38th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130242185 | ADAPTIVE MEDIA DELIVERY - A system includes a delivery manager to process a request for media content that is stored in memory, the delivery manager being programmed to determine a media delivery mechanism for the media content based on constraints of at least one delivery parameter. The system includes a formatter programmed to adapt the media content to a media delivery format that is compatible with the media delivery mechanism and the constraints of the delivery parameter. The delivery manager can be programmed to adaptively initiate delivery of the media content in the media delivery format and via the delivery mechanism according to the constraints of the delivery parameter. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242186 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an image processing apparatus and a control method thereof for optimizing a played image. The image processing apparatus includes: an image receiver which receives an input image; an image processor which processes the input image to output an output image; a display which displays the output image; a storage which stores data and information about the input image; and a controller which compares an image processing speed of the input image with a frame rate of the input image, sets a frame rate of the output image to be less than the frame rate of the input image when the frame rate of the input image is greater than the image processing speed of the input image, and reduces a number of frames of the input image to be image-processed based on the set frame rate. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242187 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, CELLULAR PHONE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A display device decides a face detection situation. When the face detection situation is in the range from the absence of face detection, in which a face facing an LCD display screen is not detected, to detection of one-half of the face, a display rate is set at a low rate by a display rate determining unit. When the face detection situation is in the range from detection of one-half of the face to detection of three-fourths of the face, the display rate is set at a medium rate by the display rate determining unit. When the face detection situation is in the range from detection of three-fourths of the face to detection of all of the face, the display rate is set at a normal rate by the display rate determining unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242188 | Method and Apparatus for Detection and Removal of Rain from Videos using Temporal and Spatiotemporal Properties - The invention relates to a new method and system for detection and removal of rain from video using temporal/spatiotemporal properties. Advantageously, the temporal/spatiotemporal properties are involved to separate the rain pixels from the non-rain pixels. It is thus possible by way of the present invention to involve less number of consecutive frames, reducing the buffer size and delay. It works only on the intensity plane which reduces the complexity and execution time significantly along with accurate rain detection. This new technique does not assume the shape, size and velocity of the raindrops which makes it robust to different rain conditions. This method reduces the buffer size which reduces the system cost, delay and power consumption while maintaining sufficient quality of rain detection. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242189 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK OF MEDIA STREAMS AND CORRESPONDING CLOSED CAPTIONS - An approach for providing synchronized playback of media streams and corresponding closed captions is described. One or more portions of a media stream and corresponding closed caption data is received, at a virtual video server resident on a user device, from an external video server. The one or more portions of the media stream and the corresponding closed caption data is buffered by the virtual video server. The one or more portions of the media stream is delivered to a video player application and the corresponding closed caption data is delivered to a rendering application as to synchronize playback of the one or more portions of the media stream and the corresponding closed caption data by the respective applications, wherein the video player application and the rendering application are resident on the user device. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242190 | APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA AND METHOD - An apparatus temporal stops to output an exercise video, in response to determining that the request for temporal stop is received. The apparatus changes to a second audio volume of MIDI data by decreasing first audio volume by a pre-determined value and to a second exercise tempo by decreasing first exercise tempo by a pre-determined tempo value, in response to determining that a request for the temporal stop is received. The apparatus changes the second audio volume to the first audio volume, and the second exercise tempo to the first exercise tempo, in response to determining that a request for cancelling temporal stop is received. The apparatus restarts to output the exercise video representing the exercise motion based on the first exercise tempo. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242191 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING DIFFERENT PARTS OF A DIGITAL SERVICE - The invention relates to a reproduction device ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242192 | TELEVISION DEVICE AND TELEVISION CONTROL METHOD - An exemplary television control method includes receiving signal. Then, the method determines that the applications of the television device are associated with shortcut icons upon receiving a first signal. The method next obtains the shortcut icons of the determined applications. And then the method controls the display unit to display an interface showing selectable shortcut icons according to the obtained shortcut icons of the determined applications, and make the displayed shortcut icons selectable. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242193 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information display apparatus, comprising: a first display controller configured to display a broadcasting station information to identify a plurality of broadcasting stations on a screen; a acquiring module configured to acquire one or more short comments with respect to the broadcasting station information from a server connected through a network; and a second display controller configured to display the one or more short comments on the screen on each of the plurality of broadcasting stations. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242194 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing device which is used in a liquid crystal apparatus, includes a detection portion that detects a boundary between a first pixel correlated with a first signal for applying a first voltage lower than a first reference voltage and a second pixel correlated with a second signal for applying a second voltage higher than a second reference voltage on the basis of signals for controlling voltages applied to pixels, and a correction portion that corrects a signal correlated with M pixels including the first pixel to a third signal for applying a third voltage which is higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage in a correction period, wherein the correction portion varies M in the correction period. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242195 | SCHEME FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATIONS AND TIMING OF ADVERTISEMENTS AND OTHER INSERTIONS IN MEDIA - A method for use with content includes analyzing a sequence of frames of the content, determining whether an area exists in a scene depicted by the sequence of frames where additional content such as advertising can be inserted without obstructing activity in the scene, for any such area, determining an amount of time that the area is available when the sequence of frames is being played, and for any such area, determining a size of the area. A storage medium storing a computer program for causing a processor based system to execute these steps and an apparatus for use with content are also disclosed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242196 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a display device including a panel ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242197 | NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND NOISE REDUCTION METHOD - A noise reduction section includes: a correlation detector configured to detect correlations between corresponding pixels between first and second image signals which are obtained from an identical image, and output degrees of correlation based on the detected correlations; an addition ratio determining section configured to determine addition ratios of the corresponding pixels between the first and second image signals based on the degrees of correlation, where the addition ratios are used in weighted addition averaging processes; and a weighted addition averaging section configured to perform, based on the addition ratios, the weighted addition averaging processes on the corresponding pixels to generate an output image signal, wherein when each of the degrees of correlation is relatively high, the addition ratio determining section provides a relatively high proportion of the pixel of the second image signal in the addition ratio. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242198 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING NOISE OF VIDEO - A method and apparatus for reducing noise of a video image are provided. The method includes: reducing noise in a difference between a current frame and a previous frame in which temporal noise is reduced; detecting motion information about the current frame based on the difference in which the noise is reduced; reducing temporal noise in the current frame via a weighted sum of the current frame and the previous frame in which the temporal noise is reduced, according to the motion information; and reducing spatial noise in the current frame based on an edge direction of the current frame in which the temporal noise is reduced. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242199 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In a first filtering processing step, RAW data of a source image is subjected to a pixel-based filtering process along a first array direction to divide the RAW data into a first luminance data and a first color carrier data. In a first luminance distribution equalization processing step, the luminance distribution of the first luminance data in the first array direction is corrected to be uniform to produce a second luminance data. In a first color array reproduction processing step, the first color carrier data is re-synthesized with the second luminance data to produce a first multiple-color array data. In a second filtering processing step, the first multiple-color array data is subjected to a pixel-based filtering process along a second array direction to divide the first multiple-color array data into a third luminance data and a second color carrier data. In a second luminance distribution equalization processing step, the luminance distribution of the third luminance data in the second array direction is corrected to be uniform to produce a fourth luminance data. In a second color array reproduction processing step, the second color carrier data is re-synthesized with the fourth luminance data to produce a second multiple-color array data. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242200 | MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING RESPONSE TIME OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for calculating response time of an electronic device is provided. The method includes: obtaining a video file recording a process of change of interface displayed from an original interface to a new interface chosen by a user, the video file comprises a series of video frames; searching for a key video frame among all the video frames of the video file, the image of the key video frame indicates the point of demarcation between the original interface and the new interface displayed; and calculating a time interval from a first video frame of the video file to the key video frame, according to timestamps of the first video frame and of the key video frame, so as to determine the actual response time of the electronic device. A related measuring device is also provided. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242201 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND TRANSMITTER - According to one embodiment, a transmission system includes a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter includes one or a plurality of light sources, a modulator, a first driver, a display, and a second driver. The one or a plurality of light sources is configured to emit a visible light whose light amount corresponds to a first drive signal. The modulator is configured to, according to transmission data to be transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver, modulate a first luminance signal indicative of an amount of the light the light source is configured to emit, to generate a second luminance signal. The first driver is configured to generate the first drive signal based on the second luminance signal. A mean of the second luminance signal during one frame in the input video signal is substantially equal to a value of the first luminance signal in the frame. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242202 | Television Start Speed Enhancement - A television receives a command to power up from a standby mode. This causes the TV to start a boot process, and while the boot process proceeds. At a that a point in the boot process when the tuner input switch are operative the process simultaneously determines a current time from a real time clock and retrieves a channel and a switch setting from a usage pattern database corresponding to the current time. The tuner is tuned to the channel and the input switch is set. At completion of the boot process the tuner is already tuned to the channel and the input switch is set to the switch setting corresponding the current time so that time to viewing a desired channel is often minimized. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242203 | POWER SUPPLY FOR TELEVISION AND TELEVISION INCLUDING THE SAME - A power supply for a television and a television including the same, the power supply including: a rectifier which rectifies input AC power; a converter which converts the rectified power into DC power through a switching control; a circuit board on which at least one of the rectifier and the converter is mounted; and an input connector which receives the AC power and is mounted on the circuit board such that a projecting height of the input connector projecting from the circuit board is substantially equal to or smaller than a projecting height of at least one of the rectifier and the converter. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242204 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device includes a one-segment tuner I/F that is connected to a one-segment tuner, a tuner I/F that is connected to a digital terrestrial tuner, a decoder that selectively decodes a first broadcast signal supplied from the one-segment tuner I/F and a second broadcast signal supplied from the tuner I/F, a general purpose processor that is provided separately from the decoder and decodes the first broadcast signal, and a switch unit that, based on signal intensity of the second broadcast wave, switches the decoding by the decoder between the first broadcast signal and the second broadcast signal while the general purpose processor is decoding the first broadcast signal. The one-segment tuner I/F, the tuner I/F, the decoder, the general purpose processor, and the switch unit are integrated on one chip. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242205 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method which receives a user's input by using a manipulation panel are provided. The display apparatus includes: an image processor; a display unit; a user input unit which includes a manipulation panel; and a controller which controls the display unit to display a user interface (UI) including a number keypad upon receiving a preset user's input from the user input unit and receives a user's selection to select a channel number from the number keypad according to a user's input to the direction key. Thus, the direction keys are provided in the manipulation panel installed in a front or lateral side of the display apparatus and a user may input a desired channel number without difficulty when selecting channels through the manipulation panel. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242206 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device according to the present invention receives an operation instruction by a motion of a hand and thus performs an operation corresponding thereto. The information processing device includes a detection section for detecting the motion of the hand; and a control section for displaying information corresponding to the motion of the hand detected by the detection section on a display. When the detection first detects the hand, the control section performs one of a plurality of different processes in accordance with whether or not the detection section detects a motion of the hand within a certain time duration after the first detection of the hand. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242207 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus is used to share information via a communication network. The communication apparatus includes: a housing; a moving unit provided to be movable relatively with respect to the housing; a light projecting unit that projects light modulated based on image information, is provided in one of the housing or the moving unit, and includes a projector lens; and an image input unit that is to input an image, is provided in the other of the housing or the moving unit, and includes an image capturing lens. The moving unit is capable of moving relatively with respect to the housing between a covering position at which the projector lens and the image capturing lens are covered and an exposing position at which the projector lens and the image capturing lens are exposed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242208 | PROJECTION DEVICE - A projection device includes a light source, a light guiding plate, a liquid crystal device, and a projection lens. The guiding plate aligns with the light source and includes a light incident surface and a light emitting surface facing away from the light incident surface. The light incident surface faces the light source. The liquid crystal device aligns with the light emitting surface. The projection lens is positioned between the liquid crystal device and a screen. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242209 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT - An electro-optic device includes: an electro-optic panel; a first flexible printed circuit; a second flexible printed circuit; and a conductive section. Each of the first flexible printed circuit and the second flexible printed circuit has a structure in which a reference potential layer and a signal potential layer are laminated after being insulated from each other, the reference potential layer applying a reference potential to the electro-optic panel, the signal potential layer applying a signal potential to the electro-optic panel, and the first flexible printed circuit and the second flexible printed circuit each having an opening in which a part of the reference potential layer is exposed. The conductive section electrically connects the part exposed in the opening of the reference potential layer in the first flexible printed circuit and the part exposed in the opening of the reference potential layer in the second flexible printed circuit to each other. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242210 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a light modulation unit including a liquid crystal device that modulates illumination light to form image light and a light exiting-side polarizer that causes the image light from the liquid crystal device to exit as linearly polarized light, a first retardation film that changes the polarization state of the image light from the light exiting-side polarizer into circular polarization or elliptical polarization, a polarization switching liquid crystal panel that switches the polarization state of the image light from the first retardation film in accordance with a control signal, a second retardation film that changes the polarization state of the image light from the polarization switching liquid crystal panel into linear polarization, and a birefringent substrate that selectively refracts a light component polarized in a direction corresponding to a specific switching state of the polarization switching liquid crystal panel among the image light from the second retardation film. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242211 | IN-CELL TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL STRUCTURE - An in-cell touch display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate parallel to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer configured between the first and second substrates, and a black matrix layer disposed at a surface of the first substrate facing to the liquid crystal layer. The black matrix includes a plurality of opaque conductive lines. The opaque conductive lines are divided into a first group, a second group and a third group of opaque conductive lines. The second group of opaque conductive lines is formed with N polygonal regions where N is a positive integer. The opaque conductive lines in any one of the polygonal regions are electrically connected together while any two polygonal regions are not electrically connected. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242212 | MIRROR SWITCHABLE ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND MIRROR SWITCHABLE DISPLAY - A mirror switchable organic light emitting display includes an organic light emitting display panel, a switchable quarter-wave phase retardation panel, a light transflective layer, and a polarizing plate. The organic light emitting display panel has a light output surface. The switchable quarter-wave phase retardation panel having a first surface and a second surface, is disposed at the light output surface of the organic light emitting display panel, wherein the first surface faces the organic light emitting display panel. The light transflective layer is disposed at the first surface of the quarter-wave phase retardation panel and faces the organic light emitting display panel. The polarizing plate is disposed on the second surface of the quarter-wave phase retardation panel. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242213 | OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element and a stereoscopic image display device are 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. Therefore, the optical element can be used to realize a stereoscopic image. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242214 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a main pixel electrode, a second substrate including a main common electrode extending substantially in parallel to the main pixel electrode on both sides of the main pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules held between the first substrate and the second substrate. A horizontal inter-electrode distance in a first direction between the main pixel electrode and the main common electrode is in a range of 11 μm or more and 13 μm or less, and a dielectric constant anisotropy of the liquid crystal layer is 10 or more. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242215 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING SHIELDING CONDUCTOR - Provided is a liquid crystal display including, on an insulation substrate having a polygonal display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area a first signal line, a second signal line crossing the first signal line, a plurality of switching elements connected to the first signal line and the second signal line and disposed in the display area, a plurality of pixel electrodes each connected to the switching element and disposed in the display area, and a shielding conductor disposed in the peripheral area and extending along at least one side of the polygonal display area. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242216 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In one embodiment, a first substrate includes a gate line extending in a first direction, a source line extending in a second direction orthogonally crossing the first direction, a sub-pixel electrode extending in the first direction, and a pixel electrode having “n” main pixel electrodes electrically connected with the sub-pixel electrode and extending in the second direction (“n” is positive integer). A second substrate includes a main common electrode extending in the second direction in parallel with the “n” main pixel electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates and including liquid crystal molecules. The dielectric constant anisotropy Δ∈ of the liquid crystal molecules satisfies a following relational expression with respect to a definition depending on an inter-electrode distance between the main pixel electrode and the main common electrode in the first direction. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242217 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate having a sensor electrode and a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a counter substrate facing the array substrate. The sensor electrode includes an electric conductive oxide layer, a first electric conductive layer arranged on the electric conductive oxide layer and formed of one metal selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), titanium (Ti), nickel (nickel), and chromium (Cr), and a second electric conductive layer arranged on the first electric conductive layer and formed of aluminum. The plurality of pixel electrodes is arranged on the sensor electrode in a matrix shape so as to face the electric conductive oxide layer. Each pixel electrode is provided with slits. The thickness of the first electric conductive layer is equal to or less than 10% of the thickness of the second electric conductive layer. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242218 | Thin Film Transistor with Parasitic Capacitance Compensation Structure and Liquid Crystal Display Using Same - A thin film transistor includes a gate terminal, an insulation layer formed on the gate terminal, a first semiconductor silicon layer formed on the insulation layer, a source terminal formed on the first semiconductor silicon layer, and a drain terminal. The drain terminal is partially located on the insulation layer and the first semiconductor silicon layer. The drain terminal and the gate terminal overlap each other via the insulation layer to form a first overlap region and also overlap each other via the first semiconductor silicon layer and the insulation layer to form a second overlap region. The first and second overlap regions respectively generate first and second parasitic capacitances. The thin film transistor includes a compensation structure, whereby when the drain terminal is shifted with respect to the gate terminal, the compensation structure maintaining area of the first overlap region and area of the second overlap region unchanged. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242219 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISIPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes at least one pixel. The pixel includes a first sub-pixel charged with a first voltage and a second sub-pixel charged with a second voltage different from the first voltage. A first sub-pixel electrode provided in the first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel electrode provided in the second sub-pixel include slits having different widths according to directions. Due to the slits, average directors of the first and second sub-pixels are tilted in a horizontal or vertical direction. Accordingly, a side visibility of the display apparatus is improved. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242220 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a thin-film transistor disposed on a substrate. The thin-film transistor includes a gate, a first insulating layer, a metal-oxide semiconductor pattern, a source, a drain, and a second insulating layer. The gate is disposed on the substrate, and the first insulating layer covers the gate. The source and the drain are disposed on the first insulating layer. The metal-oxide semiconductor pattern is disposed on the substrate, and the second insulating layer covers the metal-oxide semiconductor pattern. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242221 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE OF LATERAL ELECTRIC FIELD TYPE - A liquid crystal display device of a lateral electric field type performs display by rotating homogeneous-aligned liquid crystals by a lateral electric field substantially parallel to a substrate, which is applied across a pixel electrode and a common electrode, to increase the aperture ratio of a liquid crystal panel by narrowing the width of a black matrix provided along a data line. A source pixel electrode connected to a source electrode extends along the data line, a storage capacitance electrode formed by the same layer as the data line overlaps an adjacent scan line, the source pixel electrode is disposed so as to be connected to the storage capacitance electrode and a pixel along one side, an interlayer film is formed on the source pixel electrode, and a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed by a transparent conductive film are formed on the interlayer film. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242222 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A transverse electric field-type liquid crystal display device displays by rotating homogeneous-aligned liquid crystals by a transverse electric field substantially parallel to a substrate, applied across a pixel electrode and a common electrode, assuring sufficient storage capacitance while enlarging the area of driving the liquid crystal molecules in a sub pixel. A source pixel electrode connected to a source electrode extends along the data line, a storage capacitance electrode formed by the same layer as the data line is formed above an adjacent scan line so as to overlap the adjacent scan line, the source pixel electrode is disposed so as to be connected to the storage capacitance electrode and a pixel along one side, an interlayer film is formed over the source pixel electrode, and a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed by a transparent conductive film are formed over the interlayer film. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242223 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a liquid crystal display device suitable for a thin film transistor which uses an oxide semiconductor. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light is used as an interlayer film which covers at least the oxide semiconductor layer. As the film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light, a coloring layer can be used and a light-transmitting chromatic color resin layer is preferably used. An interlayer film which includes a light-transmitting chromatic color resin layer and a light-blocking layer may be formed in order that the light-blocking layer is used as a film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242224 | Backlight Module and LCD Device - The invention provides a backlight module and a LCD device. The backlight module includes a side frame, and a rear panel; the rear panel is provided with a side wall fixedly matched with the side frame, the side wall of the rear panel is provided with a light source, and a gap is reserved between the top of the side wall and the side frame. The invention can effectively block the path that the heat at the side of the light source is transferred to the LCD panel, and can effectively prevent the risk of the liquid crystal liquefaction of the LCD panel, thereby improving the optical display taste of the LCD panel. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242225 | LCD Device - The invention provides an LCD device, and the LCD device comprises a front frame, a middle frame, and a back frame in sequence from outside to inside. A light guide panel is arranged between the back frame and the middle frame. A cavity is formed by the middle frame, the back frame, and the light guide panel, and a light source assembly is arranged in the cavity. The middle frame is provided with a middle frame through hole communicated with the cavity, and the front frame is provided with a front frame through hole communicated with the middle frame through hole. Because the middle frame and the front frame of the invention are respectively provided with through holes, the heat accumulated in the cavity is directly dissipated to the outside through air convection. Compared with the heat dissipation mode of using conduction and air convection, the heat dissipation mode of the invention has the advantages of directness, simplicity, and convenience, thereby having preferable heat dissipation effect. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242226 | DISPLAY MODULE AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - Display module and mobile terminal having the same are provided. The display module includes a liquid crystal display panel configured to output a color per pixel, a backlight unit configured to uniformly project light to a rear side of liquid crystal display panel, a backlight unit having a light guide plate and a light source, a mold located at a perimeter of the liquid crystal display panel and a perimeter of the backlight unit, and a light cutoff part configured to cut off path of light incident on a front of the liquid crystal display panel from a side of the liquid crystal display panel. Accordingly, light leakage caused by light incident on lateral side of liquid crystal display panel by being reflected by mold or light reflected by lateral side of liquid crystal display panel is minimized to output more clear and vivid images. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242227 | LCD Device - The invention provides an LCD device, comprising a front frame, a rubber frame, and a backplane which are mutually matched and fixed in sequence from outside to inside; an LCD panel is clamped between the front frame and the rubber frame, the front frame is made of insulation material, and the surface of the front frame is provided with a conducting film; the backplane is made of conducting material, a conducting component(s) is connected between the conducting film and the backplane, and the conducting film is electrically connected with the backplane by the conducting component. In the invention, because the front frame is made of insulation material, the production cost of the front frame can be reduced, and light weight can be achieved. The insulation material can be material such as plastic material, etc. to achieve various raw materials. In addition, the surface of the front frame made of plastic material is covered with the conducting film, and then the conducting film is connected with the backplane made of conducting material by the conducting components; thus, the static electricity generated by the COF is discharged onto the backplane by the conducting film, and the COF and IC are prevented from being broken down by static electricity. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242228 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A wide viewing angle liquid crystal display includes color filters having a quantum dot and scattering particles and liquid crystal layer disposed in a microcavity, a distance between the color filter and the liquid crystal layer being sized to minimize display deterioration due to parallax. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242229 | REFLECTIVE PLATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND BACKLIGHT UNIT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A reflective plate includes a high heat conductivity material having a first heat conductivity and a reflective material having a second heat conductivity on the high heat conductivity material, wherein the first heat conductivity of the high heat conductivity material is greater than the second heat conductivity of the reflective material. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242230 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242231 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a surface light source device, a light guide plate includes a light introduction part that traps the light emitted from a point light source and incident from a light incident surface, and a light guide plate body. The light introduction part includes an inclined surface inclined from a surface in a portion having a thickness larger than that of the light guide plate body toward an end of the surface of the light guide plate body. The light guide plate body includes a directivity conversion pattern located between an effective lighting region of the light guide plate body and the light introduction part. The directivity conversion pattern converts a directivity direction of the light from the light introduction part to the effective lighting region such that an angle formed by the directivity direction and a direction perpendicular to the light incident surface decreases when viewed from above. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242232 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type display apparatus, being suitable to be applied as a light source of a solid-state light source, in the place of a conventional lamp, comprises : a light source unit, which is configured to emit a white-color light therefrom; a light separation optic system, which is configured to separate the white color light from the light source unit into three primary color lights, red-color (R), green-color (G) and blue-color (B); R, G and B light modulating portions, each of which modulates each of R, G and B polarized lights separated, depending on a video signal, respectively; a light composing unit, which is configured to compose optical images, which are formed by the R, G and B light modulating portions; and a projecting portion, which is configure to project the optical image composed, enlargedly, wherein the light source unit emits a white color light emitting from a nearly point-like light source, including an excitation light from a solid-state light emitting element therein. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242233 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The occurrence of defective orientation of a composite of a polymer and a liquid crystal is suppressed. Furthermore, the occurrence of defective display of a liquid crystal display device including the composite of a polymer and a liquid crystal is suppressed. The composite of a polymer and a liquid includes a plurality of domains with different periods of alignment, a boundary formed between the plurality of domains, and a region where the plurality of domains adjoin and bond to one another without the boundary. The composite of a polymer and a liquid crystal exhibits a blue phase. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242234 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to the present invention, there are disclosed a liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display device comprises: a color filter substrate, an array substrate and a liquid crystal composite system filled between the color filter substrate and the array substrate, wherein liquid crystals and a high molecular polymer network, which is formed by polymerization of liquid crystalline polymerizable monomers, are included in the liquid crystal composite system. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242235 | LENTICULAR LENS GRATING, LIQUID CRYSTAL GRATING AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a lenticular lens grating, a liquid crystal grating and a display device. The lenticular lens grating comprises: a plurality of lenticular lenses arranged in parallel, wherein at least two adjacent lenticular lenses have a spacing therebetween, the spacing comprises a first plane perpendicular to the central axes of the lenticular lenses, and/or a middle portion of the upper surface of at least one lenticular lens is a second plane which is perpendicular to the central axis of the at least one lenticular lens and symmetrical with respect to the central axis of the at least one lenticular lens as a symmetric axis. With the structure of the lenticular lens grating, it is possible that the black matrix patterns on the color filter is not deflected by refraction of the lenticular lens, thus the Moire effect can be effectively depressed and 3D display effect can be notably improved. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242236 | OPTICAL LAMINATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an optical laminate which comprises: a polarizing film wherein a thin polarizing layer is laminated on one main surface of a substrate; and an optical element (lens array). The thin polarizing layer has a thickness of 8 μm or less. The substrate has a thickness of 20 μm to 80 μm. The optical element is a pattern retardation plate including a plurality of regions having different slow axis directions. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242237 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING INTERFERENCE FILTERS - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display apparatus includes an interference filter, a transistor, a substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The interference filter includes a first area and a second area. The first area transmits light in a first wavelength band and reflects light except the first wavelength band. The second area transmits white light. The transistor is provided on the first area and the second area. The substrate faces the interference filter. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the interference filter and the substrate. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242238 | COLOR FILTER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A color filter includes at least one blue color resist so that a blue light with a Y coordinate that is about 0.045˜0.051 in the CIE chromaticity diagram is generated when light passes through the blue color resist. Furthermore, a liquid crystal display device employing the color filter is also disclosed herein. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242239 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display including a partial plate electrode along with a minute pattern in pixel electrode thereby increasing the viewing angle and the lateral visibility of the liquid crystal display, as well as the response speed A step provider is provided to reinforce the control force of the liquid crystal molecules, thereby reducing the texture generated in the center of the pixel. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242240 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel has a portion of a color filter or patterned color layer with a thickness of at least half of the cell gap of the display panel, wherein the repair method includes providing a energy light beam to the portion of the color filter or the patterned color layer in the sub-pixel region with a bright point defect to make the portion of the color filter or patterned color layer have porous structure so that bright point is repaired to become a grey point or a dark point. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242241 | LIGHT DIFFUSING FILM, POLARIZING PLATE WITH LIGHT DIFFUSING FILM, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT - There is provided an extremely thin light diffusing film, which has strong light diffusibility, has suppressed backscattering, and is excellent in productivity. The light diffusing film includes: a first region having a first refractive index; a substantially spherical shell-shaped refractive index modulation region surrounding the first region; and a second region having a second refractive index, the region being positioned on a side of the refractive index modulation region opposite to the first region. The light diffusing film has a light diffusion half-value angle of 30° or more and a thickness of 4 μm to 25 μm, and satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2): | 2013-09-19 |
20130242242 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME - A liquid crystal display panel ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242243 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE GLASS TO A SUBSTRATE IN A LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - A liquid crystal panel and method are disclosed for increasing reliability in the panel by using an electrically conductive gap filler arranged to transfer electrical signals between a substrate and a transparent electrically conductive glass of the liquid crystal panel. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242244 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING A SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE GLASS - A liquid crystal panel and method are disclosed in which a substrate is electrically connected to an electrically conductive glass using a carbon black conductor formed from an electrically conductive carbon black adhesive. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242245 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel includes a gate line, a data line, a pixel electrode formed adjacent to the gate and data lines on a lower substrate and a first alignment film disposed in a first domain disposed on the pixel electrode and in a second domain formed on pixel electrode. The first domain is aligned in a first direction and the second domain is aligned in a second direction which is different from the first direction. The upper substrate opposes the lower substrate and includes a common electrode disposed on the upper substrate and a second alignment film disposed on the common electrode at a third domain corresponding to the first domain and at a fourth domain corresponding to the second domain. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate and includes liquid crystals defined by a plurality of pixel areas. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242246 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method of Manufacturing That - A liquid crystal display device including a first substrate, a first alignment film formed over the first substrate, a second substrate, a second alignment film formed over the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first alignment film and the second alignment film, and a projecting portion formed over the second substrate. The first and second alignment films are both made of a photo-decomposition-type material. A film thickness “d2” of the second alignment film over the projecting portion and a film thickness “d1” of a portion of the first alignment film facing the projecting portion satisfy a formula (1) and a formula (2): | 2013-09-19 |
20130242247 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD OF A CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate; and a plurality of liquid crystal molecules disposed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a transparent substrate, an insulator layer formed on a surface of the transparent substrate and formed with a plurality of grooves, and a pixel electrode formed on a surface of the insulator layer and formed with a plurality of electrode slits. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242248 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer and an electrode structure. The second substrate is parallel to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The electrode structure is disposed on the first substrate. The electrode structure includes a first branch portion and a second branch portion. The first branch portion includes first branch electrodes. The two adjacent first branch electrodes are parallel to each other and separated apart by a first interval. The second branch portion includes second branch electrodes. The two adjacent second branch electrodes are parallel to each other and separated apart by a second interval. Any first branch electrode corresponds to at least part of one of the second intervals. Any second branch electrode corresponds to at least part of one of the first intervals. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242249 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate which sandwiches a liquid crystal between itself and the first substrate, wherein
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20130242250 | EYEWEAR HAVING A MESH EYE SHIELD - Eyewear having an eye shield of mesh where the mesh has been formed by chemical etching is disclosed. The chemical etching involves the steps of applying a protective coating to a suitable sheet material, creating openings in the protective coating, and subjecting the sheet material to a suitable liquid such that mesh spaces are formed at the openings. In other embodiments of the invention the sheet may be exposed to a gaseous acid or an alkali. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242251 | EYEGLASS HINGE ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a hinge for connecting a temple arm to an eyeglass frame that may be made up of one or more frame parts. Parts of the eyeglasses, including the temple arm and frame, are interchangeable so the colour, shape and style of eyeglasses can be quickly and easily changed. The temple arm is connected to the frame securely, but in a way that the temple arm can easily be disconnected for interchanging. The temple arm needs to be deformed, bent or moved beyond a normal orientation to allow it to be easily disconnected. In a preferred embodiment, the temple arm hinge assembly comprises a hooked member and a pivot shaft, whereby the pivot shaft comprises a notch or truncation positioned such that the hooked member can only be engaged/disengaged if the temple arm is deformed or the like beyond a normal position. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242252 | EYEGLASSES WITH FRAME COUPLED TO RETAINER STRAP OR BAND WHICH CAN SEPARATE UNDER TENSION - Eyeglasses comprising a frame ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242253 | Eyeware Including A Heads Up Display - Eyewear is provided including a frame, a visor attached to frame and a heads up display. The heads up display may be housed in the visor. The visor may be configured to be positioned in multiple positions relative to the pupil of a wearer's eye, and/or adjustably positioned so that the heads up display may be transitioned between positions within the line of sight of the wearer and out of the line of sight of the wearer. The heads up display may be configured to be controlled by a remote controller, e.g. a wrist watch. The heads up display may be monocular or binocular. The eyewear may also include an electro-active lens. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242254 | Energized Biomedical Device - This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a biomedical device, such as an ophthalmic lens with an energy receptor capable of powering a processing device. More specifically, this invention discloses a polymerized ophthalmic lens wherein the energy receptor is included within the lens through use of a binder layer. The energized ophthalmic lens may be activated and operated while the ophthalmic lens is in use on an eye. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242255 | DYNAMIC FLUID ZONES IN CONTACT LENSES - A contact lens incorporating one or more dynamic fluid zones fabricated from a material that is readily deformable under eyelid pressure during blinking allows for the delivery of one or more agents to the eye, dynamic cosmetic eye enhancement, and/or dynamic rotational misalignment correction. The one or more agents may include therapeutic agents, nutritional agents and pharmacological agents. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242256 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ACCOMMODATION - A sensor system includes at least two sensors for distinguishing accommodative stimuli from changes in ambient lights levels and task-induced changes in the pupil diameter. When implanted, the first sensor is disposed completely within the pupil; even when fully constricted, the pupil does not occlude the first sensor, allowing the sensor to make precise measurements of ambient luminous flux levels. The pupil occludes part of the second sensor's active area(s) as the pupil dilates and constricts. As a result, the second sensor measures both ambient luminous flux and pupil diameter. A processor estimates the pupil diameter and determines whether it's changing in response to accommodative stimuli or other factors by comparing to predetermined values. The sensor system sends a signal to an optical component, which in turn can respond by changing optical power to focus for near vision upon detection of accommodative stimuli. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242257 | INDUCED HIGH ORDER ABERRATIONS CORRESPONDING TO GEOMETRICAL TRANSFORMATIONS - Wavefront measurements of eyes are typically taken when the pupil is in a first configuration in an evaluation context. The results can be represented by a set of basis function coefficients. Prescriptive treatments are often applied in a treatment context, which is different from the evaluation context. Hence, the patient pupil can be in a different, second configuration, during treatment. Systems and methods are provided for determining a transformed set of basis function coefficients, based on a difference between the first and second configurations, which can be used to establish the vision treatment. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242258 | FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A fundus photographing apparatus is provided with: a detector that detects an interference state between light reflected from the fundus and reference light; an optical scanner that scans the fundus of an examinee's eye with the measurement light; a focus detection unit that detects a focus position with respect to the fundus of the examinee's eye based on an output signal from a light receiving element that receives the light reflected from the fundus; a focus adjustment unit that corrects the diopter scale with respect to the examinee fundus by moving a first optical member to the focus position; a second optical member disposed in the optical path of the measurement light or the reference light; and an optical path length adjustment unit that adjusts an optical path length difference between the measurement light and the reference light. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242259 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING AND DISPLAYING AN OCT WHOLE-EYE SCAN - The eye is illuminated by a variable laser light source with a measurement range corresponding to the eye length, wherein the focus of the laser beam in the eye can be shifted laterally and/or axially by an adjustment mechanism, and the light fractions back-scattered from the sample are captured via an interferometer by a data acquisition unit and forwarded to a data processing unit. In the data processing unit, an OCT whole-eye scan is combined with at least one or several further overlapping tomographic part-eye or whole-eye scans. Reference information is used to register the first whole-eye scan with the further part-eye or whole-eye scans, and the combined whole-eye scan is evaluated and/or displayed on a user surface. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242260 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING METHOD - An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus includes an observation light source configured to generate infrared light for illuminating a subject's eye via an illumination optical system, an imaging unit configured to receive light returned from the subject's eye via an imaging optical system, and an electronic shutter control unit configured to refresh charge generated caused by light received by the imaging unit in response to turning off of the observation light source. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242261 | SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE - Provided is a scanning laser ophthalmoscope capable of accurately superposing multiple photographed images. The scanning laser ophthalmoscope comprises an image generating unit that generates first images based on the light reflected from first laser light and second images based on the light reflected from second laser light. An associating unit associates the first images and the second images based on the first laser light and the second laser light parallelly scanned by the scanning unit. A displacement calculating unit calculates displacements between images regarding multiple first images. The position matching unit matches the positions of multiple second images based on the processing results from the associating unit and the displacements. The superposing unit superposes the multiple second images that have undergone the position matching. The display unit displays an image obtained by superposing the multiple second images. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242262 | ENHANCED OPTICAL AND PERCEPTUAL DIGITAL EYEWEAR - Improved wearable optics is disclosed. The wearable optics comprises a frame member and a lens. The wearable optics also includes circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the wearable optics. A system and method in accordance with the present invention is directed to a variety of ways to enhance the use of eyeglasses. They are: (1) media focals, that is, utilizing the wearable optics for its intended purpose and enhancing that use by using imaging techniques to improve the vision of the user; (2) telecommunications enhancements that allow the eyeglasses to be integrated with telecommunication devices such as cell phones or the like; and (3) entertainment enhancements that allow the wearable optics to be integrated with devices such as MP3 players, radios, or the like. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242263 | CINEMA STRUCTURE AND A METHOD FOR FACILITATING PROJECTING AND VIEWING A MOTION PICTURE - A cinema structure ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242264 | LIGHTING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A lighting optical includes a first light source for emitting first and second color lights and, and a second light source for emitting a third color light. The first light source includes a semiconductor laser element that emits a linearly polarized laser beam, an excitation light generation unit for spatially and temporally separating the laser beam from semiconductor laser element to generate first and second excitation lights and, a first phosphor that emits a first color light by first excitation light, and a second phosphor that emits a second color light by second excitation light. The excitation light generation unit includes a liquid crystal element that converts the incident laser beam into two lights orthogonal to each other in polarization direction, and a light space separation unit for spatially separating the two lights into first and second excitation lights and according to the difference between the two lights in polarization direction. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242265 | OPTICAL MODULE AND SCANNING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - In an optical module that aligns light beams from lasers of the three colors of red, green, and blue along a single combined beam optical axis, when the ambient temperature range is wider than the guaranteed operating range of the lasers, relative positional displacements of beam spots of the three colors that are generated due to a displacement or a deformation resulting from a temperature range at a heating time or a cooling time are suppressed. The optical module, which has mounted thereon a plurality of lasers, and emits light beams from the plurality of lasers, includes a cooling device that cools the entire optical module via a case on which the optical module is mounted, and heating devices that are provided on respective laser holders and individually heat the respective lasers. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242266 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND CONTROL METHOD OF PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes a time-sharing light emitting device, a display device, a projection optical system, an illuminance sensor and a lighting determination unit. The time-sharing light emitting device successively emits color lights one by one. The display device modulates the color lights to form an image. The projection optical system projects the image. The illuminance sensor converts illuminance of the color lights into an electric signal which is an output of the illuminance sensor. The lighting determination unit compares the output with a first threshold value, and operates the time-sharing light emitting device in response to the output being more than the first threshold value, and stops the time-sharing light emitting device in response to the output being equal to or less than the first threshold value. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242267 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND PROJECTOR - A light source unit includes an excitation light source, a plurality of light sources at least one of which emits a light ray in a wavelength band different from that of the excitation light source, a plurality of collimator lenses which make light rays from the light sources into parallel ones, a luminous light emitting device which receives the light ray from the excitation light source to emit a luminous light ray, a microlens array which diffuses the light rays from the light sources to a predetermined range and distributes the luminance thereof uniformly within the predetermined range and a collective lens which collects the light rays from the light sources which are emitted from the microlens array, and the light sources are disposed so that the light rays from the plurality of light sources intersect the light ray from the excitation light source at right angles. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242268 | LIGHTING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A lighting optical system includes a first light source for emitting first color light and second color light, and a second light source for emitting third color light. The first light source includes a semiconductor laser element that emits a linearly polarized laser beam, an excitation light generation unit for spatially and temporally separating the laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser element to generate first excitation light and second excitation light, the excitation light generation unit including an active diffraction element that transmits the incident laser beam in two different directions to separate it into the first excitation light and the second excitation light having an output direction different from that of the first excitation light, a first phosphor that is excited by the first excitation light to emit first color light, and a second phosphor that is excited by the second excitation light to emit second color light. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242269 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus for projecting an image on a projection plane includes a light source; a light source housing to encase the light source; a ventilation unit to send air to the light source; and a flow path set between the light source housing and a side face of the image projection apparatus. A part of the air sent to the light source, by using the ventilation unit, is flowed into the flow path. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242270 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus includes a light source; an intake port to take in low-temperature air into the image projection apparatus; an exhaust port to exhaust air from the image projection apparatus; a ventilation unit to generate an air flow from the intake port to the exhaust port; a first flow path for hot-air exhaust having increased its temperature by taking heat from the light source; a second flow path for a part of the low-temperature air, taken from the intake port; and a mixing unit to mix the hot-air exhaust flowing from the first flow path and the low-temperature air flowing from the second flow path. The air mixed and exhausted from the mixing unit converges with another part of the low-temperature air, flowing from a third flow path set outside the mixing unit, at a space between the mixing unit and the exhaust port. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242271 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes, in a case, a flow path forming member for forming a flow path through which cooling air circulates, an image forming element disposed in the flow path, a fan disposed in the flow path, a cooling element for cooling the cooling air via flow path forming member, a temperature detection element for detecting the surface temperature of flow path forming member, a temperature detection element for detecting the temperature of a space in the case, and a control unit for controlling the cooling element based on the detection results of the temperature detection elements. The control unit controls the cooling element so that the inputs from the two temperature detection elements can be identical. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242272 | PROJECTOR APPARATUS - In an illumination optical system for a DMD type projector, the TIR prism is configured such that a projection line, which is a normal to the total reflection surface vertically projected on the DMD surface, forms an angle other than 90° with a micromirror turning axis, an exit light projection line, which is a principal ray of light beam exits from the total reflection surface vertically projected on the DMD surface, forms an angle of 90° with the micromirror turning axis, and an incident light projection line, which is a principal ray of light beam incident on the total reflection surface vertically projected on the DMD surface, is located on the same side as the exit light projection line with respect to a straight line passing through an end point of the incident light projection line and extending parallel to a long side of the DMD. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242273 | LIGHTING APPARATUS FOR GENERATING LIGHT - The invention relates to a lighting apparatus for generating light. A primary light generator generates primary light ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242274 | PROJECTION SYSTEM - A projection system having a first tilting mirror matrix, a second tilting mirror matrix, and an imaging lens, which projects the first tilting mirror matrix onto the second tilting mirror matrix, wherein each tilting mirror matrix has multiple tilting mirrors, the tilting axes of which are positioned in a modulator surface plane. The imaging lens includes a first lens and an imaging mirror, and the imaging mirror forms an aperture stop of the imaging lens, wherein the aperture diaphragm includes an angle of other than 90° with the normal of the modulator surface of the first tilting mirror matrix without taking into account any optical path folds. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242275 | OPTICAL MEMS SCANNING MICRO-MIRROR WITH SPECKLE REDUCTION - Optical MEMS scanning micro-mirror comprising:—a movable scanning micro-mirror ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242276 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATES USING UV-LED IRRADIATION - A method for producing flexographic printing plates, using a photopolymerizable flexographic printing element having, arranged one atop another, a dimensionally stable support, a photopolymerizable, relief-forming layer, an elastomeric binder, an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and a photoinitiator, and optionally a rough, UV-transparent layer, a particulate substance, and digitally imagable layer. The method includes: (a) producing a mask by imaging the digitally imagable layer, (b) exposing the photopolymerizable, relief-forming layer through the mask with actinic light, and photopolymerizing the image regions of the layer, and (c) developing the photpolymerized layer by washing out the unphotopolymerized regions of the relief-forming layer with an organic solvent, or by thermal development. Step (b) includes (1) exposure with actinic light with an intensity of ≧100 mW/cm2 from a plurality of UV-LEDs and (2) exposure with actinic light with an intensity of <100 mW/cm2 from a UV radiation source other than UV-LEDs. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242277 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PATTERNING DEVICE IN A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A system for controlling a patterning device in a lithographic apparatus using a patterning device having individually controllable elements that may only be set to two states. The method includes converting a representation of a pattern to be formed on the substrate into a plurality of area intensity signals, each corresponding to a radiation intensity level required to be set in a respective area of the patterning device in order to provide the desired pattern on the substrate and a separate step of converting each of the area intensity signals into control signals for a plurality of individually controllable elements that each correspond to the area of the patterning device. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242278 | Projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus designed forEUV and a method of optically adjusting a projection objective - The invention concerns a projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus designed for EUV, for imaging an object plane illuminated in operation of the projection exposure apparatus into an image plane, wherein the projection objective has at least one mirror segment arrangement ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242279 | CATADIOPTRIC PROJECTION OBJECTIVE - Catadioptric projection objective ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242280 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination optical apparatus and projection exposure apparatus capable of reducing a light quantity loss when a mask is illuminated with a polarized illumination light. An illumination optical system for illuminating a reticle with an illumination light and a projection optical system for projecting the pattern image of the reticle onto a wafer are provided. An illumination light emitted from an exposure light source in a linearly polarized state in the illumination optical system passes through first and second birefringent members having different fast axis directions and is converted into a polarized state that is substantially linearly polarized in a circumferential direction with the optical axis as the center in an almost specific annular area, and them illuminates the reticle under an annular illuminating condition after passing through a fly-eye lens. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242281 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus includes a pattern generator with light switches arrayed on a plane parallel to a surface of an object to be exposed. Each of the light switches has a switching element that is a rectangular pillar of an electro-optic crystal, and a pair of polarizers arranged on respective sides in the long axis direction of the switching element. The exposure apparatus drives the light switches individually to generate an exposure pattern having a certain bright and dark form and irradiate the object to be exposed with the pattern. Furthermore, the exposure apparatus has a plurality of microlenses provided on the light-output side of the pattern generator so that the optical axes of the microlenses are aligned to the longitudinal center axes of the switching elements, so as to project images of light-output ends of the switching elements at reduced size onto the object to be exposed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242282 | POSITION MANIPULATOR FOR AN OPTICAL COMPONENT - A device for adjustably positioning an optical component includes a holding unit, which is which at least partly composed of a magnetostrictive material, and a mechanism for generating a magnetic field having a predetermined directional and amplitude distribution in the region of the holding unit. The holding unit has, in a predefined direction, an expansion which can be varied by a specific absolute value by the effect of the magnetic field. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242283 | PERSONAL LADAR SENSOR - A lightweight, low volume, inexpensive LADAR sensor incorporating 3-D focal plane arrays is adapted specifically for personal electronic appliances. The present invention generates, at high speed, 3-D image maps and object data at short to medium ranges. The techniques and structures described may be used to extend the range of long range systems as well, though the focus is on compact, short to medium range ladar sensors suitable for use in personal electronic devices. 3-D focal plane arrays are used in a variety of physical configurations to provide useful new capabilities to a variety of personal electronic appliances. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242284 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF FUSING RADAR/CAMERA OBJECT DATA AND LiDAR SCAN POINTS - A system and method for fusing the outputs from multiple LiDAR sensors on a vehicle that includes cueing the fusion process in response to an object being detected by a radar sensor and/or a vision system. The method includes providing object files for objects detected by the LiDAR sensors at a previous sample time, where the object files identify the position, orientation and velocity of the detected objects. The method projects object models in the object files from the previous sample time to provide predicted object models. The method also includes receiving a plurality of scan returns from objects detected in the field-of-view of the sensors at a current sample time and constructing a point cloud from the scan returns. The method then segments the scan points in the point cloud into predicted scan clusters, where each cluster identifies an object detected by the sensors. | 2013-09-19 |