter and the second parameter to thereby determine the effective light source distribution and the mask pattern, wherein parameters of pattern elements are set as one parameter by using a value of an index representing the proximity effect. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146312 | OPTICAL REFLECTOMETER WITH LOSS AND/OR REFLECTANCE PROFILE VIEW - There is provided an optical reflectometric method and system for characterizing an optical fiber link, wherein events in the fiber optic link under test are identified and values of parameters characterizing the events (e.g. location, insertion loss and reflectance) are extracted from an analysis of one or more reflectometric measurements performed on the optical fiber link. A loss profile and/or a reflectance profile are then constructed. The loss and reflectance profiles are typically displayed on screen or otherwise graphically represented for an operator to be able to appreciate the measurement results at a single glance. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146313 | Cuvette for light scattering measurements incorporating evaporation inhibition means - A cuvette for use with light scattering detectors is disclosed. A trough or moat within the cuvette can be filled with solvent which is not in fluid contact with the sample to be measured. This solvent moat creates saturated vapor pressure in the chamber preventing evaporation from the sample when the cuvette is capped. The cuvette itself may be made of an inexpensive polymer which can be polished to high optical quality while still being moldable in complex forms capable of enabling further utility, such as extra griping surfaces, identification tabs allowing the detection instrument to determine the cuvette model, and various sample chamber forms. The novel cuvette may have extremely small sample volumes, while allowing significant overfill of the measurement chamber, improving ease of sample loading. The polymers used may be relatively inexpensive, and therefore the cuvette can generally be discarded after a single use. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION IN DRILLING FLUID - A method includes determining particle size distribution (PSD) in a fluid flow line based on a range of sizes for at least one particle in the fluid flow line and duration of reflection of a laser beam from the at least one particle. The laser beam is focused from a laser beam instrument in direct contact with the fluid low line. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146315 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INVESTIGATING ANALYTES IN LIQUID SUSPENSION OR SOLUTION - An optical detection device is provided for analyzing analytes in a liquid suspension or solution that can detect and process a large number of wavelengths of incident and fluorescent light simultaneously, which is small in size and can be easily adapted to different investigation requirements. The optical detection device may include a light supplying device, an analyte handling device, a light directing device, and a detector integrated on planar substrate devices, respectively. A plurality of optical waveguides are integrated in the substrate devices to direct light emitted by the light supplying device through the different sections of the optical detector to the detector. The analyte handling device may include an analyte channel for the liquid flow of the analyte suspension or solution and an analyte sorting device comprising several sorting channels. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146316 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FLOW CYTOMETRY - An optical system includes a radiation source, a radiation-illuminating device, and a radiation-collecting device. The radiation source is configured to generate radiation. The radiation-illuminating device is optically coupled to the radiation source and configured to direct and focus the radiation obliquely with respect to an optical axis thereof onto a sample. The radiation-collecting device is configured to collect back-scattered radiation scattered from the sample and spatially separated from noise radiation. Associated apparatus and method are also described. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146317 | OPTICAL ANALYZER - The present invention includes: an optical fiber being provided either of between a light source and a measurement cell and between the measurement cell and a light detection part; and light path switching means adapted to achieve switching between a measurement cell passage state in which a light path formed by light transmission means passes through the measurement cell and a measurement cell non-passage state in which the light path formed by the light transmission means passes through a region different from the measurement cell, wherein calibration processing for a first calibration with a long calibration cycle is performed in the measurement cell passage state, and calibration processing for a second calibration with a short calibration cycle is performed in the measurement cell non-passage state. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146318 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMAL VISION - An illumination apparatus for optimal vision provided in the present invention includes an illumination module, a sensing module, and a computing module. The illumination module is utilized to generate an illuminating light with a plurality of different color temperatures for sequentially illuminating the illuminated object. The sensing module is utilized to sense a reflected light form the illuminated object. The computing module is utilized to calculate a saturation, chorma, and brightness of the illuminated object under the illuminating light by each color temperature, so as to obtain a plurality of preferred values corresponding to the color temperatures of the illuminating light, and for controlling the illumination module to illuminate by the illuminating light with the color temperature corresponding to a maximum among the preferred values. An illumination apparatus for optimal vision is further disclosed. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146319 | PRESENCE DETECTION SYSTEM AND A LIGHTING SYSTEM - A presence detection system for detecting presence of a living being ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140146320 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - An optical measurement apparatus is configured to detachably connect to a measurement probe for performing optical measurement by receiving and outputting light from a tip of the measurement probe. The optical measurement apparatus includes a computation unit configured to compute intensity of the light inputted to the measurement probe, and output the intensity as measurement data, a recording unit configured to record the measurement data of at least one subject, a reset controller configured to perform control of deleting the measurement data recorded in the recording unit and resetting the recording unit, and a detector which is provided at a connection part between the optical measurement apparatus and the measurement probe, and which is configured to detect that the measurement probe is attached to the optical measurement apparatus and cause the reset controller to be in an on state according to the detection. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146321 | DETECTION DEVICE, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE, DRIVE DEVICE, SENSOR, AND DETECTION METHOD - The present application discloses a detection device including a light source configured to emit emission light, a scattering substance situated near a target object and configured to generate plasmon resonance between the scattering substance and the target object, a light guide portion configured to guide the emission light to the scattering substance and cause first reflected light, which is reflected from the scattering substance, and a detector configured to detect a state in phase of the first reflected light. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146322 | Apodization for Pupil Imaging Scatterometry - The disclosure is directed to various apodization schemes for pupil imaging scatterometry. In some embodiments, the system includes an apodizer disposed within a pupil plane of the illumination path. In some embodiments, the system further includes an illumination scanner configured to scan a surface of the sample with at least a portion of apodized illumination. In some embodiments, the system includes an apodized pupil configured to provide a quadrupole illumination function. In some embodiments, the system further includes an apodized collection field stop. The various embodiments described herein may be combined to achieve certain advantages. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146323 | Angular Resolution of Images Using Photons Having Non-Classical States - A method, apparatus, and system for improving the angular resolution of an image. A plurality of photon beams originating from a scene are received at a sensor system. Each of the plurality of photon beams is interfered with a corresponding source photon beam in a plurality of source photon beams to form a plurality of interference beams. Each of the plurality of source photon beams has a non-classical state. Fluctuations in a photon-number of the each of the plurality of source photon beams are reduced to within selected tolerances. An output signal is formed based on the plurality of interference beams. The output signal is configured for use in generating an image of the scene. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146324 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES - Provided is an apparatus and method for generating tomography images, the apparatus including a detection unit configured to modulate each of incident beams into at least two basic modulated incident lights on the basis of at least a basic modulation parameter and into a target modulated incident light on the basis of a target modulation parameter, and to detect at least two basic interference signals and a target interference signal of an object; and an imaging unit configured to analyze the at least two basic interference signals to output a set target modulation parameter, to process the target interference signal as a target image of the object, and to output the target image. | 2014-05-29 |
20140146325 | Shape Measuring Device, Shape Measuring Method, And Shape Measuring Program - The invention provides a shape measuring device, a shape measuring method, and a shape measuring program capable of accurately and easily positioning a measuring object at a focus of a light receiving unit when measuring the shape of the measuring object. An image of a measuring object captured by a light receiving unit is displayed on a display section, and an arbitrary position on the image of the measuring object is specified by a user. A relative distance between the light receiving unit and a stage is changed so that the specified position coincides with a focus of the light receiving unit. The light emitted from a light projecting unit is reflected by the measuring object and received by the light receiving unit. Stereoscopic shape data of the measuring object is generated by a triangular distance measuring method based on a light receiving signal output by the light receiving unit. | 2014-05-29 |