36th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130229556 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus that makes it possible to achieve both high picture quality and a wide dynamic range is provided. Each pixel unit included in the image pickup apparatus includes: four photodiodes; four transfer transistors; a charge storage portion (four floating diffusions) for storing electric charges generated at the photodiodes; an amplification transistor; a select transistor; and a reset transistor. The image pickup apparatus further includes multiple coupling transistors. Each coupling transistor couples together the charge storage portions of two pixel units of the pixel units. A scanning circuit switches on or off the coupling transistors according to read mode. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229557 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of comparators. At least two analog signal outputs from a pixel are input to the plurality of comparators, and the plurality of comparators perform comparison operations in an overlapped period. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229558 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a timing signal generation unit, a plurality of sensor units arranged in a matrix pattern and configured to perform photoelectric conversion of light received on an image pickup surface to accumulate signal charges, a vertical transfer unit provided for each vertical column of the sensor units and configured to transfer the signal charges in a plurality of divided fields in a vertical direction in an image pickup area in a plurality of horizontal blanking periods, a horizontal transfer unit configured to perform a horizontal transfer of the signal charges to the vertical transfer unit along with the horizontal blanking period, and a vertical and horizontal shift control unit configured to control a timing at which the vertical transfer unit transfers the signal charges to the horizontal transfer unit for each vertical column of the sensor units on the basis of the timing signal. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229559 | REDUNDANCY IN COLUMN PARALLEL OR ROW ARCHITECTURES - A column circuitry architecture for an imager includes redundant column or row circuits. The column or row circuitry includes a number of redundant column or row circuits. Each column or row circuit include circuitry for controllably coupling the column or row circuit to one of plural signal lines from an array of pixels. A control mechanism is used to select a configuration of plural column or row circuits in the column or row circuitry. In this manner, some column or row circuits are decoupled from the pixel in favor of other column or row circuits. The decoupled column or row circuits may include defective or noisy circuits. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229560 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE-PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE-PICKUP DEVICE, AND SIGNAL READING METHOD - A solid-state image pickup device according to one aspect of the present invention includes, but is not limited to: first and second substrates on which circuit elements constituting a pixel; a coupler electrically coupling the first and second substrates; a first photoelectric conversion element on the first substrate; a first amplifier circuit on the first substrate; a first storing unit on the second substrate; and an output circuit on the second substrate. The first photoelectric conversion element performs photoelectric conversion on a first incident light to generate a first signal. The first amplifier circuit is coupled in series to the first photoelectric conversion element. The first amplifier circuit amplifies the first signal to generate a first amplified signal and output the first amplified signal to the coupler. The first storing unit stores the first amplified signal. The output circuit sequentially outputs the first amplified signal stored. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229561 | Multiple Spectral Single Image Sighting System Using Single Objective Lens Set - A sighting system is disclosed, comprising a housing with small upper minor mounted in its upper center, redirecting light from a single objective lens set, and a larger lower mirror mounted coaxially relative to the lens set and upper minor, both mirrors set at 45° and redirecting light at 90° angles to the lens set. The smaller mirror is positioned closer than the lower minor to the lens set. A night camera system is used for receiving an image through the lens set redirected by the lower mirror and amplified through an intensifier before transmission to a video display monitor(s). A day camera system receiving the image from the lens set redirected by the smaller minor transmits the image to the monitor(s) for separate display of the image, enabling simultaneous capture of the optimum amount of light by each camera, maximizing the housing's diametrical space to receive incoming light. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229562 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC IMAGE-CAPTURING CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An automatic image-capturing apparatus including an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject so as to obtain captured image data; an automatic captured-image obtaining unit configured to automatically obtain the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing unit without being based on an operation of a user; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination in at least one of a pan direction and a tilt direction; and a control unit configured to control the obtaining operation performed by the automatic captured-image obtaining unit on the basis of information on the inclination in the pan direction or in the tilt direction, the inclination being detected by the inclination detection unit. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229563 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, CAMERA APPARATUS, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video processing apparatus analyzes an input video input from a video input unit, detects a plurality of moving bodies included in the input video, determines a main moving body and a sub moving body, and determines a sub picture position for superimposing and displaying a sub video in a main video in a picture-in-picture form. This video processing apparatus performs cut-out processing on the main video and the sub video from the input video, and synthesizes the cut-out main video and sub video to generate a picture-in-picture synthesized video in which the sub video is superimposed at the sub picture position of the main video in the picture-in-picture form. The picture-in-picture synthesized video is output in one stream. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229564 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A zoom lens system includes first through fourth lens groups. Upon zooming from the short to long focal length extremities, the second and third lens groups move while the distance between the first and second lens groups increases, and the distance between the second and third lens groups decreases. The fourth lens group includes a positive lens element having a convex surface on the object side; a cemented lens having a positive lens element and a negative lens element; a biconvex positive lens element, and a negative meniscus lens element having a convex surface on the image side. The following condition (1) is satisfied: | 2013-09-05 |
20130229565 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a fixed first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power and movable along an optical axis, a fixed third lens group having a positive refracting power, a fourth lens group having a negative refracting power and movable along the optical axis, and a fixed fifth lens group, disposed in order from the object side to the image side. The following expressions are satisfied: | 2013-09-05 |
20130229566 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - There is provided an image pickup apparatus that is capable of being reduced in size when a barrel unit including a dimming device is used. An image pickup apparatus | 2013-09-05 |
20130229567 | Image Pickup Lens, Image Pickup Apparatus, and Mobile Terminal - An image pickup lens includes: a first lens with a positive power, including a convex surface facing the object side; an aperture stop; a second lens with a negative power, including a concave surface facing the image side; a third lens with a positive or negative power; a fourth lens with a positive power, including a convex surface facing the image side; and a fifth lens with a negative power, including a concave surface facing the image side. The surface of the fifth lens facing the image side is an aspheric surface and includes an inflection point. The image pickup lens satisfies the predetermined condition relating to a focal length of the first lens. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229568 | Mobile Device Power State - Techniques for mobile device power state are described. In one or more implementations, a mobile device includes a computing device that is flexibly coupled to an input device via a flexible hinge. Accordingly, the mobile device can operate in a variety of different power states based on a positional orientation of the computing device to an associated input device. In one or more implementations, an application that resides on a computing device can operate in different application states based on a positional orientation of the computing device to an associated input device. In one or more implementations, techniques discussed herein can differentiate between vibrations caused by touch input to a touch functionality, and other types of vibrations. Based on this differentiation, techniques can determine whether to transition between device power states. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229569 | POSITIONING APPARATUS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VIDEO IMAGING AND RECORDING AND SYSTEM UTILIZING SAME - A multi-axis positioning device adapted to hold and position an electronic device such as a smart phone. A system using the positioning device and a smart phone adapted to utilize the smart phone to provide positioning commands to the positioning device. The system may provide positioning commands based upon pre-programmed instructions, or may position based upon analysis of the images being taken in real time. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229570 | SHIFTED LENS CAMERA FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - Techniques of shifting the lens stack from an image capture sensor within a smart device and/or mobile device are disclosed. The shifting of the center of the lens stack from the center of the sensor allows the Field of View (FOV) of such a camera assembly to have an angle from the normal and/or perpendicular direction from the surface of the device. Such an angle allows the FOV to be substantially horizontal and/or parallel to a surface when the device is held (e.g. by a kickstand) at a similar angle from the vertical direction. When the front of the lens stack is substantially at a front surface of the device and the sensor is attached to a back surface of the device, then the Total Track Length (TTL) is substantially the depth of the device. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229571 | OPTIMIZED DESIGNS FOR EMBEDDING WEBCAM MODULES WITH SUPERIOR IMAGE QUALITY IN ELECTRONICS DISPLAYS - The present invention is an apparatus and method of manufacture for providing image capturing modules which can be embedded into thin displays (e.g., in laptop computers) while providing for improved image quality. In accordance with several embodiments, a webcam module embedded in a display has multiple positions. A first position (or a “rest” or “park” position) is the position of the webcam module when it is not in use. In this first position of the webcam module, it is in its most compact configuration, and lends itself to integration into a very thin display. In other positions, the webcam module has a more expanded configuration, thus leading to better image quality. Such an expanded configuration leads, amongst other things, to a larger depth of focus. In one embodiment, a stepped PCB is used to provide good image quality while maintaining a compact form factor as well as structural rigidity. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229572 | CONVERTING IMAGE FORMAT - An apparatus for converting an image format of data and a method thereof is disclosed. An apparatus for converting an image format of data comprises an image converter ( | 2013-09-05 |
20130229573 | MOTION IMAGE RENDERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods of rendering a motion image. Input temporal image-samples are temporally interpolated to create the output sequence and an intentional, periodic motion-judder component that is visible when the output temporal image-samples are displayed is introduced. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229574 | TRANSMISSION VARIABLE DELAY AND JITTER INDICATION - Various methods and systems are provided for transmission variable delay and jitter indication. In one example, a method includes determining a variable delay reference (VDR) corresponding to an instantaneous jitter between an idealized transmission time associated with a packet for transmission in a transmission stream and an actual transmission time of the packet and providing the VDR to a receiver in a sub-header of the packet. In another example, a transmitter includes a MAC configured to include a VDR in a sub-header of a packet for transmission in a transmission stream and a PHY configured to transmit the packet including the VDR in the transmission stream. In another example, a method includes receiving a packet in a transmission stream; extracting a program clock reference (PCR) and a VDR from the packet information; and controlling timing of processing of the packet based upon the PCR and VDR. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229575 | Digital TV Data Processing Method and System Thereof - A digital TV data processing method includes: (a) when a first channel digital TV data corresponding to a first channel is displayed, storing a second channel digital TV data corresponding to a second channel, the second channel digital TV data including an audio data and a video data; (b) when the first channel is switched to the second channel, decoding the video data of the stored second channel digital TV data at a first rate; and (c) when the decoding catches up a real-time second channel digital TV data corresponding to the second channel, decoding subsequent second channel digital TV data at a second rate and displaying a corresponding real-time decoding result; wherein the first rate is higher than the second rate. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229576 | IMAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING VIDEO SIGNAL IN MULTIPLE VIDEO MODES - An image apparatus and a method for receiving a video signal are provided. The image apparatus includes dedicated input terminals for receiving only particular video signals, and a common input terminal for receiving diverse video signals, and determines the format of video signals input through a corresponding input terminal and then displays the determined format on a screen. Accordingly, the number of input terminals can be reduced and the user can identify the format of the video signal input through the common input terminal. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229577 | Attached Device Control on Television Event - A television includes at least two inputs and at least one connected device (component). Upon a system event such as changing from one input to another input, the television signals the at least one connected device to change at least one operating parameter of the device. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229578 | On-screen Additions to Movie Presentations - In accordance with one or more aspects, on-screen addition is displayed over a feature or short film presentation. The on-screen addition may consist of advertising, logos, or identification material to identify the source of the film being presented. The on-screen addition is displayed in such a manner as to be visible to a person viewing the film presentation. Still images, moving images, or any combination of still and moving images may constitute the displayed on-screen addition. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229579 | HDMI DEVICE SHOWING NETWORK MAP AND DEVICE ADDRESSES - A graphic representation of a home AV system is shown on a video display in the system depicting CEC device hierarchy, if desired according to their physical addresses. Devices that failed to obtain physical addresses also can be depicted so indicating, and HDMI physical addresses and device types of each device may also be indicated. Furthermore, the path currently in use from an active source to the active sink is shown, as are alternate AV paths. At the initial setup or when new devices are to join the network, the graphic representation can be automatically presented, if desired with help text on screen to guide the user. A debug/information button is provided to the user in the case the devices are not functioning correctly. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229580 | MULTI-PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS THEREOF - A multi-projection display system is provided with a plurality of sensor units corresponding to projector units. The sensor units detect brightness for each color in a projected image that is projected on a screen and supply the detection results. The projector unit generates a brightness correction table on the basis of the image signal of a specific picture element of the projected image realized by an adjacent projector unit and on the basis of the brightness of the specific picture element of the projected image of the adjacent projector unit that is detected by a sensor unit for matching the brightness of the image projected by its own projector unit with that of the adjacent projector unit, refers to the brightness correction table to correct brightness for each color of the image signals that are received as input, and projects onto a screen the light of each color in accordance with the corrected image signals. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229581 | JUXTAPOSING STILL AND DYNAMIC IMAGERY FOR CLIPLET CREATION - Various technologies described herein pertain to juxtaposing still and dynamic imagery to create a cliplet. A first subset of a spatiotemporal volume of pixels in an input video can be set as a static input segment, and the static input segment can be mapped to a background of the cliplet. Further, a second subset of the spatiotemporal volume of pixels in the input video can be set as a dynamic input segment based on a selection of a spatial region, a start time, and an end time within the input video. Moreover, the dynamic input segment can be refined spatially and/or temporally and mapped to an output segment of the cliplet within at least a portion of output frames of the cliplet based on a predefined temporal mapping function, and the output segment can be composited over the background for the output frames of the cliplet. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229582 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE - A control system of a device is disclosed. The control system comprises an acquisition module, an identification module, a determining module and a control module. The acquisition module is configured for detecting whether there are one or more users present in a predetermined area before a device, and obtaining characteristic information of the one or more detected users. The identification module is configured for detecting the identity of each of the one or more users by comparing the characteristic information of the one or more users with stored characteristic information. The determining module is configured for determining priority and/or authority of each of the one or more users based on the identity of each of the one or more users, and determining an operator based on the authority and/or priority. The control module is configured for controlling the device based on at least one instruction of the operator. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229583 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUDIO-VISUAL DISPLAY - A control device signals user inputs to an audio-video display. The control device may be configured as a pillow speaker and include a speaker for reproducing audio from the audio-video display. The control device is coupled to the audio-video display by wiring. Shared signals in the wiring are used to provide power to operate the control device and are used to signal the user inputs to the audio-video display. A touch panel is used to sense user inputs. The touch panel may be transparent with an underlay containing indicia of user-selectable commands located below the touch panel. The arrangement and selection of commands available to the user may be modified by changing the underlay. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229584 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-BAND SET TOP BOX CONTROL OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-band mobile device provides communications between a set top box and a display device. The multi-bands can include, but are not limited to, radio frequency (RF) and infrared (IR) bands of communication. The multi-band mobile device relays information between at least two communication bands through transmitters and/or receivers for a particular frequency band. The multi-band mobile device can also provide information formatting if required before relaying it. The ability to use RF in the set top box gives it the freedom to be placed in locations that would not be possible with ordinary IR only line of sight communications. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229585 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image display device includes an image display unit and a liquid crystal optical apparatus stacked with image display unit. The image display unit emits image light having a polarizing axis. The liquid crystal optical apparatus includes first and second substrate units and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate and first electrodes extending along a first direction. An angle between the polarizing axis and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. An angle between a long-axis direction of the liquid crystal and the polarizing axis is greater than 0 degrees and less than the angle between the polarizing axis and the second direction. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229586 | POLARIZATION CONTROLLER, PROJECTOR SYSTEM, POLARIZATION CONTROL METHOD AND IMAGE CONTROL METHOD - A polarization controller adapted to output respective projection lights for a right-eye image and a left-eye image that are incident from a projector to a screen in different polarization directions, includes: a liquid crystal device adapted to change the polarization directions of the projection lights; and a controller adapted to control the liquid crystal device so that the respective projection lights for the right-eye image and the left-eye image have different polarization directions, wherein the controller performs control for mirror-reversing the polarization directions of the projection lights in the liquid crystal device according to a control signal indicating whether the projector performs mirror reversal of the right-eye image and the left-eye image, input from the projector. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229587 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL BARRIER DEVICE - A display apparatus includes: a display unit; and a liquid crystal variable barrier arranged so as to face the display unit, having plural strip-shaped first electrodes, a second electrode arranged so as to face the first electrodes and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first electrodes and the second electrode, and separating an image displayed by the display unit into images respectively corresponding to plural viewpoints, wherein the first electrodes are arranged so that adjacent first electrodes partially overlap each other through an insulating layer, and plural first electrodes form an opening. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229588 | LATERAL ELECTRIC FIELD TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To acquire a fine viewing angle property from oblique view fields in a lateral electric field type liquid crystal display device having liquid crystal initial alignment directions in two orthogonal directions. The absorption axis of the incident-side polarization plate and the absorption axis of the exit-side polarization plate are orthogonal to each other in both of the region I and the region II, and the liquid crystal layer, the in-cell retarder as an optical compensation layer, the A-plate, and the C-plate sandwiched therebetween are in parallel to either one of the absorption axes or orthogonal to the substrates. Therefore, the transmittance can be suppressed to be low and a fine black display can be acquired even when the display surface is viewed from the oblique view fields. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229589 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR FRINGE FIELD SWITCHING MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An array substrate for a fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display, and the display are discussed. According to an embodiment, the array substrate includes a display area including pixel areas defined gate lines and data lines crossing the gate lines, each pixel area including a switching thin film transistor and a plate-shaped pixel electrode connected to the switching thin film transistor, the display area of the display further including a common electrode having openings in correspondence with the pixel electrodes, the common electrode being formed over the pixel electrodes throughout an entire area of the display area; and first through fourth non-display areas surrounding the display area and including pixel areas surrounding the display area, wherein each test pixel area includes a test thin film transistor and a test electrode connected to the corresponding test thin film transistor. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229590 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A thin film transistor array panel which includes a substrate; a first gate line disposed on the substrate; a second gate line disposed adjacent to the first gate line; a gate insulating layer disposed on the first gate line and the second gate line; a semiconductor pattern disposed on the gate insulating layer and overlapping with the first gate line; a data line crossing the first gate line and the second gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the second gate line and the data line; and a floating electrode disposed on the semiconductor pattern, wherein the floating electrode is disposed at a same layer as the data line. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229591 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Discussed is an LCD device which includes: a substrate; an array cell formed on the substrate and defined into a display area and a non-display area; a thin film transistor formed on the display area of the array cell; a light blocking layer configured to block light being irradiated to a semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor; and an identification mark layer used for writing information about the array cell and formed in the same layer as the light block layer. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229592 | DISPLAY MODULE - A display module includes a display panel, a backlight assembly, and a support frame. The support frame includes a bottom part, a sidewall, and a plurality of tenons. The sidewall and the bottom part are connected to form an accommodation space. The display panel and the backlight assembly are disposed in the accommodation space, and the display panel is disposed on the backlight assembly. Each of the tenons has a height and is disposed on a top part of the sidewall. Besides, each of the tenons is extended inward by a distance, so as to cover a portion of periphery of the display panel and wedge the display panel. The bottom part, the sidewall, and the tenons are integrally formed. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229593 | DISPLAY UNIT - In a display unit, measures against dropping of screws can be realized at low cost. The display unit includes: a wiring substrate in which wiring that is led out from a display panel is provided; a screw that fixes the wiring substrate to the display unit; and a substrate cover that covers the wiring substrate. The substrate cover has a screw covering region that covers a head of the screw, and part of the periphery of the screw covering region is separated from the other area of the substrate cover. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229594 | MANUFACTURING AND TESTING TECHNIQUES FOR ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS - A method for testing photosensitivity of an electronic display module, such as a liquid crystal display module, is provided. In one embodiment, a method includes exposing a display module to light at a first intensity and measuring an amount of light transmitted through the display module. The method may also include exposing the display module to light at a second intensity and measuring an amount of that light transmitted through the display module. The measured amounts may then be compared to determine an optical property, such as photosensitivity, of the display panel. Various other methods, systems, and manufactures are also disclosed. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229595 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY UNIT - A display panel and a display unit are provided that allow a high-contrast and a bright image to be obtained. A display panel is composed of a light modulation device. The light modulation device includes: an electrode capable of generating a main electric field in a direction parallel to a plane intersecting with a normal line of a transparent substrate; and a light modulation layer including a bulk and a particulate each having an optical anisotropy. Optical axes AX | 2013-09-05 |
20130229596 | LED SUBSTRATE, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an LED substrate capable of being downsized in width. In addition, provided are LED substrates that can be disposed laterally in an efficient fashion. Each LED substrate ( | 2013-09-05 |
20130229597 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display comprises a display module comprising a liquid crystal panel and an LED array providing light to the liquid crystal panel, a connection board comprising a first transistor part for driving a part of the LED array, and a driver board comprising a second transistor part for driving another part of the LED array and first and second driving parts that control the second transistor part and the first transistor part formed on the connection board. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229598 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light-emitting element includes a base substrate and a light-emitting layer that is formed on the base substrate. The light-emitting layer includes at least a fluorescent material that absorbs excitation light with a predetermined wavelength band and produces light with a wavelength band different from the predetermined wavelength band, and a light non-transmission amount change material that has characteristics in which a ratio of a light non-transmission amount to a light entrance amount of excitation light decreases with an increase in the light entrance amount. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229599 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates placed opposite each other, a common electrode on one side of the first substrate to substantially cover a whole surface, a segment electrode on one side of the second substrate, a routing wire on one side of the second substrate and connected to the segment electrode, a liquid-crystalline resin film without electrical conductivity on one side of the second substrate, and a liquid crystal film between the substrates, and being subject to twisted alignment between the substrates. The liquid-crystalline resin film has refractive index anisotropy being substantially equal to that of a liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal film, is subject to twisted alignment, and is disposed to fill a space between the routing wire and the common electrode. The liquid crystal film is disposed to fill a space between the segment electrode and the common electrode. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229600 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND BONDING STRUCTURE - A display device includes: a first display unit having a first terminal substrate corresponding to a display area and a terminal area protruding from the display area as well as a first counter substrate corresponding to the display area; and a second display unit having a second terminal substrate corresponding to the display area and the terminal area as well as a second counter substrate corresponding to the display area, wherein both the first display unit and the second display unit are bonded with each other so that the first terminal substrate and the second terminal substrate are positioned on opposite sides of a bonding surface. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229601 | Display Device - A display device includes a plastic substrate and a thin film transistor layer including at least one thin film transistor. The thin film transistor layer is disposed on the plastic substrate via a resin film having no viscosity or adhesion and an adhesive film. The resin film has a first surface formed on a first surface of the thin film transistor layer, the first surface of the thin film transistor layer being at one side of the plastic substrate, and the adhesive film is formed on a second surface of the resin film, the second surface of the resin film being at the one side of the plastic substrate, and the resin film is attached to the plastic substrate by the adhesive film. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229602 | POLARIZING PLATE EXHIBITING A HIGH CONTRAST RATIO AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a thin polarizing plate exhibiting a high contrast ratio. A polarizing plate of the present invention includes: a polarizer; a first protective layer provided on one side of the polarizer; and a second protective layer provided on the other side of the polarizer, wherein the first protective layer has a function of separating incident light into two polarized light components perpendicular to each other, transmitting one polarized light component, and reflecting the other polarized light component. Such a polarizing plate can exhibit a high contrast ratio, for example, in the case of being used in a liquid crystal display apparatus. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229603 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ANISOTROPIC SCATTERER - An anisotropic scatterer is configured to allow a scattering characteristic of light in a display region of a display device to have an angle dependence, and is configured to change the scattering characteristic of the light continuously in an in-plane direction. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229604 | DISTRIBUTION-TYPE COMPENSATOR AND PROJECTION-TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A distribution-type compensator has an in-plane retardation of 18 nm±5 nm in a rectangular effective region with a long side and a short side. The slow axis direction of the distribution-type compensator changes continuously in a plane of the effective region and an angle difference between slow axis directions at any two positions in the effective region has a maximum value in a range of 10 degrees to 30 degrees. The distribution-type compensator is mounted to a projection-type display apparatus. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229605 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM THEREFOR - A compensation film for a liquid crystal display having a characteristic that R | 2013-09-05 |
20130229606 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2013-09-05 |
20130229607 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a plurality of first electrodes on the first substrate, a first vertical alignment layer on the first electrodes, a second electrode on the second substrate, a second vertical alignment layer on the second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy, a chiral dopant, and an alignment aiding agent. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229608 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a lower pixel electrode positioned on the first substrate; a first passivation layer positioned on the lower pixel electrode; an upper pixel electrode positioned on the first passivation layer; and an opposing electrode positioned on the second substrate, wherein the upper pixel electrode comprises a stem and a plurality of minute branches extending outwardly from the stem, and the lower pixel electrode comprises a main body overlapping the plurality of minute branches and at least one bar-shaped portion extending along an edge of the main body maintaining a predetermined gap with the edge of the main body. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229609 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a common electrode for receiving a common voltage. The liquid crystal display further includes a pixel electrode for receiving a data voltage, the pixel electrode being associated with a pixel of the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display further includes a switching element electrically connected to the pixel electrode for controlling transmission of the data voltage. The liquid crystal display further includes a liquid crystal layer disposed between the common electrode and the pixel electrode. The liquid crystal display further includes a plate electrode electrically connected to the switching element and including a plate that overlaps the pixel electrode, wherein the pixel electrode spans a larger area than the plate. The pixel electrode and the plate electrode are equipotential. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229610 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates placed opposite each other, a common electrode on one side of the first substrate to substantially cover a whole surface, a segment electrode on one side of the second substrate, a routing wire on one side of the second substrate and connected to the segment electrode, a liquid-crystalline resin film without electrical conductivity on one side of the second substrate, and a liquid crystal film between the substrates. The liquid-crystalline resin film has refractive index anisotropy being substantially equal to that of a liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal film, has molecular alignment being substantially equal to that of the liquid crystal film, and is disposed to fill a space between the routing wire and the common electrode. The liquid crystal film is disposed to fill a space between the segment electrode and the common electrode. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229611 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING WIDE VIEWING ANGLE - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate with pixel electrodes, and a second substrate with a common electrode facing the first substrate. The common electrode has depression patterns corresponding to the pixel electrodes. The side wall of each depression pattern is at an angle of 30-120 degrees with respect to the first substrate. The depression patterns of the common electrode are formed through making depression patterns at color filters. In this structure, the liquid crystal display bears wide viewing angle and good picture quality. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229612 | MULTIPLE GLAZING WITH VARIABLE SCATTERING BY LIQUID CRYSTALS AND ITS METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A multiple glazing with variable scattering by liquid crystals includes first and second flat float glass sheets sealed on the edge of their internal faces by a sealing joint, in particular made of a given sealing material, in particular essentially organic, first and second electrodes, and a layer of liquid crystals with an average thickness E between 15 and 60 μm inclusive of these values and incorporating spacers. The thickness A of each of the first and second glass sheets is less than or equal to 5.5 mm, and each of the internal faces coated with the first and second electrodes has a dioptric defect score, expressed in millidioptres, of less than 12E/15 where the thickness E of the liquid crystals is in μm. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229613 | EYEGLASS FRAME AND TEMPLE - The present invention relates to an eyeglass temple ( | 2013-09-05 |
20130229614 | EYEWEAR HAVING A FLEXURAL MEMBER - An eyewear article having a flexing portion including first and second longitudinally disposed ribs is disclosed. In another exemplary embodiment, the flexing portion has a maximum height (H), in a direction parallel to a mid-sagittal plane bisecting the eyewear into imaginary left and right halves, that is greater than 20 mm. The eyewear article of the present invention provides a balance of fit and comfort suitable for a range of user head sizes. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229615 | EYEWEAR HAVING AN ARCUATE FLEXURAL MEMBER - An eyewear article having a flexing portion including first and second longitudinally disposed ribs is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the flexing portion has a radius of curvature that is less than 80 mm. The eyewear article of the present invention provides a balance of fit and comfort suitable for a range of user head sizes. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229616 | SPECTACLES FRAME WITH ARMS MOUNTING BY PIVOTING ABOUT A HINGE KNUCKLE WHILE APPLYING A COMPRESSION FORCE - An eyeglass frame comprising a frame front and two arms pivotally mounted about main pivot axes to enable the arms to be folded-out or folded-in relative to the frame front. The arms are pivotally mounted about auxiliary pivot axes for mounting on the frame front in the position for pivoting about their main axes, wherein knuckles are inserted in openings formed in the arms or frame front, with two pivot heads projecting into the openings. Each knuckle has two cam paths about the auxiliary pivot axis wherein the pivot heads exert a compression force against deformation of the opening, the pivot heads, or the knuckle, during the auxiliary pivoting of the corresponding arm. The two cam paths are defined by two housings extending along the main pivot axis into which the pivot heads become inserted to maintain a compression force when the corresponding arm pivots about the main axis. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229617 | VARIABLE FOCUS SPECTACLES WITH BIPOLAR LENS UNITS AND FRONT MASKING LENSES - Variable focus spectacles including bipolar variable focus lens units and a front masking lens disposed in front of each variable focus lens unit. Each bipolar variable focus lens unit has a transparent rigid member, a transparent distensible membrane, a membrane support on which the membrane is mounted, a transparent liquid of a fixed volume filling in a sealed space between the rigid member and the membrane, and is connected to a bidirectional actuating mechanism for urging the membrane support and the rigid member to move toward and away from each other. Each front masking lens may have any suitable shape so long as its front surface is convex and reflections off that front surface typically dominate reflections off the underlying distensible membrane. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229618 | LIQUID MENISCUS LENS WITH IMPROVED SALINE FORMULATION - The present invention relates generally to a high-efficiency Electrowetting saline solution formulation. Specific embodiments include high-efficiency Electrowetting saline formulations that maximize the electrical performance of an arcuate liquid meniscus lens incorporated in an ophthalmic lens and operated using direct current. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229619 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A SPECTACLE LENS WITH A DIFFRACTION GRATING - A computer-implemented method and a device for optimizing an optical element comprising at least one diffraction grating, wherein at least one refractive surface contributing to the refractive light deflection and/or the at least one diffraction grating of the optical element are/is optimized in such a way as to minimize the color fringe and at least a second-order aberration of the optical element. Also, a corresponding production method and a corresponding device for producing an optical element comprising at least one diffraction grating. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229620 | Enhanced Sensitivity Line Field Detection - A retinal imaging device includes an optical system configured to (i) scan a portion of the retina of the eye with a line of light, (ii) descan reflected light from the scanned portion of the retina, and (iii) provide output light in a line focus configuration. The device includes a detection device including a linear array of asymmetric pixels having at least a 2:1 ratio of length to width, a detection device with multiple adjacent linear arrays, and/or a detection device using a time delay and integration (TDI) architecture. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229621 | METHOD FOR FINDING THE LATERAL POSITION OF THE FOVEA IN AN SDOCT IMAGE VOLUME - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for finding the lateral position of the fovea in an OCT image volume. In one instance, a cost function is developed whose minimum is located at or near the foveal center. This cost function includes one or more measures of retinal layer thickness and/or measures of distance from blood vessels or a priori locations. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229622 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus includes: a photographing optical system that includes a scanning unit for scanning an examinee's eye with measurement light to obtain a tomographic image of the examinee's eye; an observing optical system that includes a light-receiving device for receiving reflected light from the examinee's eye to obtain a moving image of a front image of the examinee's eye based on a light-receiving signal from the light-receiving device; a display controller for displaying the front image acquired by the observing optical system in a still state on a monitor as well as enabling setting of a capturing position of the tomographic image, the setting using the front image; and a drive controller for controlling the scanning unit to acquire the tomographic image in accordance with the capturing position. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229623 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus includes: a photographing optical system, including a scanning unit for scanning an examinee's eye with measurement light, for obtaining a tomographic image of the examinee's eye; an observing optical system, including a light-receiving device for receiving reflected light from the examinee's eye, for obtaining a front image of the examinee's eye based on a light receiving signal from the light-receiving device; a condition setting unit for setting conditions for capturing a tomographic image; and a tracking controller for performing tracking that controls the scanning unit in a manner of scanning a predetermined photographing portion of the examinee's eye based on a front image acquired by the observing optical system as well as performing tracking related to substantially the same photographing portion even in a case where the photographing condition is changed by the condition setting unit. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229624 | BACKGROUND REDUCTION APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF OCULAR SURFACE INTERFEROMETRY (OSI) EMPLOYING POLARIZATION FOR IMAGING, PROCESSING, AND/OR DISPLAYING AN OCULAR TEAR FILM - Background reduction apparatuses and methods of Ocular surface interferometry (OSI) employing polarization are disclosed for measuring a tear film layer thickness (TFLT) of the ocular tear film, including lipid layer thickness (LLT) and/or aqueous layer thickness (ALT) and can be used to evaluate and potentially diagnosis dry eye syndrome (DES). In certain disclosed embodiments, a multi-wavelength light source can be controlled to illuminate the ocular tear film. Light emitted from the multi-wavelength light source undergoes optical wave interference interactions in the tear film. An imaging device can be focused on the lipid layer of the tear film to capture optical wave interference interactions of specularly reflected light from the tear film combined with a background signal(s) in at least one image. The at least one image can be processed and analyzed to measure a tear film layer thickness (TFLT), including lipid layer thickness (LLT) and/or aqueous layer thickness (ALT). | 2013-09-05 |
20130229625 | DIGITAL SLIT-LAMP MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELECTRONIC RECORD AND REMOTE DIAGNOSIS - The present patent application discloses a digital slit-lamp microscope system and the methods of the electronic recording and remote diagnosis. The present patent application relates to the field of optical instrument and remote communication control. The purpose is to solve the problems of the electronic recording, reappearing and remote diagnosis of the slit-lamp image. The digital slit-lamp microscope system comprises digital slit-lamp microscope side, communication unit and client side. The digital slit-lamp microscope side includes a build-in slit-lamp microscope and is connected to the communication unit and the client side in sequence. The digital slit-lamp microscope side irradiates the eyes of the patient, and then transmits the pathology information of the eyes of the patient to the communication unit and the client side in sequence. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229626 | Microscope Having A Switchable Documentation Beam Path - A microscope ( | 2013-09-05 |
20130229627 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS - An ophthalmic apparatus is provided with a light source, an optical measurement system, an optical reference system, an optical calibration system, a light receiving element, and a processor. The light receiving element receives an interference light for measurement produced by both the reflected light guided by the optical measurement system and the reference light guided by the optical reference system, and also receives an interference light for calibration produced by the calibration light guided by the optical calibration system and the reference light guided by the optical reference system. The processor determines a position of a measuring portion inside an eye to be examined by Fourier-analyzing the interference light for measurement and the interference light for calibration. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229628 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a solid-state light source that emits linearly polarized light, a birefringence element that converts the linearly polarized light emitted from the solid-state light source into circularly or elliptically polarized light, a diffusion element that diffuses the light having exited from the birefringence element, and a polarization conversion element that separates the diffused light having exited from the diffusion element into first polarized light polarized in a first polarization direction and second polarized light polarized in a second polarization direction, converts the polarization direction of the first polarized light into the second polarization direction, and outputs the resultant first and second polarized light. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229629 | MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-screen display device according to the present invention is a multi-screen display device in which screens of a plurality of projectors are combined to form one screen. Each of the projectors includes a light source, an illumination optical system that irradiates the light output from the light source as illumination light, a light modulator that modulates the illumination light and forms image light, and a projection optical system that projects the image light onto a screen. The multi-screen display device includes at least one spectral sensor that detects changes in brightness and chromaticity of the image light in each of the projectors. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229630 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD - A projector includes a screen which has color stripes that are periodically arranged and that generate visible light corresponding to incident light. A laser light source section emits a light beam. A laser scanning section scans the light beam on a region of the color stripes arranged on the screen. A light detection section detects feedback light radiated from the screen corresponding to the light beam. A control section adjusts a light emission timing and a light emission period of the laser light source section based on a detection result of the light detection section and causes the laser light source section to emit the light beam such that light pulses enter the individual color stripes. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229631 | PROJECTOR - A projector can prevent a flicker from being caused by rotation of a rotating phosphor plate. The projector includes a solid-state light source that emits excitation light, a rotating phosphor plate that converts the excitation light into phosphor light, a liquid-crystal light modulating device that modulates the light from the rotating phosphor plate, a projection optical system that projects the modulated light onto a screen, and a control device that controls the solid-state light source and the rotating phosphor plate so as to satisfy any one of a conditional expression A=B, a conditional expression A=2B, and a conditional expression |A−B| is greater than or equal to 20 and |A−2B| is greater than or equal to 20, where A represents a pulse width modulation control frequency in hertz of the solid-state light source and B represents a rotation frequency in hertz of the rotating phosphor plate. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229632 | ASYMMETRIC LAMP COOLING - Methods and systems are provided for providing asymmetrical cooling for projectors. The projector can include two light assemblies, with each light assembly including a light source. The light assemblies are arranged horizontally adjacent to each other having both light assemblies facing in a direction of projected light from the light sources. On an outer side opposite the side adjacent to the other light assembly, each light assembly is accompanied by a pair of fans. One fan provides air to a top of the light assembly, and the other fan provides air to a bottom of the light assembly. More cooling air is provided to a top of the light assembly to cool a part of the light source that is hotter than the bottom part of the light source due to natural convection. The fan speeds can be varied based on a temperature measurement (e.g., using calibration tables) and/or based on other inputs. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229633 | 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. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SOLID STATE LIGHT SOURCE - A light source device uses a wavelength down conversion material for absorbing an excitation light and generating a converted light, and a color filter for filtering the converted light to generate a different color light as output. The wavelength conversion material is a yellow or green phosphor which absorbs blue or UV light and generates a yellow or green converted light, which has a sufficiently wide spectrum to cover some of the red color region. The color filter only allows the red component of the converted light to be output. This system is more energy efficient than using a red phosphor. This light source may be implemented as a moving phosphor wheel having multiple segments, one of which being the yellow or green phosphor with the corresponding color filter, the other segments being used to generate other colored lights such as green and blue lights. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229635 | PROJECTION LENS AND PROJECTION DEVICE - A projection lens provided is for projecting an image beam. The projection lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam and includes a first group of lenses and a second group of lenses. The first group of lenses includes a first spherical lens and a first aspheric lens. After the image beam passes through the first group of lenses, an intermediate image is formed between the first group of lenses and the second group of lenses, in which the first aspheric lens is the lens in the first group of lenses closest to the second group of lenses. A projection device using the projection lens is also provided. The projection device further includes a planar reflector on the transmission path of the image beam. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229636 | PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to the present invention, a projection type image display apparatus enables control of a large amount of light masking through a light-masking unit while maintaining a uniform illumination distribution in an area to be illuminated by the illumination light. The apparatus uses two array lenses on which lens cells are arranged in matrix form, where light-masking unit masks the array lens installed on the light source side in their particular area. The light-masking unit adjusts the amount of light emitted from the light source. The light-masking area of lens cells adjacent to lens cells closest to an optical axis is made smaller than the light-masking area of other cells. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229637 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus and method exposes a substrate via a projection optical system and a liquid. A liquid immersion system supplies liquid to form a liquid immersion region below the projection optical system. First and second tables each can mount a substrate. A drive system drives the first and second tables, which are positionable below the projection optical system. The drive system is controlled to move the first and second tables below the projection optical system relative to the liquid immersion region to replace one of the first and second tables positioned below the projection optical system with the other of the first and second tables such that the liquid immersion region is transferred from the one of the first and second tables to the other of the first and second tables while the liquid immersion region is maintained below and in contact with the projection optical system. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229638 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LITHOGRAPHY PATTERNING - Disclosed is a lithography system. The lithography system includes a lithography exposure tool designed for performing an exposure process to a radiation-sensitive material layer coated on an integrated circuit substrate; an alignment module coupled with the lithography exposure tool, designed for alignment measurement, and configured for transferring the integrated circuit substrate to the lithography exposure tool; and an alignment calibration module designed to calibrate the alignment module relative to the lithography exposure. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229639 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An illumination optical system which illuminates a surface to be illuminated on the basis of light from a light source has a first optical path in which a diffractive optical element can be arranged at a first position thereof; a second optical path in which a spatial light modulator with a plurality of optical elements arrayed two-dimensionally and controlled individually can be arranged at a second position thereof; and a third optical path which is an optical path of light having passed via at least one of the first optical path and the second optical path and in which a distribution forming optical system is arranged. The distribution forming optical system forms a predetermined light intensity distribution on an illumination pupil located in the third optical path, based on the light having passed via at least one of the first and second optical paths. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229640 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING SAME - An exposure apparatus includes a light shielding plate that is arranged on a plane conjugate to a substrate plane and shields against light to prevent the light; a first driving unit that rotationally drives the light shielding plate about an axis parallel to an optical axis of the illumination system; a second driving unit that linearly drives the light shielding plate within a plane perpendicular to the optical axis; a detecting unit that detects a light-shielding position; and a control unit that stores a light-shielding position at reference time point and prior to and after change of the light shielding plate, and calculates a variation amount of the light-shielding position based on a light-shielding position detected by the detecting unit at any time point after the light shielding plate is changed, a light-shielding position at the reference time point, and the difference between stored light-shielding positions. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229641 | DISTANCE METER - A distance meter includes a distance measuring mechanism, an evaluation unit configured to determine distance measured values, and an energy supply which is permanently installed in a housing of the distance meter. The energy supply is one or more rechargeable battery cells. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229642 | Observation Device With Range Finder - The invention describes a long-range optical device ( | 2013-09-05 |
20130229643 | ROTATING LASER - A rotating laser has a source of electromagnetic radiation for production of a reference beam, and deflection means, which can rotate about a rotation axis, by which means a laser area is defined when rotated, and with the reference beam passing over a reference path. The rotating laser has a functionality for perpendicular alignment of the laser area relative to the surface, with the control means being designed such that the laser area is automatically variably inclined relative to the surface by swiveling means swiveling the rotation axis, with a reference line range from the reference line to the rotating laser being determined for each of the respective inclination angles, and with that inclination angle of the laser area being determined as the perpendicular inclination angle at which the laser area includes the reference line with the respective shortest determined reference line range, and therefore being perpendicular to the surface. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229644 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WITH A LASER RANGEFINDING AND SPEED MEASUREMENT DEVICE UTILIZING A SHAPED DIVERGENT LASER BEAM PATTERN - A system and method for monitoring vehicular traffic with a laser rangefinding and speed measurement device utilizing a shaped divergent laser beam pattern. In accordance with the present invention, a traffic monitoring device is disclosed which comprises a light emitting diode having a die element producing an asymmetric beam pattern, an aperture for at least partially precluding some portion of the beam pattern in a first direction while allowing the beam pattern in a second orthogonal direction to pass therethrough and a lens associated with the aperture for causing the laser beam exiting the aperture to diverge providing a cone-like beam of laser energy. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229645 | DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - Disclosed is a distance measuring device configured to irradiate an object with light and receive reflected light therefrom to measure a distance from the object, including a light source device having at least one light-emitting part, a deflection part being provided rotatably around a predetermined axis line and having plural deflection faces configured to reflect light from the light source device toward the object, a reflection part being provided rotatably around the axis line and integrally with the deflection part and having plural reflection faces being provided to correspond to the plural deflection faces individually and reflecting a portion of light reflected from a corresponding deflection face and reflected from the object, and a light-receiving part having at least one light-receiving element configured to receive light reflected from the reflection part, wherein respective inclination angles of the plural deflection faces with respect to the axis line are mutually different. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229646 | COMPONENT ANALYZER - A component analyzer includes a casing, a light source unit, a light incident unit guiding light from a test object into the casing, a tunable interference filter extracting light having a predetermined wavelength from the incident light, an imaging unit receiving the extracted light and taking a spectroscopic image, a control unit performing a component analysis of the test object based on the spectroscopic images, and a display displaying a component analysis result. The light incident unit, the imaging unit, and the control unit are provided within the casing. The tunable interference filter includes a fixed substrate having a fixed reflection film and a movable substrate provided to face the fixed substrate and having a movable reflection film opposed to the fixed reflection film across a gap between reflection films, and an electrostatic actuator changing the gap between reflection films. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229647 | METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING SEEDS, COMPRISING THE USAGE OF INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY - A method for classifying sugar beet seeds, comprising the steps of measuring an IR-spectrum of each seed, preferably sugar beet seeds, classifying seeds according to their IR-spectrum, wherein the seed-class differs from other seed-classes by a quality of composition, wherein said quality of composition is reflected in a specific IR-spectrum. In one embodiment the seeds are sorted according to their classification by a sorting means. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229648 | TESTING OF PASSIVE OPTICAL COMPONENTS - Methods and devices provide for transmitting a series of optical signals within a range of an O-band through a U-band into a device under test comprising one or more passive optical components; measuring powers of the optical signals that propagated through the device under test; calculating wavelength-dependent insertion loss values based on the measured power of the optical signals; measuring powers of reflected portions of the optical signals that propagated through the device under test; and calculating wavelength-dependent return loss values based on the measured powers of the reflected portion of the optical signal. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229649 | OPTICAL BRILLOUIN SENSING SYSTEMS - According to one embodiment, an optical sensing system may include a gated optical amplifier, one or more triggering devices, and an optical coupler. The gated optical amplifier can receive a pulse signal and transform the pulse signal into an amplified pulse signal having an amplified peak portion. The triggering devices can control the gated optical amplifier such that the gated optical amplifier is in the lossy state while the baseline portion of the pulse signal is transformed and the gated optical amplifier is in the gain state while the peak portion of the pulse signal is transformed. The amplified pulse signal can be transmitted to the sensing optical fiber and a sensed optical signal can be received, when the sensing optical fiber is connected to the optical coupler. Optionally, a second pulse signal and the sensed optical signal can be combined and detected with a coherent balanced detection technique. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229650 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AN INTEGRATED FIBER OPTIC INSPECTION AND CLEANING APPARATUS - This disclosure concerns a cleaning and inspection system for fiber optics that is rapid, reliable and useful for various types of fiber optics. In an embodiment, the system includes a wide field of view (FOV) camera to image the ferrule and rapidly locate the fiber ends and a narrow FOV camera to provide detailed inspection of fiber ends. A cleaning module with a cleaning tip and a cleaning media that is drawn through the tip is used to clean the fiber ends. Images captured by the dual cameras are automatically enhanced and analyzed to determine the effectiveness of the cleaning process and to identify the types and quantity of defects present. In another embodiment, a single higher resolution camera is provided with a lens that can image an entire fiber array and yet enable defects to be detected by analysis of sub-images of each fiber in the fiber array. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229651 | OPTICAL PROBE COMPRISING TRANSPARENT MONOLITHIC BODY WITH REFRACTING AND REFLECTING SURFACE PARTS - The optical probe contains a monolithic body of optically transparent material to perform focusing for a plurality of parallel light paths from one or more fibers to one or more object points. Surface parts of the monolithic body are curved to form lenses and/or coated with a reflective coating. On a fiber side of the monolithic body an opening or openings are provided in a reflective coating opposite the tip or tips of the fibers to pass light. On the object side of the monolithic body, a coated surface part reflects the light path from the openings back to the fiber side of the monolithic body, from where the light path is reflected towards an aperture on the object side. At least part of the reflecting surfaces is curved to form reflector a plurality of distinct lenses on the same side of the monolithic body. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229652 | SENSOR CHIP, SENSOR CARTRIDGE, AND ANALYSIS APPARATUS - A sensor chip includes: a substrate that has a planar portion; and a diffraction grating on the planar portion and having a metal surface, the diffraction grating having a target substance thereon and including: a plurality of first protrusions periodically arranged in a period equal to or greater than 100 nm and equal to or less than 1000 nm in a first direction parallel to the planar portion, a plurality of base portions located between two adjacent first protrusions and configures abase of the substrate, a plurality of second protrusions formed on upper faces of the plurality of first protrusions, and a plurality of third protrusions formed on the plurality of base portions. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229653 | SPECTROMETRIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND SPECTROMETER - There is provided a spectrometric optical system, comprising a reflection member having a concave surface formed along a first circle, a diffraction grating having an edge part and a convex surface formed along a second circle disposed concentrically with the first circle, on which the light reflected at the concave surface of the reflection member is incident, and an input element disposed at a predetermined position to the reflection member and the diffraction grating such that a diffracted light, emitted from the diffraction grating, having a wavelength region of not less than 600 nm to not more than 1100 nm, and reflected at the concave surface, passes between the input light input to the spectrometric optical system and the edge part of the diffraction grating. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229654 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS FOR SPECTROMETORY, AND SPECTOMETER - There is provided an illumination optical system including a laser light source, an integrator element, an oscillating element being capable of guiding the laser beam emitted from the laser light source to the integrator element, and oscillating to change an incident angle of the laser beam to the integrator element, and a light collecting element for collecting the laser beam emitted from the oscillating element. Also, there are provided a light irradiation apparatus for spectrometry and a spectrometer. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229655 | Second Generation Low-Cost Particle Counter - An apparatus for the detection of a fluid-borne particle ( | 2013-09-05 |