39th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130250168 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR EXPOSURE CONTROL OF AN IMAGING DEVICE USING FLASH LAMP PULSES - A system including a flash lamp configured to operate at least at a single pulse duration which is less than a shutter speed of an imaging device and a flash lamp pulse count controller configured to operate the flash lamp at a number of successive pulses as set by the count controller. The number of successive pulses is determined by an image exposure level taken by the imaging device with a shutter of the imaging device continuously opened as the flash lamp produces the number of successive pulses. A method is disclosed. A non-transitory processor readable storage medium, providing an executable computer program product, the executable computer program product comprising a computer software code that, when executed by a processor, causes the process to perform certain functions is also disclosed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250169 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a housing forming an exterior appearance of the camera module, a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with an image sensor where one end of which is fixed to the housing and the other end is exposed to an outside to be connected to other parts, a lens holder including at least one or more pieces of lenses and so arranged as to be spaced apart from the image sensor at a predetermined distance, and at least two actuators mounted at areas other than an image sensor-mounted area of the PCB, wherein a position of the image sensor is controlled in response to strains of the actuators. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250170 | CAMERA MODULE - The present invention relates to a camera module, the module including: a PCB; an image sensor mounted on the PCB and formed with an image pickup device; a base mounted on the PCB and including a plated portion formed at a lower center with an opening mounted with an IR filter; a lower spring plate formed with a conductive material; a spacer arranged on an upper surface of the lower spring plate and forming a staircase structure by a rib wrapping a periphery of the lower spring plate to supportively apply a pressure to the lower spring plate; a lens actuator including a bobbin, and a yoke; an upper spring plate coupled to an upper surface of the lens actuator; and a cover arranged on an upper surface of the upper spring plate. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250171 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERRUPTING HDMI CEC BROADCAST MESSAGES - A method and means for selectively interrupting HDMI CEC broadcast messages include the electrical connection of the connectors of a male HDMI connector with respective connections of a female HDMI connector to form a pass through connector with the exception of a CEC line, which is disconnected. The method and means are such that the CEC line can be controllably connected and disconnected via, for example, a controllable circuit board. The circuit board can be programmed to block selected CEC commands by controllably connecting and disconnecting a respective CEC line in response to a CEC command. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250172 | DATA DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD CAPABLE OF AOVIDING DATA ERROR FROM INCORRECT SAMPLING POINTS - Data decoding devices avoiding data error from incorrect sampling points caused by serious interference are disclosed. The data decoding devices receive an analog signal carrying a reference clock and at least one digital data. In the data decoding device, a slicer generates a sampling clock with a frequency N times that of the reference clock, to slice the analog signal according to the sampling clock, thereby obtaining a first bitstream. A data check unit, divides the first bitstream into at least second and third bitstreams, evaluating whether the second bitstream is erroneous according to an error checking code thereof, outputting the second bitstream if it is error-free, and evaluating whether the third bitstream is erroneous according to the error checking code if the second bitstream is erroneous. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250173 | NON-CLOSED CAPTION DATA TRANSPORT IN STANDARD CAPTION SERVICE - Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for providing and/or processing non-closed caption data. The reception apparatus includes a receiver, a parser, and a processor. The receiver receives closed caption service data. The closed caption service data includes closed caption data within a first service block having a service number in the range of 1-6, and non-closed caption data within a second service block having a different service number in the range of 1-6. The closed caption data includes closed caption text. The parser parses the non-closed caption data within the second service block having the different service number in the range of 1-6. The processor performs a function based on the parsed non-closed caption data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250174 | REPEATER - A repeater is to be provided between a source device and a sink device and be used in a Lip-sync correction system that transmits a video signal and an audio signal from the source device to the sink device through a HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) transmission path and reproduces the video signal and the audio signal in synchronous with them on the sink device. A communication from the source device to the sink device is defined as a downstream communication, and a communication from the sink device to the source device is defined as a upstream communication. The repeater includes a processor that receives the video signal and the audio signal through the upstream communication and the downstream communication and processes the received video signal and the received audio signal. The processor corrects deviation between the video signal and the audio signal. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250175 | System, Method and Apparatus for Responding to Device Attachment - A television with at least one connection, either wired or wireless. Detection of an active device connected to the connection results in proper software and hardware configuration of the television to properly communicate with the device and provide, for example, proper user interface support and access to the device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250176 | NOISE REDUCER - In a noise reducer, a first subtractor | 2013-09-26 |
20130250177 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TENTATIVELY DISPLAYING PROJECTION IMAGE, SCREENING FILM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, PROJECTION IMAGE PROJECTING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MOVIE SYSTEM - Using a lookup table for obtaining a tentative-display image having colors that agree with colors of a projection image when a screening film, which is produced based on image data produced by measuring a shading pattern of a projector used to screen the screening film onto a screen and editing an input image, is projected onto the screen, color-correction image data for tentatively displaying the projection image are produced from image data, while image data are produced by providing color-correction image data with the shading pattern and, for verifying a showing of the projection image to be projected, the projection image is tentatively displayed as the tentative-display image based on the shading-provided image data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250178 | PHASE MOTION DETECTOR FOR BASEBAND YC SEPARATION - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for a motion detection system for video signal processing that includes a luminance motion detector, a chroma motion detector, and a smoothness detector. These systems and methods may also include a phase motion detector, a baseband YC separation circuitry for video signal processing, a chip for video signal processing, and a video signal processing system used in an electronic article. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250179 | MANAGING COMPRESSED AND UNCOMPRESSED VIDEO STREAMS OVER AN ASYMMETRIC NETWORK - An asymmetric link configured to operate conflicting video source devices. The asymmetric link transmits, over a first direction, a first uncompressed video stream from a first source device to a first sink device. A switch coupled to the asymmetric link receives a request to transmit a second uncompressed video stream from a second source device to a second sink device over the opposite direction of the asymmetric link. The switch locates an accessible rendering device able to receive compressed video from the second source device and to transmit a third uncompressed video stream to the second sink device without flipping the first direction of the asymmetric link. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250180 | HDMI SIGNAL DISTRIBUTOR - An HDMI signal distributor includes a distributing unit, an HDMI source port, multiple HDMI objective ports and a detector. The distributing unit includes an input port, multiple output ports and multiple control pins. The HDMI source port is connected to the distributing unit and includes a DDC pin set and multiple data pins. The multiple HDMI objective ports are connected to the distributing unit and each HDMI objective port includes a DDC pin set and multiple data pins. The detector is connected to the distributing unit, the HDMI source port and the multiple HDMI objective ports. The detector includes multiple duplex-connecting ports, multiple control pins and an EDID determining module. The EDID determining module compares an EDID signal from each HDMI objective port with an EDID signal from the HDMI source port to send suitable signals to the HDMI objective ports. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250181 | METHOD FOR FACE REGISTRATION - A user interface automatically retrieves the preference of a user when a user interacts with a system by detecting his/her image and matching the user image database. The image database stores the physical features of users of a system, which can differentiate between the users of the system. A user registration method transparently registers user into the image database through clustering using learned distance metric from user images. A method of learning a distance metric identifies pair-wise constraints from data points and maximizes the margin between the distances of a first set of pairs and a second set of pairs, which can be further solved via semi-positive definite programming. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250182 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE TERMINAL TO CONTROL DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVING TERMINAL - A method for a mobile terminal to control a digital television receiving terminal includes that: the mobile terminal provides a first remote control interface; the mobile terminal sends a selection instruction to the digital television receiving terminal, wherein the selection instruction instructs the service which a user selects on the first remote control interface; and the mobile terminal switches to a second remote control interface corresponding to the service which the user selects on the first remote control interface. A terminal includes a sending module for sending the selection instruction to the digital television receiving terminal, wherein the selection instruction instruct the service which the user selects on the first remote control interface; and a switching module for switching to the second remote control interface corresponding to the service which the user selects on the first remote control interface. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250183 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEPTION DEVICE - Disclosed is an edge-light type illumination device that saves space while increasing the heat dissipation efficiency of heat emitted from a light source. The disclosed illumination device is provided with: a light source ( | 2013-09-26 |
20130250184 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A DISTRIBUTED MANIFESTATION IN AN ENVIRONMENT - The present invention concerns a projection system for providing a distributed manifestation within an environment. The projection system includes a data generator for generating a plurality of data sets of associated state data and spatial coordinate data. The projection system also includes a projector in communication with the data generator for receiving the data sets. The projector is provided with a signal generating module for generating a plurality of electromagnetic signals, and a projecting module for projecting each of the electromagnetic signals towards a target location within the environment. The projection system also includes a plurality of receiving units distributed within the environment, each receiving unit having a receiver for receiving one of the electromagnetic signals when the receiving unit is positioned in the corresponding target location, each receiving unit being adapted to perform a change of state in response to the state data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250185 | Head Mounted Display - A head mounted display system comprising a hollow support structure having an opening for insertion of a user head has a forward faceplate integrated with a front of the hollow support structure and a light projection device connected to the hollow support structure such that the light projection device displays an image on the forward faceplate when activated. There is a circuit device attached to the hollow support structure and in communication with the light projection device. An audio device is also attached and it is also is in with a circuit device. The forward faceplate is a matte screen or a shutter device that responds to electric signals to present a holographic type floating image when the shutter opens and a solid image when closed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250186 | APPARATUS FOR AN AIRCRAFT COCKPIT DISPLAY - An aircraft cockpit display includes among other things an LCD panel having a liquid crystal matrix, and backlight assembly for illuminating the liquid crystal matrix. The remainder of the display allows for single point failures within the architecture that impact only a portion of the primary display functions of the LCD panel. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250187 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An object of the present invention is to obtain a display device having excellent display quality by appropriately modifying the chromaticity of images. In this display device, a correction processing part (CPU | 2013-09-26 |
20130250188 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, liquid crystal optical apparatus includes a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, first electrodes extending in a first direction, a first sub electrode, and a second sub electrode. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and an opposing electrode. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units and. The first substrate unit including at least one selected from: a first distance between the one electrode of the first electrodes and the first sub electrode longer than a second distance between the other electrode of the first electrodes and the second sub electrode; and a first width of the first sub electrode narrower than a second width of the second sub electrode. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250189 | DISPLAY ROOM MIRROR - Provided is a display room mirror which is configured such that a display module, which includes: one or more light emitting units formed on a printed circuit board; a resin layer is formed on the light emitting units so that the light emitting units are embedded in the resin layer; a liquid crystal panel formed on the resin layer, is disposed on a rear surface the room mirror, thereby reducing an entire thickness and improving a degree of freedom in design. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250190 | BACK LIGHT UNIT INTEGRATED DIGITIZER - Disclosed herein is a back light unit integrated digitizer. The back light unit integrated digitizer includes a cover disposed on one surface of the back light unit to protect the back light unit; and a loop coil formed on the cover, wherein the loop coil is directly formed on the cover of the back light unit to integrally form the digitizer in the back light unit, thereby reducing the overall thickness to implement slimness and saving manufacturing costs to secure price competitiveness. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250191 | ELECTRO-ACTIVE OPTHALMIC LENS HAVING AN OPTICAL POWER BLENDING REGION - A spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens provides a vision correcting area for The correction of a wearer's refractive error. The viewing correction area provides Correction for non-conventional refractive error to provide at least a part of the Wearer's vision correction. The lens has a prescription based on a wave front analysis Of the wearer's eye and the lens can further be modified to fit within an eyeglass frame. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250192 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICES - In an embodiment of the invention, a 3D display device is provided. The 3D display device includes: a backlight system with a reflector disposed thereunder; a reflective barrier disposed above the backlight system; and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel disposed above the backlight system. The 3D display device includes fixed-barrier-type 3D display devices and switchable-barrier-type 3D display devices. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250193 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel for displaying an image. The display device further includes a lens configured to refract at least a portion of a collimated light having a center ray, a first outermost ray, a second outermost ray, a first plurality of rays between the first outermost ray and the center ray, and a second plurality of rays between the second outermost ray and the center ray. The lens may concentrate the first plurality of rays such that a first position on the display panel has a first light intensity. The lens may concentrate the second plurality of rays such that a second position on the display panel has a second light intensity. Each of the first light intensity and the second light intensity is substantially greater than a center light intensity on the display panel corresponding to at least the center ray. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250194 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - An autostereoscopic display apparatus is provided. The autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a liquid-crystal panel and a barrier cell. The barrier cell includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid-crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first electrode. The second substrate includes a second electrode and a third electrode, wherein the second and third electrodes are separated from each other. The liquid-crystal layer is disposed between the first and second substrates. A black region between the first and third electrodes is formed when a first voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes and a second voltage is applied to the third electrode. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250195 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device which includes a display unit having a plurality of pixels and an optical device, in which the optical device is provided with a first substrate, a second substrate, and a structure for securing a predetermined gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, the pixels are configured by a plurality of sub-pixels of which colors are different, and are aligned in a first direction, and a gap at which the structure is arranged in the first direction is different from a gap at which the pixels are arranged. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250196 | 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. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250197 | CALIBRATION OF TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE - A tunable liquid crystal optical device is described. The optical device has an electrode arrangement associated with a liquid crystal cell and includes a hole patterned electrode, wherein control of the liquid crystal cell depends on electrical characteristics of liquid crystal optical device layers. The optical device further has a circuit for measuring said electrical characteristics of the liquid crystal optical device layers, and a drive signal circuit having at least one parameter adjusted as a function of the measured electrical characteristics. The drive signal circuit generates a control signal for the electrode arrangement. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250198 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes: a plurality of pixels that are arranged in rows and columns so as to form a matrix pattern; and TFTs (TFT-A, TFT-B and TFT-C), source bus lines, gate bus lines and CS bus lines (CS-A and CS-B), which are associated with the respective pixels. Each pixel includes at least three subpixels (SP-A, SP-B and SP-C) with liquid crystal capacitors that are able to retain mutually different voltages. By supplying a signal (CS-A or CS-B) that makes two of the at least three subpixels display mutually different luminances at least at a certain grayscale tone from the source, gate and CS bus lines to each pixel, the at least three subpixels are able to display mutually different luminances. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250199 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including: plural pixels disposed in a matrix shape, each pixel having insulating wall-shaped structures at the boundaries of the pixels and a small wall-shaped structure between the wall-shaped structures; wall electrodes, each having wall-shaped electrodes formed on the side faces of the wall-shaped structures, and planar electrodes that are connected to the wall-shaped electrodes and extend in the planar direction; electrodes, each having a TFT-side electrode covering the small wall-shaped structure and a storage capacitor electrode that is connected to the TFT-side electrode and extends in the planar direction of the substrate; and interlayer insulating films formed between the storage capacitor electrodes and the planar electrodes. And the interlayer insulating films of inorganic films are not formed on the upper and side faces and at the base portions of the wall-shaped structures at the boundaries of the pixels. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250200 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An array substrate | 2013-09-26 |
20130250201 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - To prevent an electrostatic damage on a display device formed with a driving circuit. Protective circuits are provided not only at input terminal parts, but also at intermediate parts of a circuit or at the ends of wiring lines. Otherwise, the protective circuits are provided at the ends of the wiring lines and at the places immediately before and after the input terminals, respectively, and then the circuit is interposed therebetween. Further, the protective circuits are provided around a circuit with a large current consumption. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250202 | Electronic Device with Inverted Liquid Crystal Display - An electronic device may have a liquid crystal display with backlight structures. The backlight structures may produce backlight that passes through an array of display pixels. The display pixels may include electrode structures and thin-film transistor structures for controlling electric fields in a layer of liquid crystal material. The liquid crystal material may be formed between an outer display layer and an inner display layer. The inner display layer may be interposed between the backlight structures and the liquid crystal material. Thin-film transistor structures, electrodes, and conductive interconnection lines may be deposited in a layer on the inner surface of the outer display layer. A layer of color filter elements may be used to provide the display with color pixels. The color filter elements may be formed on top of the thin-film transistor layer or on a separate color filter array substrate such as the inner display layer. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250203 | BACKLIGHT MODULE STRUCTURE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The backlight module structure includes a front frame and a back cover cooperating with each other, and a middle frame and a light guide plate being disposed between the front frame and the back cover. The middle frame is made of an elastic material and the light guide plate is engaged with the middle frame. The liquid crystal display device includes the backlight module structure. The backlight module structure and the liquid crystal display device can reduce manufacturing costs and enhance dependability. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250204 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device includes a display section in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a matrix, a plurality of scan lines which select pixels, a plurality of signal lines which supply image signals to the selected pixels, and color filters that are arranged so as to correspond to color displays of the pixels. In the device, the display section includes an effective pixel portion and a frame portion that surrounds the effective pixel portion, and the frame portion and a wiring circuit of the effective pixel portion are covered with light-shielding layers, the light-shielding layers being separated from each other at a certain separation location in the display section, and a plurality of color filters having different colors are arranged by being stacked at the separation location. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250205 | Portable Device Having Display Unit - A metal structure that holds a display unit, as the main structure, and a casing structure that is integrally molded from resin onto the metal structure. The metal structure is resilient against flexural loads, torsional loads, and other deformations from the exterior upon the display unit composed of thin plate glass, because the member that protects the display unit is in a box shape. The display unit itself can be protected from damage even if rigidity is reduced because of a thinner profile. The metal structure is manufactured by thin plate pressing and sufficient strength can be maintained even if the thickness is low. Furthermore, the metal structure is configured as a frame part of the entire casing, the rigidity of the entire device can therefore be maintained by using this structure, and the mounting board and functional components other than the display unit can also be protected. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250206 | Liquid Crystal Display Supporting Module and Liquid Crystal Displaying Monitor - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display module comprises a plastic middle frame having a front wall located at a displaying plane, and a sidewall located at a sidewall of the displaying plane. A driving chip is securely disposed on external surface of the sidewall of the middle frame. A metallic shield is securely disposed distant to the external surface of the sidewall of the middle frame to shield the driving chip from EMI. The present invention further discloses a liquid crystal display monitor. By the provision of a metallic shield, the driving chip can be prevented from being affected by EMI. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250207 | FREEFORM-PRISM EYEPIECE WITH ILLUMINATION WAVEGUIDE - An imaging panel includes a light source, a reflective image-forming array, and a freeform-prism eyepiece. The light source includes a light emitter and a waveguide having a grating. The waveguide is configured to confine the light from the light emitter and to release the light through the grating. The reflective image-forming array is configured to form a display image using light from the light source and to reflect the display image back through the waveguide. The freeform-prism eyepiece configured to receive the display image and to present the display image for viewing, together with an external image transmitted through the eyepiece. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250208 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A display panel and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first active device layer, an organic light emitting layer, and an evaporation layer. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The first active device layer is disposed on the first substrate. The organic light emitting layer is disposed on the first active device layer and electrically connected to the first active device layer. The evaporation layer covers a side of the organic light emitting layer away from the first active device layer. A material of the evaporation layer includes a metal element. The evaporation layer has an oxidation surface away from the organic light emitting layer and a metal surface adjacent to the organic light emitting layer. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250209 | High Color Expression Display Device and Method for Adjusting Displayed Color - A high color expression display device and a method for adjusting the displayed color are provided. The display device includes a backlight source, a transmittance adjusting layer, and a display panel for receiving light from the backlight source. The display panel has a color filter disposed above the backlight source. A CIE standard illuminant C test result of the color filter falls into a predetermined scope. In a transmittance spectrum of the transmittance adjusting layer, an average transmittance at wavelength shorter than 495 nm is smaller than that at wavelength greater than 570 nm. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250210 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display having the same are provided. The backlight assembly includes a plurality of LED packages mounted on a substrate, and a lens unit that seals the LED packages. The lens unit includes a plurality of convex lenses arranged to partially overlap with each other or arranged proximate to each other. Light emitted from LED units in the LED packages is diffused by the interface between the lens unit and another material, such as air, to provide light incident on a light guide plate. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250211 | COLOR REGULATING DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATION AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF REGULATING COLOR - There is provided a color-regulating device for illumination. The color-regulating device includes a light-valving structure for adjusting a flux ratio of outgoing light through the light-valving structure to incident light entering the light-valving structure, and a color-adjusting structure having a wavelength-band converting element for changing incident light with a wavelength band into outgoing light with a different wavelength band through the element. Wherein, the light-valving structure and the color-adjusting structure do not overlap on the traveling path of the light emitted from the light source. Mixing the outgoing light of the light source passing through the light-valving structure with the outgoing light of the light source passing through and at least a portion thereof converted by the color-adjusting structure with a different wavelength band yields a color-adjusted light of different color temperature from that of the light source. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250212 | Direct-Light Backlight Module and Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides a direct-light backlight module and a liquid crystal display device. The direct-light backlight module includes at least two light sources; a diffuser place, disposed above the light sources; a reflection plate, disposed beneath the light sources; and an optical film, disposed on top of diffuser plate, further including a plurality of via holes disposed at corresponding areas on the optical film between two neighboring light sources; and further including a liquid crystal panel, disposed on top of the optical film. Through this manner, the present invention can realize the thin design of liquid crystal display device, with the luminance uniformity of backlight module. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250213 | LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - Provided is an illumination device capable of housing and fixing a plurality of light guide plates inside a chassis. The illumination device has a rectangular box-shaped chassis, a plurality of horizontally long rectangular light guide plates that are housed inside the chassis while arranged side by side on the bottom surface, light sources that emit light to the shorter side end faces of the respective light guide plates such that the light enters the respective light guide plates, and a plurality of support members that clamp the respective light guide plates on the bottom surface of the chassis. Each support member has a holding part that makes contact with upper surfaces of respective light guide plates at the long-side edges, a shank extending from the holding part, and a pair of locking pieces elastically deformable toward and away from each other, the pair of locking pieces being provided at an end of the shank and being inserted and engaged in an attachment hole in the bottom plate. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250214 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, LIGHTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an organic electroluminescent device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an organic light emitting layer and an optical layer. The first electrode has a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface and is light transmissive. The second electrode faces a portion of the first major surface. The organic light emitting layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic light emitting layer and the first electrode are disposed between the optical layer and the second electrode. The optical layer is able to transit between a first state where a traveling direction of light emitted from the organic light emitting layer is changed and a second state having a smaller degree of the change in the traveling direction of the light than the first state. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250215 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - A detection resistor is arranged on a path of an LED string. A controller generates a gate pulse signal having a duty ratio adjusted such that the voltage drop at the detection resistor matches a predetermined reference voltage. Furthermore, the controller receives a dimming control signal which indicates the duty ratio of the burst dimming operation, and generates a corresponding burst dimming pulse. According to the gate pulse signal, the first driver drives an output circuit configured to generate a driving voltage. A second driver switches a path of a driving current between connection and disconnection according to the burst dimming pulse. A duty ratio detection unit controls the frequency of the gate pulse signal according to the duty ratio indicated by the dimming control signal. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250216 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal (LC) display device includes a first substrate having a pixel unit and a second substrate. The pixel unit has a pixel electrode unit including a primary electrode region. A LC layer with chiral dopants is disposed between the first and second substrates. The pixel unit has a first boundary along a horizontal direction of an upper portion of the pixel unit. The first boundary has a first central point. The primary electrode region has a first side along the horizontal direction of an upper portion of the primary electrode region. The first side has a second central point left to the first central point. The primary electrode region has a second side located on the left to the second central point, and a first angle between the first and second sides is larger than 90 degrees or equal to 90 degrees. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250217 | Liquid Crystal Display Panel and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes: disposing a first and a second substrate oppositely, first substrate comprising a color filter (CF) array area and a first non-display area disposed in peripheral of CF array area, first substrate or second substrate coated with radiation curing agent corresponding to first non-display area; using curing radiation to shine on first substrate from a side of first substrate away from second substrate so that incident curing radiation to CF array area absorbed by CF array area, and incident curing radiation to first non-display area curing radiation curing agent to adhere first and second substrates. The present invention effectively solves insufficient curing problem caused by shielding of metal routes in peripheral of thin film transistor array area and reduces manufacture cost of liquid crystal display panel without UV mask. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250218 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which includes a first pixel and a second pixel which are arranged close to each other and are allocated to the same color, and color filters which differ in color tone and are formed on the first pixel and the second pixel, wherein a voltage for driving liquid crystal of the first pixel and a voltage for driving liquid crystal of the second pixel are controlled independently from each other. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250219 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal on silicon display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method includes the following steps. First, a semiconductor substrate having a pixel region with at least one first top metal pattern and a first anti-reflection coating structure substantially disposed thereon and a circuit region with is at least one second top metal pattern and a second anti-reflection coating structure substantially disposed thereon is provided. Moreover, the circuit region surrounds the pixel region. Next, the first anti-reflection coating structure is removed. Afterward, a dielectric layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate and covering the first top metal pattern. Then, a passivation layer is formed on the dielectric layer. After that, a portion of the passivation layer and a portion of the second anti-reflection coating structure thereunder are removed to form an opening exposing a portion of the second top metal pattern. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250220 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor on the substrate; a pixel electrode which is connected to a terminal of the thin film transistor; a microcavity layer on the pixel electrode and including an injection hole through which material is provided to the microcavity layer; a supporting layer on the microcavity layer; and a capping layer on the supporting layer. The capping layer covers the injection hole, and the supporting layer includes silicon oxycarbide (SiOC). | 2013-09-26 |
20130250221 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including an active device array substrate having an active surface, an opposite substrate, a first alignment unit, a second alignment unit, a liquid crystal layer and a sealant is provided. The opposite substrate disposed above the active device array substrate has a light transmissive surface, wherein the active surface and the light transmissive surface face each other. The first alignment unit is disposed on the active device array substrate and located on the active surface. The second alignment unit is disposed on the opposite substrate and located on the light transmissive surface, wherein the first alignment unit aligns with the second alignment unit. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and the second alignment units. The sealant directly connects the active surface and the light transmissive surface, and surrounds peripherals of the liquid crystal layer, the first alignment unit, and the second alignment unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250222 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD, OPTICAL ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A manufacturing method includes providing a structural element that provides a predetermined gap between a first substrate and a second substrate to at least one of the first and second substrates, forming an alignment film on each of the first and second substrates, and subjecting the alignment film formed on each of the first and second substrates to a rubbing process. The structural element is formed after the alignment film is formed and before or after the rubbing process is performed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250223 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical apparatus includes a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, first electrodes, and second electrodes. The first electrodes extend in a first direction. The second electrodes are disposed between the first electrodes. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate, a first opposing electrode, and a second opposing electrode. The second opposing electrode is separated from the first opposing electrode. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. The distance along the second direction between the central axis and a first separating region between the first opposing electrode and the second opposing electrode is longer than a distance between the central axis and the second electrode. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250224 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An array substrate includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Gate lines are formed along rows of the pixels, and data lines are formed along columns of the pixels. A reflection electrode is near an edge of the some of the pixels, and a transmission electrode is near an edge of others of the pixels. As a result, light transmittance of the array substrate and of a liquid crystal display panel using the array substrate is increased. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250225 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The purpose of the present invention is to ensure uniformity among pixels when an electrode for a touch sensor also acts as an electrode for image display at the same time. This display device includes: a circuit substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes ( | 2013-09-26 |
20130250226 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A storage capacitor counter electrode ( | 2013-09-26 |
20130250227 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The width W1 of a groove ( | 2013-09-26 |
20130250228 | LCD Panel, Manufacturing Method Thereof, and LCD Device - The invention provides an LCD panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and an LCD device. The LCD panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate which are oppositely arranged in a mode of one above and one below, and a spacer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein, the spacer comprises a first spacer, and a second spacer; one end of the first spacer is arranged on the first substrate, the second substrate is provided with a groove in the position corresponding to the first spacer, the other end of the first spacer is positioned above the top plane of the groove, and both ends of the second spacer are respectively arranged on the first substrate and the second substrate. Because the groove is designed on the second substrate of the LCD panel, the first spacer is positioned above the groove. When pressure is applied to the LCD panel by external force, the first spacer enters the groove under the action of the external force, the groove limits the first space to horizontally move, thereby avoiding a dark area formed by reducing the thickness of the local area of the LCD panel when the second spacer horizontally moves. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250229 | BIREFRINGENCE PATTERN TRANSFER FOIL - According to the present invention, a birefringence pattern transfer foil, comprising at least one patterned optically anisotropic layer having two or more regions of differing birefringence and at least one adhesive layer on a temporary support, characterized in that a blocking prevention means is provided to the adhesive layer and/or characterized in that the retardation of the adhesive layer is 40 nm or less is provided. The birefringence pattern transfer foil of the present invention has excellent applicability and handling, and can be used on a variety of subjects. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250230 | EYEWEAR - Eyewear having a lens retraction system allows the user to maintain the eyewear on their head without having to move the frames from their ordinary wearing position, yet allows the lenses to be selectively moved from an in use position to a stowed position away from the user's eyes. The retraction mechanism is configured into the side frames of the eyewear and allows the lens assemblies to be slidably or pivotally moved into the stowed position on the side of the wearer's head. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250231 | EYEGLASS EARSTEM WITH ENHANCED PERFORMANCE - An enhanced performance earstem for eyeglasses is provided that can incorporate one or more flex zones or points along the length of the earstem. In some embodiments, the earstem can comprise an elongate body having an anterior end and a posterior end and at least a first segment and a second segment on the body having a first flex zone or point disposed at least partially therebetween. A center of the first flex zone or point can be within a given range from the anterior end. Further, some embodiments can provide differential flexibility along the length of the earstem. For example, the body of the earstem can have plurality of relatively flexible zones, and each flexible zone can be separated from an adjacent flexible zone by a relatively rigid zone. In this regard, the relatively flexible zones can have different stiffnesses. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250232 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVABLY COUPLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO EYEWEAR - This disclosure provides systems and methods for removably coupling an electronic device to eyewear. In one aspect, an eyeglass is provided. The eyeglass includes an eyeglass frame adapted to be carried by a head of a wearer, at least a first lens, and at least a first lens support portion of the eyeglass frame configured to position the at least first lens in a path of a field of view of a wearer. The eyeglass further includes an attachment device that comprises a first connector and a second connector, where the first connector removably couples the attachment device to the eyeglass frame, and an electronic device, where the second connector removably couples the electronic device to the attachment device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250233 | MOISTURE-RESISTANT EYE WEAR - Eyewear including an optical functional member, control electronics, and a sealed electrical connective element connecting the electronics to the optical functional member. The connective element can directly connect the electronics to the optical functional member, or can connect through an intermediate contact, e.g., a plug-and-receptacle. The connective element can be routed from the electronics, around a rimlock of the eyewear to the optical functional member. The connective element can be a conductive compressible member, such as conductive rubber. In some embodiments, the connective element can be a multiconductor cable. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250234 | SILICONE HYDROGEL LENSES WITH WATER-RICH SURFACES - The invention is related to a hydrated silicone hydrogel contact lens having a layered structural configuration: a lower water content silicone hydrogel core (or bulk material) completely covered with a layer of a higher water content hydrogel totally or substantially free of silicone. A hydrated silicone hydrogel contact lens of the invention possesses high oxygen permeability for maintaining the corneal health and a soft, water-rich, lubricious surface for wearing comfort. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250235 | OCULAR LENS - According to embodiments of the present invention, an ocular lens is provided. The ocular lens includes an optical filter configured to change a chromaticity of light impinging on the ocular lens so as to transmit a filtered light to an eye of a viewer, wherein the filtered light comprises a first light having a first peak wavelength in a range of between about 460 nm and about 490 nm and a second peak wavelength in a range of between about 490 nm and about 550 nm. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250236 | GAZE-FIXATION AIDING AND IMAGE FOCUSING DEVICE - A gaze-fixation aiding and image focusing device for a fundus camera includes an illuminating system for projecting an examination light to illuminate an examinee's fundus; an aging system for receiving a fundus image and light reflected from the examinee's eye and forming images of the reflected light and the fundus on a display; a focusing device having a split image screen located in the illuminating system to work with an adjusting means located in the imaging system for split image focusing; and a gaze fixation device having a gaze fixation surface formed in the illuminating system and a plurality of fixation points provided on the gaze fixation surface to form a contrast with the examination light. With these arrangements, the fundus camera can have largely simplified optical path structure, and the fixation points are independently controllable to light for the examinee to gaze into particular directions. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250237 | OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A method for obtaining a tomographic image of a fundus by optical coherence tomography includes the steps of setting a line, based on which the fundus tomographic image is to be obtained, on a first front image of the fundus, the first front image being a still image, establishing a positional correspondence between a second front image of the fundus and the first front image by matching the first and second front images, specifying a line on the second front image based on positional information on the line set on the first front image, and the established positional correspondence, and obtaining the fundus tomographic image that corresponds to the lines on the first and second front images by scanning measurement light with the use of an optical scanner provided to an interference optical system. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250238 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Tomographic images of a plurality of planes at a disease site of a fundus are taken exactly within a short period of time, and the tomographic images are respectively displayed so that the positional relationship thereof becomes clear. A low coherent optical tomographic image sensing apparatus for imaging a fundus includes a sensing unit which takes tomographic images of a plurality of planes intersecting each other in time division, a display unit which displays the taken tomographic images at separate sites on the identical screen, and a position indication unit which displays, in each tomographic image, an intersection position of the tomographic image and another tomographic image intersecting one another. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250239 | Lens Capsule Size Estimation - Methods of estimating the size of an ocular lens capsule. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250240 | ADAPTIVE OPTICS OPHTHALMIC IMAGER WITHOUT WAVEFRONT SENSOR OR WAVEFRONT CORRECTOR - The invention utilizes a digital holographic adaptive optics (DHAO) system to replace hardware components in a conventional AO system with numerical processing for wavefront measurement and compensation of aberration by the principles of digital holography. Wavefront sensing and correction by DHAO have almost the full resolution of a CCD camera. The approach is inherently faster than conventional AO because it does not involve feedback and iteration, and the dynamic range of deformation measurement is essentially unlimited. The new aberration correction system can be incorporated into a conventional fundus camera with minor modification and achieve high resolution imaging of a retinal cone mosaic. It can generate profiles of the retinal vasculature and measure blood flow. It can also provide real-time profiles of ocular aberration during refractive (Lasik) surgery and generate three-dimensional maps of intraocular debris. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250241 | VARIABLE RESOLUTION OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - The invention relates generally to optical tomographic imaging and in particular to systems and methods for adapting the resolution of imaging. One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for optical coherence tomography imaging, characterized by its ability to vary the axial resolution and scanning speed during imaging. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250242 | FUNDUS CAMERA - An apparatus and method of providing an ophthalmic image is presented. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, an illumination path with a focus index optical assembly and a first diopter compensator is provided and an imaging path with a sensor and a second diopter compensator is provided. The first diopter compensator and the second diopter compensator can be adjusted to provide focus according to a focus index from the focus index optical assembly. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250243 | RETINAL IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING POSITION-SENSITIVE OPTICAL TRACKING SENSOR - A retinal imaging device is provided comprising an optical stage, one or more illumination sources, an optical system, a position-sensitive optical tracking sensor, a retinal image sensor, and a tracking controller. The illumination sources are configured to direct an illumination beam onto a cornea of an eye under examination where the illumination beam undergoes both specular and diffuse reflection. The position-sensitive optical tracking sensor comprises a non-image forming sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of the relative positioning of relatively low and high intensity portions of an optical signal incident on the sensor, in at least two dimensions. The optical system is configured to direct diffuse reflections from a cornea of an eye under examination to an input face of the position-sensitive optical tracking sensor and the tracking controller is configured to utilize an intensity distribution signal from the position-sensitive optical tracking sensor to control an optical alignment function of the optical stage, relative to a cornea of an eye under examination. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250244 | Device to Measure Pupillary Light Reflex In Infants and Toddlers - The present disclosure provides a pupillary light reflex (PLR) system, wherein the PLR system includes a remote tracking and imaging system that is structured and operable to generate and acquire high resolution pupil stimulus and response data from a test subject while the test subject is moving and is disposed a distance from remote tracking and imaging system that is greater than or equal to one-third of a meter. The PLR system additionally includes a computer based system controller that is structure and operable to execute PLR software to control the operation of the remote tracking and imaging system and compute PLR information based on the pupil stimulus and response data acquired as the test subject is moving. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250245 | Method and System for Simulating/Emulating Vision Via Intraocular Devices or Lenses prior to Surgery - A method and system for simulating/emulating vision using intraocular devices or lenses prior to surgery, preferably using multifocal and monofocal intraocular lenses. The invention allows the patient, prior to surgery, to compare the differences in the perception of an image as seen with the intraocular lens and with normal vision, determining which type of lens the patient prefers, and in turn allows the ophthalmologist to measure which provides the better visual performance. The invention comprises a system containing the intraocular lens, called an artificial eye, a lens for transporting the image from the intraocular lens and eliminating the blur introduced by the artificial eye, and at least one telescope or optometer which transports the intermediate image from the intraocular lens onto the patient's pupil. In this manner, the patient is shown how he/she would see after surgery with each type of lens proposed by the ophthalmologist. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250246 | DIRECTIONAL ILLUSIONS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to means for creating a visual illusion of directional movement. In various embodiments, methods for using the directional illusion are provided, such as, for the measurement and/or assessment of visual performance and/or acuity, for evaluating visual performance in various settings, enhancing advertising and marketing by drawing attention to a desired symbol, or enhancing images. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250247 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - With a view to providing a light source device and a projector which can rearrange the light collection balance even in the event that the number of illuminated light emitting elements changes as a result of a change in the environment where they are used or in the specifications thereof, a light source device includes a holder | 2013-09-26 |
20130250248 | FLUORESCENT DEVICE, IRRADIATION APPARATUS, AND PROJECTOR APPARATUS - A fluorescent device includes a fluorescent material. The fluorescent material radiates emission light. The fluorescent material is irradiated with excitation light. The fluorescent material has a convex-concave shape. The convex-concave shape is provided on a surface different from an irradiation surface. The irradiation surface is irradiated with the excitation light. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250249 | PROJECTOR AND LIGHT INTEGRATION ROD THEREOF - A projector includes a light source, a light integration rod, a light valve, and a projection lens. The light source provides an illumination beam. The light integration rod has a light incidence end and a light emission end opposite to each other. Through the light incidence and emission ends, the illumination beam is emitted into and out from the light integration rod, respectively. Each of the light incidence end and the emission end is in a rectangular shape. The light incidence end has a first long edge and a first short edge. The light emission end has a second long edge paralleling to the first short edge and a second short edge paralleling to the first long edge. The light valve converts the illumination beam into an image beam. The projection lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam. A light integration rod is also provided. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250250 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus including a casing, a light source module, a fan, and a light engine module is provided. The casing has an inlet and an outlet. The light source module is disposed in the casing and is adjacent to the inlet. The fan is disposed in the casing and is adjacent to the outlet, and is configured to provide a heat dissipation airflow. The light engine module is disposed in the casing and is located between the fan and the light source module, and the heat dissipation airflow sequentially flows through the inlet, the light source module, the light engine module, the fan, and the outlet. The fan is disposed between the light engine module and the outlet. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250251 | PROJECTOR AND PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A second projector is configured to be able to connect with a first projector via a USB cable including a VBUS line. The second projector includes an image projecting unit that modulates light emitted from a light source and projects the light, a USB communication unit that detects, in a standby state, the supply of power via a VBUS from the first projector, and a control unit that performs control to switch an operating state of the second projector between the standby state and a normal operating state. When the supply of power of the VBUS is detected by the USB communication unit, the control unit activates the second projector from the standby state to the normal operating state. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250252 | PROJECTOR SUSPENSION DEVICE - A projector suspension device for a projector comprises a base to be fixed to a surface on which the projector projects an image, a support member extending from the base and configured to support the projector, and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a tilt of the projector. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250253 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes a first light source, a fluorescent material, a second light source, and a synthesis member. The synthesis member includes a visible light reflecting film, and a transmitting window which is disposed in the visible light reflecting film to transmit the visible light. The second light source, the fluorescent material and the synthesis member are mutually arranged in such positional relations that the transmitting window is positioned along optical axis of light emitted from the second light source and that generated light emitted from the fluorescent material is reflected in an optical axis direction of the light emitted from the second light source by the visible light reflecting film. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250254 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING METHOD, AND PROJECTOR DEVICE - A discharge lamp lighting device includes a resonant circuit section connected to a discharge lamp, a power conversion section adapted to convert direct-current power into alternating-current power, and then supply the discharge lamp with the alternating-current power via the resonant circuit section, and a control section adapted to change a frequency of the alternating-current power in a stepwise manner with a frequency, which is different from a frequency causing a resonance of the resonant circuit section, intervening between frequency values of the frequency changed in a lighting start period until the discharge lamp reaches a stationary lighting state. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250255 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes first to third light sources, a fluorescent material, and a dichroic mirror. The dichroic mirror is constituted so that excitation light emitted from the first light source is transmitted through the dichroic mirror and applied to the fluorescent material, light of a first wavelength bandwidth emitted from the second light source is transmitted through the dichroic mirror and emitted in a predetermined emitting direction, generated light emitted from the fluorescent material is reflected by the dichroic mirror and emitted in the predetermined emitting direction, and at least a part of light of a second wavelength bandwidth from the third light source passes the outside of the dichroic mirror without entering the dichroic mirror, and is emitted in the predetermined emitting direction. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250256 | PROJECTOR SYSTEM AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - A projector system of the present disclosure includes a light source unit, an imaging unit and a projection lens. The light source unit provides projected light. The light source unit includes a number of converging lenses and a light guiding member. The converging lenses gather and converge outside light into the light guiding member, and the light guiding member is configured for guiding light converged by the converging lenses to the imaging unit. The imaging unit is configured for modulating light from the light source with image information. The projection lens is configured for projecting modulated light out of the projector system. The present disclosure also relates to an portable electronic device having the projector system. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250257 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Exposure apparatus and methods expose a substrate with an energy beam via a projection optical system and has first and second tables on each of which a substrate is mountable. A mark detection system is arranged in a second area different from a first area in which the projection optical system is arranged. A substrate mounted on one of the first and second tables is moved in the first area while the one table is held by a first movable member. A substrate mounted on another of the first and second tables is moved in the second area while the another table is held by a second movable member. The tables held by the first and second movable members are driven so that the another table is moved from the second to the first movable member to be held in place of the one table. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250258 | EXPOSURE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVICE - A liquid immersion exposure apparatus in which a substrate is exposed with an exposure beam, includes a projection optical system by which the substrate is exposed to the exposure beam, a first inlet disposed at a first position, which is capable of supplying a first liquid to a space adjacent to a bottom surface of the projection optical system, and a second inlet disposed at a second position which is different from the first position, the second inlet being capable of supplying a second liquid that is different from the first liquid to the space. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250259 | EXPOSURE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVICE - A liquid immersion exposure apparatus in which a substrate is exposed with an exposure beam, includes a projection optical system by which the substrate is exposed to the exposure beam, a first inlet disposed at a first position, which is capable of supplying a first liquid to a space adjacent to a bottom surface of the projection optical system, and a second inlet disposed at a second position which is different from the first position, the second inlet being capable of supplying a second liquid that is different from the first liquid to the space. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250260 | PELLICLES FOR USE DURING EUV PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES - Disclosed herein are various pellicles for use during extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography processes. An EUV radiation device disclosed herein includes a reticle, a substrate support stage, a pellicle positioned between the reticle and the substrate support stage, wherein the pellicle is comprised of multiple layers of at least one single atomic-plane material, and a radiation source that is adapted to generate radiation at a wavelength of about 20 nm or less that is to be directed through the pellicle toward the reticle. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250261 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A method for improving imaging properties of an optical system and an optical system of this type having improved imaging properties are described. The optical system can have a plurality of optical elements. In some embodiments, an optical element is positioned and/or deformed by mechanical force action and by thermal action. In certain embodiments, one optical element is positioned and/or deformed by mechanical force action and another optical element is deformed by thermal action. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250262 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR PROJECTION LITHOGRAPHY - An illumination optical system for projection lithography has an optical assembly for guiding illumination light to an object field to be illuminated in an object plane. The illumination optical system divides a bundle of the illumination light into a plurality of part bundles, which are allocated to various illumination directions of the object field illumination. The illumination optical system is configured in such a way that at least some of the part bundles are superimposed on one another in a first superimposition plane according to a first superimposition specification and in a second superimposition plane, which is spaced apart from the first superimposition plane, according to a second superimposition specification. The result is an illumination optical system, in which an influencing and/or a monitoring of an illumination intensity distribution over the object field is made possible, as far as possible without influencing an illumination angle distribution. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250263 | Pulsed Laser Source with High Repetition Rate - Methods and systems for generating pulses of laser radiation at higher repetition rates than those of available excimer lasers are disclosed that use multiple electronic triggers for multiple laser units and arrange the timings of the different triggers with successive delays, each delay being a fraction of the interval between two successive pulses of a single laser unit. Methods and systems for exposing nanoscale patterns using such high-repetition-rate lasers are disclosed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250264 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR ILLUMINATING A MASK IN A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination system of a micro-lithographic projection exposure apparatus is provided, which is configured to illuminate a mask positioned in a mask plane. The system includes a pupil shaping optical subsystem and illuminator optics that illuminate a beam deflecting component. For determining a property of the beam deflecting component, an intensity distribution in a system pupil surface of the illumination system is determined. Then the property of the beam deflecting component is determined such that the intensity distribution produced by the pupil shaping subsystem in the system pupil surface approximates the intensity distribution determined before. At least one of the following aberrations are taken into account in this determination: (i) an aberration produced by the illuminator optics; (ii) an aberration produced by the pupil shaping optical subsystem; (iii) an aberration produced by an optical element arranged between the system pupil surface and the mask plane. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250265 | Projection Exposure Apparatus for EUV Microlithography and Method for Microlithographic Exposure - The disclosure relates to a projection exposure apparatus for EUV microlithography which includes an illumination system for illuminating a pattern, and a projection objective for imaging the pattern onto a light-sensitive substrate. The projection objective has a pupil plane with an obscuration. The illumination system generates light with an angular distribution having an illumination pole which extends over a range of polar angles and a range of azimuth angles and within which the light intensity is greater than an illumination pole minimum value. From the illumination pole toward large polar angles a dark zone is excluded within which the light intensity is less than the illumination pole minimum value, and which has in regions a form corresponding to the form of the obscuration of the pupil plane. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250266 | Projection exposure apparatus with optimized adjustment possibility - Method for operating a projection exposure apparatus for microlithography, the projection exposure apparatus comprising an optical element, a manipulator, which acts on the optical element by changing the temperature of the optical element and the deflection of which brings about a heat flow caused by the manipulator into the optical element. The history of the effects, in particular the temperatures introduced into the optical element or the optical effects caused thereby, of the manipulator are recorded in a record. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250267 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A system to control the focus of a mask-less lithographic apparatus, the apparatus including a projection system to project an image of a programmable patterning device onto a substrate. A first actuator system is configured to move at least one of the lenses of the projection system in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the projection system. A radiation beam expander is configured to project an image of the programmable patterning device onto the at least one lens. A second actuator system is configured to move the radiation beam expander in a direction parallel to the optical axis of the projection system in order to control the focus of the image projected onto the substrate. | 2013-09-26 |