45th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140327828 | DETACHABLE TABLET DISPLAY DEVICE - A detachable tablet display device includes a display, and an assisting platform detachably connected to the display. The display includes a touch screen, a CPU, a wireless receiving module electrically connected to the CPU, and a television module electrically connected to the CPU. The wireless receiving module is capable of receiving a wireless network signal. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327829 | MULTIPLE INPUT TELEVISION RECEIVER - Disclosure is generally directed to a television receiver with multiple inputs, some accepting a local broadcast and some accepting satellite transmissions or transmissions across another network. The television receiver may pass local transmissions through to a display in their original form and at their original frequency, while retuning the display to receive the transmission at its original frequency. The television receiver may also receive, process and provide satellite or other types of programming to the television as necessary. The output of the receiver's modulator may switch back and forth as a user changes between local broadcast and satellite channels. Further, an EPG may be provided that includes information for both programming sources in an integrated fashion. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327830 | MULTIPLE-INPUT CONFIGURATION AND PLAYBACK VIDEO ENHANCEMENT - A system and method for delaying a first version of a video feed from a video camera according to a first delay to generate a second version of the feed, supplying the first version to an insertion system, wherein the insertion system inserts an indicia into the first version to create an enhanced version with a second delay substantially matching the first delay and supplying the enhanced version and the second version to a production switcher, wherein the enhanced version and the second version supplied to the production switcher are synchronized with one another. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327831 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC SCREENSHOT APPLIED TO MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention relates to computer technical field, and discloses a method and system for dynamic screenshot applied to mobile terminal, the mobile terminal includes a screen, the method includes: detecting an input dynamic screenshot starting command; responding to the dynamic screenshot starting command to continuous capture the contents displayed on the screen; detecting an input dynamic screenshot termination command; and responding to the dynamic screenshot termination command to terminate screenshot and stitch the continuous screenshot images together to form a dynamic video. The embodiments of the invention can capture and get a dynamic video and thereby expand the screenshot applications. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327832 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEPTION DEVICE - A backlight device | 2014-11-06 |
20140327833 | SINK DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD - In a system in which an image signal is transmitted from a source device to a sink device and the sink device (or source device) supplies power to the source device (or sink device), power saving of standby power supplied by the sink device (or source device) is realized. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327834 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE AND STATION SELECTION METHOD - A digital broadcast receiving device ( | 2014-11-06 |
20140327835 | High Efficiency Laser Modulation - A scanning laser projector drives laser light sources with waveforms for higher efficiency. Optical light power values for pixels are mapped to amplitude/duration pairs. Laser diodes are driven with electrical currents having the amplitude for time period specified by the duration. For increasing optical light power values, amplitude values are increased, and then durations are increased. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327836 | VEHICLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - A vehicle entertainment system including a video system having a video monitor and a cradle secured within a vehicle. The cradle is shaped and dimensioned for selectively receiving and securely holding the video system. The cradle includes a docking port with a faceplate that is substantially flush with an upper end of a seat back of an automobile. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327837 | ENHANCED VISION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED WITH OPTICAL SHUTTER ALTERNATELY TRANSMITTING VISIBLE RADIATION AND NEAR INFRARED RADIATION - An optical shutter employed in an enhanced vision system includes a wavelength selective polarizing filter in optical association with a liquid crystal polarization modulator to rapidly switch between optical states to alternately transmit visible (VIS) radiation and near infrared (NIR) radiation. The wavelength selective polarizing filter imparts a polarization state to incident radiation and transmits polarized radiation within at least the visible wavelength region. The liquid crystal polarization modulator receives incident radiation for internal propagation through the modulator and responds to first and second values of an applied control signal to switch the internally propagating radiation to, respectively, first and second polarization states. The switching between first and second polarization states produces, in cooperation with the wavelength selective polarizing filter, optical shutter output VIS and NIR radiation. A computer processes the output VIS and NIR radiation to produce for display a composite image formed of visible and infrared elements. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327838 | TOUCH SCREENS COMPRISING GRAPHENE LAYERS - In one aspect, touch screens are described herein. In some implementations, a touch screen comprises an electrically conductive layer and one or more electrodes electrically connected to the electrically conductive layer, wherein the electrically conductive layer comprises a graphene layer. In some implementations, the electrically conductive layer comprises an electrically conductive coating disposed on an electrically insulating substrate. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327839 | Transparent Vibrating Touch Interface - The The invention relates to a touch interface comprising a contact surface and means for vibrating the contact surface, said means being provided to generate standing waves in said surface. The contact surface includes at least one transparent portion forming a surface for seeing through the touch interface, and the vibration generating means include at least one rigid piezoelectric layer that is rigidly connected to the contact surface and disposed on the periphery of the transparent portion. The interface is characterized in that the at least one piezoelectric layer is disposed in a plane that is not parallel to the contact surface. The invention also relates to a display screen using such an interface, and to an electric appliance using such a display screen. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327840 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, a pixel electrode, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, a plurality of first touch electrodes, and a plurality of second touch electrodes. Each first touch electrode includes a main body portion extending in a first direction and a plurality of branching portions extending from the main body portion in a second direction. The plurality of second touch electrodes cross the main body portion of each first touch electrode. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327841 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a touch screen panel. The touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a transparent substrate including a first region and a second region, a buffer layer disposed on the first region and second region, the buffer layer having a first transmittances, and a transparent indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode disposed on the buffer layer of the second region, the transparent ITO electrode and the buffer layer on the second region having a second transmittance, wherein a thickness of the transparent ITO electrode is 100 nm to 500 nm, and a difference between the first transmittance and the second transmittance is less than 1.5%. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327842 | TOUCH SCREEN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A touch screen includes: a transparent substrate, a first substrate layer, a first conductive layer, a first electrode trace; a second substrate layer; a second conductive layer, a second electrode trace, and an insulating layer. The insulating layer is sandwiched between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer to insulate the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The first and second meshed grooves are defined on the first and second substrate layers, the first and second conductive layers with a pre-determined shape can be formed by filling the conductive materials in the first and second meshed grooves. A method of manufacturing the touch screen is also provided. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327843 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention disclose a touch display panel and a fabrication method thereof, and a display device. The touch display panel comprises a color filter substrate. A first conductive layer ( | 2014-11-06 |
20140327844 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL FOR MULTI-TOUCHING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a touch screen panel, including the steps of: forming a spacer array and a mold having a shape corresponding to that of a horizontal groove array or a vertical groove array; fabricating a transparent upper plate having a horizontal groove array including two or more horizontal grooves and a transparent lower plate having a vertical groove array including two or more vertical grooves using the mold; charging a predetermined amount of conductive ink in the horizontal groove array and the vertical groove array; and drying the conductive ink to form a conductive array and then attaching the upper plate to the lower plate. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327845 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes: a group ( | 2014-11-06 |
20140327846 | TOUCH PANEL SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A conducting layer ( | 2014-11-06 |
20140327847 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a touch panel. The touch panel includes a first substrate; a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate; an electrode on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate for detecting a position; and a piezoelectric part having an elasticity which varies depending on an electric field induced by the electrode, wherein the piezoelectric part includes a base and particles distributed into the base, and the base includes a polymer material having elasticity. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327848 | MULTILAYER BODY FORMING DISPLAY APPARATUS TOUCHPAD - A touchpad apparatus extends, without having to be covered by a cover, up to an outer housing edge of an operating device. In two possible cases, not only touchpads and connections between the touchpads in the touchpad area are formed by patterns of conductive strips which cannot be resolved by the human eye, but also contact connection lines which connect contact elements to each other at two sides of the touchpad area. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327849 | Method for Forming Autostereoscopic Image - Disclosed herein is a parallax barrier including a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and the second substrates. A plurality of first strip electrodes and a plurality of second strip electrodes are arranged on the first substrate, whereas a plurality of third electrodes and a plurality of fourth electrodes are arranged on the second substrate. Each of the third electrodes has a step-shaped first portion and each of the fourth electrodes has a step-shaped second portion. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327850 | Liquid Crystal Variable Drive Voltage - A voltage may be provided to a liquid crystal addressable element as part of a liquid crystal device. The provided voltage may be reduced from a driven state to a relaxed state in a time period greater than 1 μs. The reduction may further be performed in less than 20 ms. The liquid crystal device may be a polarization switch, which in some embodiments may be a multi-segment polarization switch. In one embodiment, pulses of limited duration of a light source may be provided to the polarization switch. The manner of voltage reduction may reduce optical bounce of the liquid crystal device and may allow one or more of the pulses of the light source to be shifted later in time. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327851 | Display Pixels with Improved Storage Capacitance - A display may include one or more display pixels in an array of pixels. A display pixel may include a storage capacitor chat stores a pixel data signal. The storage capacitor may be formed from a pixel electrode structure, a capacitor electrode structure, and a common electrode structure that is interposed between the pixel electrode structure and capacitor electrode structures. Each electrode structure may be formed from transparent conductive materials deposited on respective display layers. The pixel electrode structure and capacitor electrode structure may be electrically coupled by a conductive via structure that extends through the display layers without contacting the common electrode structure. The conductive via structure may contact underlying transistor structures such as a source-drain structure. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327852 | PIXEL STRUCTURE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A pixel structure and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel having the same are provided. The pixel structure includes a data line, a scan line, at least one active device, a pixel electrode, and a metal line. The active device is electrically connected to the data line and the scan line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device and has an opening at the edge of the pixel electrode adjacent to at least one of the data line and the scan line. The metal line is located below the pixel electrode. Besides, a portion of the metal line extending to the edge of the pixel electrode is exposed by the opening. The shortest distance between an edge of the opening of the pixel electrode and the metal line is greater than or substantially equal to 3 μm. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327853 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A LCD panel is proposed, which meets analog display mode and memory display mode. The LCD panel includes a capacitive element, first to third switch elements, and a circuit. The first switch element turns ON during a first operation for writing pixel potential from signal line to the capacitive element, and turns OFF during a second operation. The second and third switch elements turn OFF during the first operation. The second switch element turns ON during a readout period in the second operation, to read out the pixel potential from the capacitive element. The third switch element turns ON during a write period in the second operation, to rewrite the pixel potential into the capacitive element. The circuit restores a logic level of the pixel potential read out from the capacitive element, and rewrites inversion of the restored logic level to the capacitive element. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327854 | DARK SPOT REPAIR METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - The present invention provides a dark spot repair method of a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal panel. The dark spot repair method includes (1) providing a liquid crystal panel, wherein the liquid crystal panel comprises a plurality of main pixels and the plurality of main pixels includes main pixels that have bright spot defects and are to be repaired, each of the main pixels being of a charge-share pixel structure, the main pixel comprising first and second voltage-division capacitors, which are connected in series, the first voltage-division capacitor comprising first and second metal layers that are opposite to each other, the second voltage-division capacitor comprising third and fourth metal layers that are opposite to each other; and (2) soldering and connecting together the first metal layer and the second metal layer of the first voltage-division capacitor and soldering and connecting the third metal layer and the fourth metal layer of the second voltage-division capacitor of each of the main pixels that have bright spot defects and are to be repaired so as to form electrical connections thereby repairing and making the main pixels to be repaired in a normally dark state. The method is simple in operation so as to save repair time, reduce repairing tools, increase throughput, and lower down manufacture cost. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327855 | Liquid Crystal Display and Narrow Bezel Structure Thereof - A narrow bezel structure of a LCD is disclosed. The narrow bezel structure of the LCD comprises a liquid crystal module, a front cover, a middle cover, and a back cover. An external layer of the liquid crystal module is a polarizer film, and the polarizer film is spaced apart from an edge of the liquid crystal module to form a step. The front cover comprises a first horizontal part, a first perpendicular part, a second horizontal part, and a second perpendicular part that are integrally formed and sequentially connected. The first horizontal part is attached to the step. The second horizontal part and the second perpendicular part form a second step. The second perpendicular part is fixedly connected to the back cover. The present invention further provides a LCD utilizing the narrow bezel structure. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327856 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a support frame having a bottom wall, and a main surrounding will extending upwardly from and formed integrally as one piece with the bottom wall. The bottom wall and the surrounding wall cooperatively define a receiving space. The bottom wall includes a first support disposed in the receiving space. The main surrounding wall includes a second support disposed in the receiving space and spacedly above the first support. A backlight module is supported on the first support. A liquid crystal display panel is supported on the second support so that the liquid crystal display panel is positioned above the backlight module. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327857 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISION - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a light source mounted on one surface of a substrate, a light guide plate on which light from the light source is made incident through a side face thereof, and a liquid crystal panel which receives light emitted from one surface of the light guide plate through a back face thereof to display an image on a front thereof. A connector which is disposed on one surface of the substrate to supply a power to the light source, a front cabinet which covers a front peripheral edge part of the liquid crystal panel and the substrate, and a cover which covers the light guide plate and the substrate from the back side. The cover includes an opening formed in a portion facing the connector, and the front cabinet includes a partition part which partitions between the light source and the opening. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327858 | PRISM SHEET, AND BACK LIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE THEREWITH - The present invention relates a prism sheet, and a back light unit and a liquid crystal display device therewith, in which total thickness of a back light unit is reduced while taking place of the lamp mura is prevented, for improving a picture quality. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327859 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT GUIDE PANEL - When first grooves are formed by irradiating a lower surface facing a light outgoing surface of a light guide plate for an illuminating device with laser beams, an outer circumferential region is firstly irradiated with the laser beams to form second grooves. Then, the second grooves are inspected. Next, irradiation conditions of the laser beams are adjusted based on an inspection result of the second grooves, irradiation positions of the laser beams are linearly displaced from formation positions of the second grooves, and formation of the first grooves in the scattering reflection region is then started. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327860 | LED BACKLIGHT SOURCE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention provides LED backlight source, including: a boost converter, for boosting input voltage and outputting boosted voltage; N parallel LED strings, wherein each LED string including a plurality of series LEDs and receiving boosted voltage; a backlight driving IC, for controlling connection/disconnection of boost converter and determining whether to shut down LED strings other than specific LED string based on voltage at negative terminal of specific LED string; and N control circuits, wherein each control circuit controlling voltage at negative terminal of corresponding LED string not to become zero so that backlight driving IC unable to shut down LED strings other than corresponding LED string. When an LED string becomes open, backlight driving IC cannot shut down LEDs strings other than the open LED string to avoid turning off all LED strings. The invention also provides liquid crystal display with LED backlight source. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327861 | Liquid Crystal Displays With Reduced Light Leakage - A display is provided that has upper and lower polarizers, a color filter layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. The color filter layer and thin-film transistor layer may be formed from materials such as glass that are subject to stress-induced birefringence. To reduce light leakage that reduces display performance, one or more birefringence compensation layers may be incorporated into the display to help compensate for any birefringence effects. The compensation layers may include a birefringence compensation layer attached to the color filter layer or the thin-film transistor layer. A display may include an upper compensation layer attached to the color filter layer and a lower compensation layer attached to the thin-film transistor layer. The compensation layer may be formed from glass or polymer materials that have a negative photo-elastic constant. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327862 | FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a ferroelectric liquid crystal composition and a ferroelectric liquid crystal display element. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327863 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A VA-mode LCD device of four domains or less includes a first polarizing film; a first retardation layer; a second retardation layer; a liquid crystal layer; a third retardation layer; and a second polarizing film, wherein the first retardation layer has Re (550) of 190 to 260 nm, and Rth (550) of 80 to 130 nm, a slow axis of the first retardation layer and the absorption axis of the first polarizing film define an angle of 45°, the absolute value of a Re (550) of the second retardation layer is not larger than 10 nm, while a Rth (550) of the second retardation layer is 150 to 350 nm, a Re (550) of the third retardation layer is 190 to 260 nm, while a Rth (550) of the third retardation layer is −80 to −130 nm, and a Δnd of the liquid crystal layer is 250 to 450 nm. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327864 | PIXEL STRUCTURE - A pixel structure including a substrate, a scan line, a first data line, a second data line, a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit is provided. The first pixel unit includes a first active device and a first pixel electrode. The first active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the first data line. The first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first active device and has a plurality of first branches. The first branches outwardly extend from a center of the first pixel unit, and a projection of the first branches are separated from a projection of the adjacent first data line projecting onto the substrate, and the first pixel electrode is apart from the adjacent first data line with a distance. The second pixel unit located between the first data line and the second data line. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327865 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - In an aspect, an liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystals, a first alignment polymer, and a second alignment polymer is provided, In an aspect, the first alignment polymer is formed by radiating electromagnetic radiation on a first alignment aid photoreactive in a first wavelength region, the second alignment polymer is formed by radiating electromagnetic radiation on a second alignment aid photoreactive in a second wavelength region, and the first wavelength region and the second wavelength region are different from each other. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327866 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A photosensitive resin composition is disclosed. The disclosed photosensitive resin composition includes an acryl-based copolymer formed by copolymerizing i) unsaturated carboxylic acid, unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride, or a mixture thereof, and ii) an olefin-based unsaturated compound or a mixture thereof, a dissolution inhibitor in which a phenolic hydroxyl group is protected by an acid-degradable acetal or ketal group, a photoacid generator, and a solvent. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327867 | PIXEL ELECTRODE STRUCTURE OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel electrode structure of a display device is discussed. According to an embodiment, the pixel electrode structure includes a plurality of sub pixel electrodes in a pixel region, the pixel region including a first sub pixel region and a second sub pixel region, wherein each of the plurality of sub pixel electrodes has a bent line shape and is disposed substantially in parallel to each other, and wherein the plurality of sub pixel electrodes have progressively greater widths and progressively greater intervals therebetween along a predetermined direction. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327868 | SELF-LUMINOUS REFLECTIVE PIXEL STRUCTURE, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A self-luminous reflective pixel structure, a display panel and a display device. The pixel structure includes a first electrode capable of reflecting light, a self-luminous layer disposed over the first electrode, a second electrode disposed over the self-luminous layer, and a reflected light control layer disposed over the second electrode. A self-luminous structure and a reflective structure can be formed in a single pixel with the pixel structure. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327869 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, OPTICAL ARTICLE OBTAINED THEREFROM AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SAID OPTICAL ARTICLE - The present invention relates to a polymerizable composition comprising polyisocyanate(s) (A), polythiol(s) (B), thiol(s) (C) and catalyst(s) (D). The polyisocyanate(s) (A) is at least one bifunctional or higher functional alicyclic polyisocyanate; the polythiol(s) (B) is at least one compound selected from polythiols represented by the following general formula (B1); the thiol(s) (C) is at least one compound selected from thiols having general formula (3); and the catalyst(s) (D) is at least one polymerization catalyst selected from metal compounds, quaternary ammonium salts, organic sulfonic acids, tertiary amines and relative inorganic or organic salts. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327870 | LENS STRUCTURE AND DUAL-PURPOSE EYEGLASSES WITH SUNGLASSES AND 3D GLASSES FUNCTIONS - A lens structure including a quarter wave plate layer and a linear polarizing plate layer is provided. When the linear polarizing plate layer is located at an outer side of the lens away from a viewer's eye, the polarizing axis of the linear polarizing plate layer is in a vertical direction. The lens structure can be used to make dual-purpose eyeglasses with sunglasses and 3D glasses functions. Any one of the quarter wave plate layer and the linear polarizing plate layer can be disposed at the outer side away from the user's eyes by adjusting the orientation of the lens of the present invention. When the linear polarizing plate layer is located at the outer side away from the user's eyes, the optical axis of the linear polarizing plate layer is in the vertical direction. Thus, the dual-purpose eyeglasses with both sunglasses and 3D glasses functions can be achieved. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327871 | Eyeglasses, Eyecups, and methods of use and doing business - Described herein are various embodiments of eyewear provided for advantageous use in sports, work, and casual activity. According to one embodiment, methods of retailing eyecup assemblies include a replenishment program for transmitting replacement eyecup assemblies to a purchaser at a regular interval. According to another embodiment, a method of retailing eyecup assemblies includes providing a retailer with eyecup assemblies differing from one another and providing the retailer with an eyeglasses frame. According to an embodiment, a method of retailing eyecup assemblies includes providing a retailer with eyecup assemblies differing from one another and without providing an eyeglasses frame. According to another embodiment, a kit having eyecup assemblies includes eyecup assemblies differing from one another and an eyeglasses frame. According to an embodiment, a kit having eyecup assemblies includes eyecup assemblies differing from one another without providing an eyeglasses frame. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327872 | EYEGLASSES WITH REPLACEABLE LENSES - A pair of eyeglasses includes a front having two semi-rims and two temples are pivotably connected to outsides of the two semi-rims. Each semi-rim has a groove defined in the inside thereof and a slot is defined in an outside thereof. Two lenses each have a protrusion protruding from the inside thereof, the protrusion is engaged with the groove. A notch is defined in the inside of each lens. Two locking devices are respectively located in the two slots of the two semi-rims, and each locking device is locked with the notch to secure the lens to the semi-rim. Each locking device has a switch member and the lens is disengaged from the semi-rim by shifting the switch member. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327873 | TEMPLE AND MOLDING UNIT FOR MAKING THE TEMPLE - A temple includes a groove defined in at least one side of a metal rod of the temple. The melted material flows from the first and fourth recesses of the first and second molds to the third and sixth recesses of the first and second molds via the groove. The molding unit needs only one pouring entrance to form the front member and the end member connected to the front and rear end of the metal rod. The molding unit saves material and the surplus material is only formed at the pouring entrance. The manufacturing cost is reduced. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327874 | EYEGLASSES TEMPLE AND MOLDING UNIT FOR MAKING THE SAME - A temple includes a connection portion, a first member, a body portion and a second member. The two respective diameters of the first | 2014-11-06 |
20140327875 | ADVANCED ELECTRO-ACTIVE OPTIC DEVICE - Ophthalmic lenses are described including an ophthalmic base, and a plurality of electro-active elements, such as dynamic micro-lenses or micro-prismatic apertures. Each electro-active element may be configured to dynamically change optical power. The ophthalmic lens may be configured such that an optical power of the ophthalmic lens focuses mostly one image at one time on the retina of the eye of the wearer. The ophthalmic lens may be, for example, a spectacle lens, other types of specialty lenses such as used for gaming and the like, a contact lens, an intra-ocular lens, and intra-ocular optic, etc. Each electro-active element may include liquid crystal, such as dichroic, non-dichroic, nematic, and/or cholesteric liquid crystal. The electro-active elements may comprise non-dichroic liquid crystal, and gaps between the electro-active elements may include a dichroic liquid crystal, or the electro-active elements may be shaped and arranged in a substantially conformal pattern. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327876 | OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING A COATING OF HIGH DIFFUSIVITY - An optical element has a substrate body made from transparent plastic and a coating having multiple layers. The coating includes a hard lacquer layer adjoining the substrate. The coating has a diffusivity ensuring the absorption of water molecules passing through the coating in the substrate and the release of water molecules from the substrate through the coating from an air atmosphere on that side of the coating facing away from the substrate with a flow density which, proceeding from the equilibrium state of the quantity of water molecules absorbed in the substrate in an air atmosphere at 23° C. and 50% relative humidity, brings the setting of the equilibrium state of the quantity of water molecules absorbed in the substrate in an air atmosphere at 40° C. and 95% relative humidity within an interval not more than 10 h longer than for setting this equilibrium under corresponding conditions with an identical uncoated substrate. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327877 | IMAGING OF THE EYE - A method of determining a geometrical measurement of a retina of an eye, comprising obtaining a two dimensional representation of at least a portion of the retina of the eye ( | 2014-11-06 |
20140327878 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - In an eye fundus surface expansion observation screen, a surface moving image that is a moving image showing the surface of a predetermined region in a subject's eye is enlarged and displayed. In an eye fundus tomography expansion confirmation screen, a tomographic image showing the tomography of the subject's eye, which corresponds to a position selected from the surface moving image, is enlarged and displayed. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327879 | HANDHELD TELEPHONY DEVICE FOR FIELD SOBRIETY TESTING - Various embodiments of a device for performing a gaze field sobriety test are disclosed. The device includes a housing. A light source is affixed in or on the housing. The light source generates light during at least a portion of the gaze field sobriety test. A speaker positioned in or on the housing generates sounds during at least a portion of the gaze field sobriety test. A power source is coupled to the speaker and the light source. An input is positioned on the housing. The input is selectable by a test administrator to initiate an audible sound through the speaker at a predetermined time interval during at least a portion of the gaze field sobriety test. The audible sound provides an indication to the test administrator during the gaze field sobriety test to assist in proper performance of the gaze field sobriety test. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327880 | QUANTITATIVE, NON-INVASIVE, CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY USING VOG DEVICE FOR NEUROLOGIC OPTOKINETIC TESTING - A portable VOG device is disclosed that will facilitate the effective and efficient screening for TBI in military personnel in forward deployed military settings or remote locations using minimally trained staff. This includes the establishment of a protocol including optokinetic testing that will provide cost effective pre-screening of military personnel prior to deployment to establish a baseline of brain function prior to possible future injury. The efficiency of the device will promote subsequent follow-up screening to assess the effectiveness of prescribed TBI treatment. Further protocols for diagnosis and rehabilitation applications using the same device will allow more advanced usage for clinicians providing ongoing evaluation and treatment. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327881 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTIVE SECONDARY SACCADES ANALYSIS WITH VIDEO OCULOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A video oculography system for calculation and display of Corrective Secondary Saccades Analysis is disclosed. A method for Objective Diagnostics of at least one of traumatic brain injury, Internuclear Opthalmopligia, Ocular Lateral Pulsion, Progressive Supernuclear Palsy And Glissades comprises the steps of using a VOG system to calculate corrective saccades. The video oculography based system for the subject is configured to collect eye images of the patient in excess of 60 hz and configured to resolve eye movements smaller than at least 3 degrees of motion. The video oculography based system collects eye movement data wherein at least one fixation target is presented to the subject in a defined position configured to yield a voluntary saccadic eye response from at least one eye of the patient. The latency, amplitude, accuracy and velocity of each respective corrective saccade and totals latency and accuracy is calculated. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327882 | OPHTHALMOSCOPES - A scanning laser ophthalmoscope for scanning the retina of an eye is provided comprising a light source emitting a beam of light, scan relay elements, wherein the light source and the scan relay elements provide a two-dimensional scan of the light beam which is transferred from an apparent point source at a pupillary point of the eye to the retina of the eye, and a static aberration correction element ( | 2014-11-06 |
20140327883 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE SIGHT PARAMETER OF A SUBJECT IN A PLURALITY OF VIEWING DIRECTIONS - Device for determining at least one sight parameter of a subject, includes stimulation elements for stimulating the sight of the subject in a predetermined viewing direction, elements for ophthalmological measurement of at least one sight parameter of a subject, the elements for ophthalmological measurement having at most one optical measurement axis for each eye, at least one optical conjugation system, arranged between the ophthalmological measurement apparatus and the right eye and/or left eye of a subject, and a system for aligning the optical conjugation system, so as to optically conjugate a point Y and a point E, the point Y intended to coincide with the optical centre of rotation of the eye concerned, the point E being situated on the optical measurement axis, so as to align the image of the optical measurement axis with the ocular axis of the right or left eye in a plurality of viewing directions. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327884 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION OF THE CALCULATION OF AN INTRAOCULAR LENS TO BE IMPLANTED - A method for calculating the values of an intraocular lens to be implanted, wherein the results of numerous cataract operations are taken into account in the calculation for intraocular lenses to be implanted in the future. At least the corneal topography, the length of the eye and the depth of the anterior chamber are determined pre-operatively, the values of the IOL to be implanted are calculated by means of ray-tracing, and at least the corneal topography, the length of the eye, the depth of the anterior chamber and the objective, wavefront-based residual refraction are determined post-operatively. The measurement values determined pre-operatively and post-operatively are used to optimize the surgically-induced astigmatism and the post-operative anatomical lens position for calculating the values of IOLs to be implanted in the future. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327885 | APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING ENHANCED CONTRAST IN PROJECTED IMAGES USING DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICES - A system for projecting digital images of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared scenes in which two or more digital micromirror devices (DMDs) are employed to create projected images which have greater contrast and bit depth than can be achieved with comparable prior art devices. A source DMD creates an image of the digital scene which is used to illuminate a projector DMD, so that the projector DMD is illuminated to an extent proportionate to the corresponding scene brightness, thereby reducing the amount of undesired radiation which would otherwise illuminate the projected scene via scattering, diffraction, and/or spurious reflections from within the projection system. By including dichroic beam-splitters and additional projector DMDs it is possible to project multi-spectral-band images having enhanced contrast and bit depth relative to prior art digital projection systems. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327886 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illumination device includes: an excitation light source that emits excitation light having a first wavelength; and a fluorescent member that includes a fluorescent substance that, when it is irradiated with the excitation light, emits light having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, transmits a part of the excitation light and reflects another part of the excitation light, and a first reflective film provided at a side of the fluorescent substance, which is opposite to an excitation light incidence side, the fluorescent member emitting multiplexed light including an excitation light component reflected from the fluorescent substance and the first reflective film and a light component emitted from the fluorescent substance. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327887 | PROJECTION SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS - A projection system for illuminating a projection surface may include at least one light source formed from a plurality of light-emitting elements and an optical integrator having an entrance opening and an exit opening, into the entrance opening of which the light of each light-emitting element is coupled such that the mixed light of all the light-emitting elements emerges from its exit opening, and an imaging optical unit, which projects the light emerging from the exit opening of each integrator onto the projection surface, wherein an optical element is in each case arranged between the exit opening of each integrator and the imaging optical unit, said optical element shifting the virtual image of the entrance opening along an optical axis of the projection system such that its image generated by the imaging optical unit is not visible on the projection surface. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327888 | PROJECTION ZOOM LENS AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection zoom lens substantially consists of a negative first lens group and a positive second lens group, in this order from the magnification side. The first lens group substantially consists of a first lens which is a negative meniscus lens with a convex surface toward the magnification side. The second lens group substantially consists of a positive second lens, a third lens which is a positive meniscus lens with a convex surface toward the magnification side, a negative fourth lens, and a positive fifth lens, in this order from the magnification side. The first lens group and the second lens group move along the direction of the optical axis while changing magnification. At least one of the positive lenses within the entire system has an Abbe number and a refractive index within a predetermined range. The refractive indices of the first to third lenses satisfy a predetermined conditional expression. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327889 | CONDUCTIVE PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, CONDUCTIVE PATTERN-BEARING SUBSTRATE, AND TOUCH PANEL SENSOR - A conductive pattern formation method of the present invention includes a first exposure step of radiating active light in a patterned manner to a photosensitive layer including a photosensitive resin layer provided on a substrate and a conductive film provided on a surface of the photosensitive resin layer on a side opposite to the substrate; a second exposure step of radiating active light, in the presence of oxygen, to some or all of the portions of the photosensitive layer not exposed at least in the first exposure step; and a development step of developing the photosensitive layer to form a conductive pattern following the second exposure step. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327890 | COATING AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, a coating and developing apparatus is provided with transfer units, provided between a stack of early-stage processing unit blocks and a stack of later-stage processing unit blocks to transfer a substrate between the transport mechanisms of laterally-adjacent unit blocks, and a vertically-movable auxiliary transfer mechanism for transporting a substrate between the transfer units. A stack of first developing unit blocks is stacked on the stack of early-stage processing unit blocks, and a stack of second developing unit blocks is stacked on the stack of later-stage processing unit blocks. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327891 | LITHOGRAPHY PROJECTION OBJECTIVE, AND A METHOD FOR CORRECTING IMAGE DEFECTS OF THE SAME - A lithography projection objective for imaging a pattern in an object plane onto a substrate in an image plane. The projection objective comprises a multiplicity of optical elements along an optical axis. The optical elements comprise a first group of optical elements following the object plane, and a last optical element, following the first group and next to the image plane. The projection objective is tunable or tuned with respect to aberrations for the case that the volume between the last optical element and the image plane is filled by an immersion medium with a refractive index substantially greater than 1. The position of the last optical element is adjustable in the direction of the optical axis. A positioning device is provided that positions at least the last optical element during immersion operation such that aberrations induced by disturbance are at least partially compensated. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327892 | METHOD OF OPERATING A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION OBJECTIVE OF SUCH AN APPARATUS - A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus has a wavefront correction device comprising a first refractive optical element and a second refractive optical element. The first refractive optical element comprises a first optical material having, for an operating wavelength of the apparatus, an index of refraction that decreases with increasing temperature. The second refractive optical element comprises a second optical material having, for an operating wavelength of the apparatus, an index of refraction that increases with increasing temperature. In a correction mode of the correction device, a first heating device produces a non-uniform and variable first temperature distribution in the first optical material, and a second heating device produces a non-uniform and variable second temperature distribution in the second optical material. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327893 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed in which at least a part of the liquid supply system (which provides liquid between the projection system and the substrate) is moveable in a plane substantially parallel to a top surface of the substrate during scanning. The part is moved to reduce the relative velocity between that part and the substrate so that the speed at which the substrate may be moved relative to the projection system may be increased. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327894 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS HAVING EFFECTIVE THERMAL ELECTRON ENHANCEMENT UNIT AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN USING THE SAME - A lithography apparatus and a method of using the same, the apparatus including a stage for accommodating a substrate that has a photoresist film thereon; a main unit on the stage, the main unit being configured to irradiate a projection beam to the photoresist film; and an electric field unit adjacent to the stage, the electric field unit being configured to apply an electric field to the photoresist film, wherein the electric field unit is configured to be turned on at a same time as or before irradiation of the projection beam, and is configured to be turned off at a same time as or after termination of the projection beam. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327895 | OPTICAL COMPONENT - An optical component comprising a mirror array having a multiplicity of mirror elements, which each have at least one degree of freedom of displacement, and which are each connected to at least one actuator for displacement, has a multiplicity of local regulating devices for damping oscillations of the mirror elements, wherein each of the regulating devices in each case has at least one capacitive sensor having at least one moveable electrode and at least one electrode arranged rigidly relative to the carrying structure. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327896 | OPTICAL COMPONENT - An optical component comprises a mirror array having a multiplicity of mirror elements, which are each connected to at least one actuator for displacement, a multiplicity of signal lines for the signal-transmitting connection of the actuators to an external, global control/regulating device for predefining an absolute position of the individual mirror elements, and a multiplicity of local regulating devices for regulating the positioning of the mirror elements, wherein the regulating devices are in each case completely integrated into the component. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327897 | EXPOSURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STRUCTURE - In order to exposure interference fringes to photoresist and form a desired irregular pattern, it is necessary to know the cycle of the interference fringes in advance. In order to confirm the cycle of the interference fringes beforehand, conventional techniques include observing the formed irregular pattern with the use of a microscope or measuring a diffraction angle of incident light and repeating processes of exposure, development, and observation (measurement) while slightly changing incident angles of light fluxes for the formation of the interference fringes until a desired cycle is confirmed. These operations take considerable amount of time. The fact that it takes considerable amount of time to confirm the interference fringes has not been considered in the conventional techniques. Observation of a moire generated by a standard sample containing a fluorescent sample that can be repeatedly used and adjustment of the cycle of interference fringes reduce time for the adjustment. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327898 | MICROLITHOGRAPHY PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DEVICE - In some embodiments, a catoptric microlithgraphy projection optical system includes a plurality of reflective optical elements arranged to image radiation from an object field in an object plane to an image field in an image plane. The image field can have a size of at least 1 mm×1 mm. This optical system can have an object-image shift (OIS) of about 75 mm or less. Metrology and testing can be easily implemented despite rotations of the optical system about a rotation axis. Such a catoptric microlithgraphy projection optical system can be implemented in a microlithography tool. Such a microlithography tool can be used to produce microstructured components. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327899 | MOVABLE BODY SYSTEM, MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD, PATTERN FORMATION APPARATUS, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with an exposure beam via a projection system supported by a frame. A substrate stage having a table that mounts the substrate is placed on a base under the projection system. A measurement device has a plurality of heads provided at the table and each irradiate a measurement beam on a grating section supported by the frame, and measures positional information of the table by a head of the plural heads, that faces the grating section. A drive device drives the substrate stage to move the substrate. A controller controls a drive of the substrate stage based on displacement information of a head used in measurement of the positional information or correction information to compensate a measurement error of the measurement device that occurs due to a displacement of the head, and based on the positional information measured by the measurement device. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327900 | DISTANCE SENSING BY IQ DOMAIN DIFFERENTIATION OF TIME OF FLIGHT (TOF) MEASUREMENTS - A system and method for identifying a position of a moving object, regardless of static objects present in the optical field of an active infrared (IR) proximity detector, is provided. Moreover, a modulated light emitting diode (LED) signal is captured and processed through I/Q demodulation. Specifically, the reflections received at an IR sensor are demodulated to generate in-phase (I) and quadrature phase (Q) signals and the derivative of I/Q signals is obtained to isolate motion. For example, an I/Q domain differentiator or a high pass filter is employed to calculate the derivative, which actively remove the effects of all forms of static interference. Further, the phase of the derivative I/Q signals is determined and is utilized to reconstruct the distance at which the motion occurred. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327901 | Rangefinder - A rangefinder includes a display, an operator control element, a distance measuring apparatus, and a computation apparatus configured (i) to initiate a measurement by the distance measuring apparatus when the operator control element is operated, and (ii) to switch on at least the display when the operator control element is operated with the display switched off. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327902 | DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - The invention relates to an optoelectronic distance measuring device, comprising a transmitting unit and comprising a receiving unit of an electronic evaluating unit. The transmitting unit has a circuit board, a semiconductor laser, and a laser diode driver for transmitting high-frequency intensity-modulated optical radiation. In order to receive a component of the optical radiation reflected by a target object by means of a photosensitive electrical component, the receiving unit is equipped with an electrical output signal as a received signal, a conditioning unit for conditioning the received signal, and an analog/digital converter for digitizing the conditioned received signal. The electronic evaluating unit determines a distance from the distance measuring device to the target object on the basis of a signal propagation time using the digitized received signal. The semiconductor laser is attached to the circuit board as a laser substrate that does not have a housing. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327903 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - In a distance measurement device of an embodiment, a light source emits modulation light in a first charge transfer cycle, and emission of the modulation light of the light source is stopped in a second charge transfer cycle. In each of the first and second charge transfer cycles, the charges generated in a photosensitive region are distributed to a first accumulation region and a second accumulation region. A first value is obtained based on readout values corresponding to amounts of accumulated charges of the first accumulation region. A second value is obtained based on readout values corresponding to amounts of accumulated charges of the second accumulation region. A distance is calculated based on the first value and the second value. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327904 | Imaging Doppler Lidar for Wind Turbine Wake Profiling - An imaging Doppler lidar (IDL) enables the measurement of the velocity distribution of a large volume, in parallel, and at high spatial resolution in the wake of a wind turbine. Because the IDL is non-scanning, it can be orders of magnitude faster than conventional coherent lidar approaches. Scattering can be obtained from naturally occurring aerosol particles. Furthermore, the wind velocity can be measured directly from Doppler shifts of the laser light, so the measurement can be accomplished at large standoff and at wide fields-of-view. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327905 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DEVIATION OF OPTIAL AXIS OF LENS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING LENS TO LIGHT SOURCE - A method for detecting deviation of an optical axis of a lens is disclosed. Firstly, a lens is provided. The lens includes a light incident face and multiple legs surrounding the light incident face. A camera is used to capture images of the incident face and the legs. Two circles are then depicted according to the images. Two centers of the two circles are determined to obtain a deviation distance between the two centers. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327906 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING OPTICS IN FOCUS - According to an embodiment of the invention there is provided a system that may include a pivot chuck that may include : a lower chuck portion; an upper chuck portion; a first distance changing module that may include a pivot mechanism and an angle changing element; wherein the pivot mechanism pivotally couples the lower chuck portion to the upper chuck portion; wherein the angle changing element is coupled between the upper and lower chuck portions; wherein the upper chuck portion may be arranged to support a substrate; wherein the angle changing element may be arranged to induce a rotation of the upper chuck portion in relation to the pivot mechanism in response to first focus correction signals. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327907 | COMPONENT QUANTITATIVE ANALYZING METHOD DEPENDING ON DEPTH OF CIGS FILM USING LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY - Disclosed herein is a component quantitative analyzing method depending on a depth of a CIGS film, the method including: generating plasma by irradiating a laser beam on the CIGS film and obtaining spectra generated from the plasma, selecting spectral lines having similar characteristics among spectra of specific elements of the CIGS film, and measuring component composition using a value obtained by summing intensities of the selected spectral lines. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327908 | Inspection Method and Apparatus, Lithographic Apparatus, Lithographic Processing Cell and Device Manufacturing Method - The present invention makes the use of measurement of a diffraction spectrum in or near an image plane in order to determine a property of an exposed substrate. In particular, the positive and negative first diffraction orders are separated or diverged, detected and their intensity measured to determine overlay (or other properties) of exposed layers on the substrate. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327909 | METHOD FOR EXCITING A SUB-WAVELENGTH INCLUSION STRUCTURE - The invention concerns a method for exciting a sub-wavelength inclusion structure, comprising: providing a first medium having a first refractive index n | 2014-11-06 |
20140327910 | FIBER TRANSPARENCY TESTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Polymeric fibers may be tested for optical properties; such as transparency in a manner that provides reproducible test results. A holder be used that is configured to hold polymeric fibers in a stacked, single file manner in which the polymeric fibers are held closely together. The fibers may be tested using an optical apparatus employing an integrating sphere. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327911 | Energy store system and state detection system including the energy store system - An energy store system, including at least one cell element situated in a cell region having an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte system that is situated between the anode and the cathode and that is particularly at least partially liquid, the anode, the cathode and/or the electrolyte system being configured so that, as a function of a charging or discharging process of the cell element, functioning material is situated in the electrolyte system, and the functional material situated in the electrolyte system being ascertainable qualitatively and/or quantitatively. Because of such an energy store system, operating states of an energy store or a cell may be ascertained particularly simply and accurately. Also described is a related state detection system. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327912 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SURFACE GLOSS OF A COLOUR STANDARD - The invention relates to a method for determining the gloss of a colour standard comprising the following steps: A) experimentally determining reflection spectra R(exp) of the colour standard, comprising a first reflection spectrum and a second reflection spectrum, with an integrating sphere colour measurement instrument, wherein said first reflection spectrum is obtained at (A1) d/8-geometry with the specular component included, and said second reflection spectrum is obtained at (A2) d/8-geometry with the specular component excluded, and B) converting reflection spectra data of the experimentally determined reflection spectra R(exp) of the colour standard to gloss values by: B1) acquiring the difference reflection spectrum ΔR of the experimentally determined reflection spectrum R(exp) with the specular component included (A1) and the reflection spectrum R (exp) with the specular component excluded (A2), and B2) determining the gloss values corresponding to said difference reflection spectrum ΔR with the assistance of previously prepared calibration curves, representing the functional relationship between the difference reflection spectrum ΔR and the gloss values measured at one or more gloss angles. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327913 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS ENABLING HIGH-THROUGHPUT, REAL TIME DETECTION OF ANALYTES - System and methods for detecting analytes are provided. The system includes a plasmonic interferometer with a first surface having a first and second scattering element and an aperture disposed between the first scattering element and the second scattering element. A first distance between the aperture and the first scattering element and a second distance between the aperture and the second scattering element are selected to provide interference of light at the slit. The system also includes a light source for illuminating the first surface of the plasmonic interferometer, a detector positioned for detecting light transmitted through the aperture, and a sample holder for disposing a sample to be analyzed onto the first surface of the plasmonic interferometer. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327914 | Mechanism for Movement of a Mirror in an Interferometer, an Interferometer Incorporating the Same and a Fourier Transform Spectrometer Incorporating the Same - A mechanism that allows for precise motion of the optics of an interferometer is comprised by two or more diaphragm flexures having high lateral stiffness, creating a superior performing Michelson interferometer. When coupled with precise precision control of a mirror surface and a reference laser, the above creates a superior performing Fourier transform spectrometer. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327915 | WELL MONITORING USING COHERENT DETECTION OF RAYLEIGH SCATTER - Disclosed herein is a system for measuring characteristics in a well bore. The system includes a fiber-optic wire extending along a length of the well bore a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a swept-wavelength interferometer (SWI) configured to transmit light into the fiber-optic wire by sweeping the light across a range of wavelengths, and the monitoring system is configured to detect a characteristic in the well bore based on detecting a Rayleigh backscatter of the light transmitted into the fiber-optic wire. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327916 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE MEDIUM - Provided is an optical coherence tomography apparatus expected to facilitate observation of reliable analyzed image data to improve inspection efficiency. The tomography apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of an object to be inspected; an identifying unit configured to identify an image display area corresponding to a part to be inspected of the object to be inspected in the tomographic image; a determination unit configured to determine a significant area and a non-significant area based on a positional relationship between a periphery of the image display area and the tomographic image; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display image data based on the tomographic image and data concerning the non-significant area together in a designated display form. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327917 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING POLARIZATION DATA OF POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A method for processing polarization data includes steps of acquiring a plurality of sets of polarization data items, converting the set of polarization data items into a representation including parameters of amplitude and phase, and averaging the converted set of polarization data items. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327918 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - Provided is an optical tomographic device including a measurement optical system that irradiates light from a light source to inside a subject and guides reflected light therefrom; a reference optical system that guides the light from the light source as reference light; a calibration optical system that irradiates at least one calibration reflecting surface with light from the light source branched from the measurement or reference optical system, and guides the reflected light reflected by the calibration reflecting surface; a light-receiving element that receives the interfering light for measurement formed by synthesizing the reflected light guided by the measurement optical system and the reference light, and the interfering light for calibration formed by synthesizing the reflected light guided by the calibration optical system and the reference light; and an arithmetic logic unit that corrects the received interfering light for measurement by using an analysis result obtained by analyzing the received the interfering light for calibration. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327919 | Remote Seal for Pressure Sensor - A system for sensing downhole pressure in in a hydrocarbon well using a Fabry-Perot (F-P) sensor in series with a Fiber Bragg Grating and maintaining the back pressure on the sensor system with a surface sealing system and a surface pressure control system. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING GESTURES TO CONTROL A LASER TRACKER - A method and system are provided for controlling a laser tracker remotely from the laser tracker through gestures performed by a user. The method includes providing a rule of correspondence between each of a plurality of commands and each of a plurality of user gestures. A gesture is performed by the user with the user's body that corresponds to one of the plurality of user gestures. The gesture performed by the user is detected. The gesture recognition engine determines a first command from one of the plurality of commands that correspond with the detected gesture. Then the first command is executed with the laser tracker. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327921 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a reading unit, first and second original sheet conveyance paths, a common conveyance path in which a recording material or the original sheet is conveyed to form an image, a third original sheet conveyance path that connects the first original sheet conveyance path and the second original sheet conveyance path and is used for conveying the original sheet conveyed in the second original sheet conveyance path to the common conveyance path, and a control unit that controls so as to convey the original sheet conveyed in the second original sheet conveyance path to the common conveyance path via the third original sheet conveyance path, and form an image on the original sheet. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327922 | APPARATUS, USE LIMITING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a reading unit that reads a first value indicating usage of the apparatus from a portable storage medium, a use limiting unit that updates the first value according to use of the apparatus and limits use of the apparatus when the updated first value reaches a predetermined value, and a writing unit that writes the updated first value into the portable storage medium. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327923 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for image processing executed by an image processing apparatus includes sequentially receiving PDL data and transferring a figure included in the PDL data to processing in a subsequent stage, assigning edge extraction processing as a unit of processing for extracting edge information for each transferred figure, merging the edge information extracted from each figure, spooling the merged data in a tile format as intermediate data, and reading out the intermediate data in the tile format from spooling process and performing processing on each tile to generate a pixel from the intermediate data. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327924 | WORKFLOW TO ALLOW CONTINUED PRINTING IN PRESENCE OF SEVERE PRINTER ERROR - Exemplary apparatuses herein comprise, for example, a printing apparatus that includes processing elements, such as printing elements, a media path positioned to supply sheets of media to the printing elements, a media storage device maintaining the sheets of media and providing the sheets of media to the media path, a processor device operatively connected to the media storage device and the media path, and a graphic user interface operatively connected to the processor device. The processor device monitors operations of the media storage device and the media path to detect media path faults. The processor device evaluates the media path faults to determine the severity of the media path faults. The processor device performs the bypass operation based on a combination of at least one of the media path faults exceeding a previously established severity level and the user-selectable bypass option on the graphic user interface being selected. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327925 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus that can precisely determine the presence of occurrence of a jam by a jam sound. The paper conveying apparatus includes an analog sound signal generator for generating an analog sound signal corresponding to a sound generated by the paper during conveyance of the paper, a corrected signal generator for generating a signal acquiring the peak hold of the analog sound signal or a signal detecting the analog sound signal as a corrected signal, a digital converter for sampling the corrected signal and converting the corrected signal to a digital format to generate a digital sound signal, and a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on the digital sound signal. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327926 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a top panel member that is arranged on an operator stand side of a main body of the image forming apparatus, that includes a recess having a bottom surface located below a level of a top surface of the top panel member, and that allows an authentication device configured to read information stored in an information recording medium to be mounted on the bottom surface of the recess; and a detachable cover that includes a protruding part, the protruding part protruding upward and defining, together with the recess, a space for housing the authentication device. | 2014-11-06 |
20140327927 | MOBILE PRINTER NETWORKING AND INTERFACING - Provided herein are devices, methods and other means, including those related to printers, as well as computer readable media for storing code to execute instructions for a device, and other systems for providing and supporting mobile printing and other types of devices. The printer, for example, can be coupled with one or more docks and/or other accessory devices, examples of which are also discussed herein. | 2014-11-06 |