45th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170322350 | LIGHT DIFFUSER - The invention relates to a light diffuser ( | 2017-11-09 |
20170322351 | PRISM MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display and a prism module. The display has a display area and a frame area surrounding the display area. The display area has a plurality of corners. The prism module includes a first prism and a second prism. The first prism is located on an edge area of the display area. The first prism includes a plurality of first corner portions. Each first corner portion is correspondingly arranged in a corner of the display area. Each first corner portion has a first free-form curved surface. The second prism is located on the frame area and is conformally disposed beside the first prism. The second prism includes a plurality of second corner portions. Each second corner portion has a second free-form curved surface. The second free-form curved surface faces the first free-form curved surface. A prism module is also provided. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322352 | REFLECTIVE MEMBER AND SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE HAVING SAID REFLECTIVE MEMBER - This reflective member comprises a rectangular bottom surface, four inclined planes joined to the four edges of the bottom surface and whereof each is inclined with respect to the bottom surface so as to slope up from the bottom surface, and four planar corner portion inclined planes, whereof each is disposed in such a manner as to link two adjacent inclined planes. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322353 | RETROREFLECTIVE MATERIAL - An object of the present invention is to provide a retroreflective material that shows high chroma for incident light with a wide angle, and can change the color tone of reflected light depending on the incident angle of the incident light, and also has reduced unevenness in the color of the reflected light. An open-type retroreflective material in which a transparent resin layer and a reflective layer formed of a transparent metal compound thin film are laminated between a transparent microsphere and a fixing resin layer, and the layer thickness of the transparent resin layer is set to satisfy predetermined conditions, can show high chroma for incident light with a wide angle, and can change the color tone of reflected light depending on the incident angle of the incident light, and can also have reduced color unevenness. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322354 | WINDOW FILM FOR DISPLAY AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - Provided are a window film for a display and a display device including the same, and the window film for a display comprises: a substrate layer; a coating layer formed on one side of the substrate layer; and an adhesive layer formed on the other side of the substrate layer, wherein the coating layer and/or the adhesive layer includes, relative to each layer, a UV absorbent of approximately 3 wt % to approximately 20 wt %, and the window film for a display has a transmittance of approximately 1% or less for a wavelength of 390 nm or less. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322355 | COATED ARTICLE WITH LOW-E COATING HAVING ABSORBING LAYERS FOR LOW FILM SIDE REFLECTANCE AND LOW VISIBLE TRANSMISSION - Absorbing layers of a low-emissivity (low-E) coating are designed to cause the coating to have a reduced film side reflectance which is advantageous for aesthetic purposes. In certain embodiments, the absorbing layers are metallic or substantially metallic (e.g., NiCr or NiCrN | 2017-11-09 |
20170322356 | LIGHT SHIELDING STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A light shielding structure is provided for an electronic device and includes a display device mounted to the electronic device, an outer casing arranged at one side of the display device, a light transmitting portion mounted on the outer casing, an adjustable light-shielding plate arranged between the display device and the light transmitting portion, and an adjusting device set on one side of the adjustable light-shielding plate and operatively coupled thereto. When the display device is activated, light transmits toward the adjustable light-shielding plate. When the adjustable light-shielding plate is in an idle and not operating condition, the light is allowed to transmit through the adjustable light-shielding plate and the light transmitting portion to make light projecting out from the outer casing. Oppositely, the adjusting device may be operated to cause the adjustable light-shielding plate to change color for shielding the light. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322357 | Border Structures for Displays - An organic light-emitting diode display may have an active area that contains pixels and an inactive area. The inactive area of the display may be provided with opaque masking layer structures having an appearance that matches the active area of the display when the pixels are off and are not displaying images. The opaque masking layer structures may include a polymer layer coated with a layer of metal. The display may have pixels with anodes and a cathode layer. The anodes may be formed from metal pads. Dummy structures such as a dummy cathode and dummy anodes may be formed in the inactive area. A circular polarizer in the display may overlap the active area and the inactive area or may overlap the active area without overlapping some or all of the inactive area. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322358 | POLARIZING PLATE, FRONT PANEL OF DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE OF TOUCH PANEL, RESISTIVE FILM-TYPE TOUCH PANEL, AND CAPACITANCE-TYPE TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a polarizing plate including a base material, an interlayer, an adhesive layer, and a polarizer layer in this order, in which the base material contains at least a resin film and has a thickness of equal to or greater than 120 μm, the interlayer is a cured layer obtained by curing a thermosetting composition containing a thermally cross-linkable compound in a proportion of equal to or higher than 0.10% by mass with respect to a total amount of solid content of the composition, and a modulus of elasticity Ea of the base material, a modulus of elasticity Eb of the interlayer, and a modulus of elasticity Ec of the adhesive layer satisfy Expression 1: Ea>Eb>Ec. Also provided are a front panel of a display device, a display apparatus, a substrate of a touch panel, a resistive film-type touch panel, and a capacitance-type touch panel. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322359 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display member which displays an image and a light source which provides light to the display member. The display member includes a base substrate including a front surface, a rear surface, and a plurality of side surfaces which connects the front surface to the rear surface, where the base substrate receives the light through a side surface of the side surfaces and has a first refractive index, a low refractive layer disposed on the front surface and having a second refractive index less than the first refractive index, and an array layer disposed on the low refractive layer and including at least one thin film transistor. The low refractive layer has a predetermined thickness, which is greater than a penetration depth of the light in the low refractive layer. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322360 | HIGH-DIFFUSION-COEFFICIENT AND HIGH-BRIGHTNESS LIGHT SOURCE GENERATION DEVICE - A high-diffusion-coefficient and high-brightness light source generation device comprising: a light source module, an optical fiber bundle and an optical fiber hemisphere emitter, wherein the light source module provides the optical fiber bundle with a plane light source having the same size as an end surface of an incident end thereof, the incident end receives light emitted from the light source module, exit ends transmit the light to the optical fiber hemisphere emitter, the exit ends of the optical fiber bundle arranged on a hemispherical wall of the optical fiber hemisphere emitter in an equal solid angle manner, an end surface of each optical fiber exit end located on the same surface as the inner wall of a hemisphere, a bottom plate arranged above an opening of the optical fiber hemisphere emitter, and an opal glass window arranged at the circle centre position of the bottom plate. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322361 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a bottom member including a bottom part facing the display area, a side part extending from the bottom part toward the display panel, and a support part extending from the side part to face a portion of the display area and the non-display area, a plurality of light sources on the bottom part to the display light, and a light guide member between the support part of the bottom member and the display panel to guide the light incident from the plurality of light sources toward the display panel. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322362 | LIGHTING UNIT COMPRISING A WAVEGUIDE - The invention provides a lighting unit comprising a waveguide for providing first light ( | 2017-11-09 |
20170322363 | Light input for directional backlight - A directional backlight may include a light guiding apparatus including at least one transparent optical waveguide for providing large area collimated illumination from localized light sources. The waveguide is arranged in a first part and a second part with a light injection aperture between the respective parts. Such controlled illumination may provide for efficient, multi-user autostereoscopic displays as well as improved 2D display functionality including high brightness displays and high display efficiency. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322364 | LUMINAIRE WITH CONTROLLABLE LIGHT EMISSION - A luminaire includes a first waveguide having a first primary light emitting surface directed in a first direction and a first secondary light emitting surface directed in a second direction. A second waveguide having a second primary light emitting surface directed in the second direction and a second secondary light emitting surface directed in the first direction. A first plurality of LEDs are optically coupled to the first waveguide and a second plurality of LEDs are optically coupled to the second waveguide. The first and second waveguides are independently operable. The first and second plurality of LEDs may comprise LED groups where each of the LED groups are independently controllable. The light emission pattern and light properties of the emitted light are controllable | 2017-11-09 |
20170322365 | Liquid Crystal Display And Backlight Module Of The Same - The present invention discloses a backlight module including: a back frame comprising a bottom plate having a first insertion hole; a light guide plate carried on the bottom plate; an optical film disposed on the light guide plate and having a second insertion hole; a fixing part comprising an engagement portion and a first insertion portion and a second insertion portion which are respectively disposed at two sides of the engagement portion; wherein, the engagement portion is engaged in a side surface of the light guide plate, the first insertion portion is inserted in the first insertion hole, and the second insertion portion is inserted in the second insertion hole. A liquid crystal display having the backlight module is also disclosed. Through the fixing part to fix and combine the back fame, the light guide plate and the optical film together, the problem of insufficient installation space is solved. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322366 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An optical member includes: a light guide part having a first refractive index, where a first area and a second area are sequentially defined on an upper surface of the light guide part in a first direction from a side surface of the light guide part; and a first pattern part disposed on the upper surface of the light guide part, having a second refractive index smaller than a first refractive index of the light guide part, where the first pattern part reflects a portion of light incident from the light guide part. A first area ratio of an overlapping portion of the first pattern part with the first area to the first area is greater than a second area ratio of an overlapping portion of the first pattern part with the second area to the second area. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322367 | LIGHT GUIDE ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE LAMP - The present disclosure provides a light guide assembly and a vehicle lamp. The light guide assembly includes a light guide having an elongated light guiding portion, and a light guide support, the elongated light guiding portion having an end provided with a positioning device for positioning the light guide on the light guide support. It may improve reliability of positioning the light guide by the positioning device arranged at the end of the elongated light guiding part of the light guide. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322368 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device according to the present invention comprises a first body equipped with a display in one side thereof; a coupling opening located in the other side of the first body; a light guide unit located in the coupling opening and transmitting light generated by operation of the display to the other side of the first body; and a second body connected to the first body through a hinge, wherein the light guide unit includes a plate and a convex portion formed on one surface of the plate and corresponding to the shape of the coupling opening. According to the present invention, an electronic device may include a light guide unit capable of transmitting light so as to correspond to the shape of a coupling opening of the body. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322369 | NON-CIRCULAR MULTICORE FIBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A multicore fiber is provided. The multicore fiber includes a plurality of cores spaced apart from one another, and a cladding surrounding the plurality of cores and defining a substantially rectangular or cross-sectional shape having four corners. Each corner has a radius of curvature of less than 1000 microns. The multicore fiber may be drawn from a preform in a circular draw furnace in which a ratio of a maximum cross-sectional dimension of the preform to an inside diameter of the preform to an inside diameter of the draw furnace is greater than 0.60. The multicore fiber may have maxima reference surface. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322370 | GLASS LARGE-CORE OPTICAL FIBERS - Embodiments of optical fiber may include cladding features that include a material (e.g., fluorine-doped silica glass) that may produce a very low relative refractive index difference with respect to cladding material in which the cladding features are disposed. This relative refractive index difference may be characterized by (n | 2017-11-09 |
20170322371 | FIBER STRUCTURAL BODY AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A fiber structural body includes a first fiber, and a second fiber spliced to the first fiber such that light having propagated through the first fiber propagates through the second fiber. At least one of the fibers is a photonic crystal fiber. The second fiber is coated with a first coating layer and a second coating layer in order from a splice surface, and the first coating layer has a refractive index n | 2017-11-09 |
20170322372 | Optical Fiber, Method for Manufacturing Optical Fiber, Optical Fiber Cable, and Sensor - The present invention provides a plastic optical fiber comprising a core and a sheath consisting of at least one layer, the plastic optical fiber having a transmission loss of 120 dB/km or less as measured by a 25 m-1 m cutback method under conditions of a wavelength of 525 nm and an excitation of NA=0.45, and satisfying either one of the following conditions when a thickness of the innermost sheath layer is 0.5 μm to 4.5 μm, an amount of foreign matter having a size of 2 μm or greater contained in the innermost sheath layer is 2000/cm | 2017-11-09 |
20170322373 | SHIELDED PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A light shield may be formed in photonic integrated circuit between integrated optical devices of the photonic integrated circuit. The light shield may be built by using materials already present in the photonic integrated circuit, for example the light shield may include metal walls and doped semiconductor regions. Light-emitting or light-sensitive integrated optical devices or modules of a photonic integrated circuit may be constructed with light shields integrally built in. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322374 | WAVEGUIDE HAVING BI-DIRECTIONAL OPTICAL TRANSMISSION STRUCTURE - A waveguide having a bi-directional optical transmission structure comprises: a main waveguide which is formed in a preset direction; a branch waveguide which is connected to at least one of both ends of the main waveguide; and a reflector which is placed at an intersection where the branch waveguide and the at least one of both ends of the main waveguide are connected, and which has a different refraction index from the refraction index of the main waveguide and the refraction index of the branch waveguide, wherein the reflector refracts or reflects in different forms the bidirectional light signals for transmission and reception, and thereby directs the light signal for transmission to the main waveguide, and separates the light signal for reception to the branch waveguide. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322375 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL ALL-OPTICAL SELF-OR-TRANSFORMATION LOGIC GATE - A photonic crystal (PhC) all-optical self-OR-transformation logic gate, which comprises an optical-switch unit (OSU), a PhC structure unit, a reference-light source, a memory or delayer and a D-type flip-flop (DFF); an input port of a delayer is connected with a logic-signal X, and an output port of said delayer is connected with the logic-signal-input port of said OSU; a reference light is connected to the reference-light-input port of said OSU; two intermediate-signal-output ports of said OSU are respectively connected with the two intermediate-signal-input port of said PhC-structure unit; a clock-signal CP is connected to the clock-signal-CP-input port of said OSU and the second clock-signal-input port of said DFF; the signal-output port of said PhC-structure unit is connected with the D-signal input port of said DFF. The structure of the present invention is compact in structure, strong in anti-interference capability and ease in integration with other optical-logic elements. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322376 | METHODS OF ATTACHING SURFACES TOGETHER BY ADHESIVES, AND DEVICES INCLUDING SURFACES ATTACHED TOGETHER BY ADHESIVES - The present disclosure describes methods of attaching surfaces together. In one aspect, a method includes depositing a first adhesive onto a first surface of a first item, the first adhesive forming a pattern that at least partially surrounds a region of the first surface where there is no first adhesive. A second adhesive is jetted onto the region of the first surface, wherein the second adhesive has a viscosity lower than a viscosity of the first adhesive. The first surface of the first item and a second surface of a second item are brought into contact with one another. The method also includes curing the first and second adhesives. While the methods can be particularly suitable for manufacturing optical light guide elements, the methods also can be used in other contexts and applications as well. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322377 | Optical Waveguide Termination Having A Doped, Light-Absorbing Slab - An optical waveguide termination includes a light-receiving inlet for receiving light to be terminated, a rib waveguide extending from the inlet, a doped, light-absorbing slab supporting the rib waveguide for absorbing light from the rib waveguide, and a tip at an end of the rib waveguide. The optical waveguide termination exhibits low back-reflection. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322378 | SEALING AND RETENTION PLUG FOR A HYBRID CABLE | 2017-11-09 |
20170322379 | HARDENED FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS HAVING A MECHANICAL SPLICE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - Hardened fiber optic connectors having a mechanical splice assembly are disclosed. The mechanical splice assembly is attached to a first end of an optical waveguide such as an optical fiber of a fiber optic cable by way of a stub optical fiber, thereby connectorizing the hardened connector. In one embodiment, the hardened connector includes an inner housing having two shells for securing a tensile element of the cable and securing the mechanical splice assembly so that a ferrule assembly may translate. Further assembly of the hardened connector has the inner housing fitting into a shroud of the hardened connector. The shroud aides in mating the hardened connector with a complimentary device and the shroud may have any suitable configuration. The hardened connector may also include features for fiber buckling, sealing, cable strain relief or a pre-assembly for ease of installation. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322380 | OVERMOULDED ASSEMBLY WITH STRAIN RELIEF - An assembly comprises an optic cable comprising a plurality of optic fiber subunits each comprising at least one optic fiber encased in a fiber jacket and a plurality of aramid strands is disclosed. The assembly further comprises one or more blocks comprising a passage ways for receiving the optic fiber subunits and maintaining adjacent ones of the optic fiber subunits at a predetermined spacing. A housing is moulded over the open end of the cable jacket, the aramid strands and the first end of the at least one block. A method of overmoulding a transition between an optic fiber cable and a furcation jacketing is also disclosed wherein a mould comprises ribs arranged at right angles to an axis of the mould and such that aramid strands are prevented during injecting from reaching a surface of the mould. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322381 | LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND MULTI-CHANNEL LIGHT EMITTING MODULE - The present transmitter optical module provides an LD | 2017-11-09 |
20170322382 | OPTICAL PATH CHANGE ELEMENT AND OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE - An optical path change element includes a first facet that receives incidence of light beams outgoing from outgoing portions of a first optical element, a second facet that has a predetermined radius of curvature and is provided with a reflection face to reflect the incident light beams from the first facet, and a third facet causing the light beams reflected on the reflection face to outgo to the incident portions of a second optical element. The second facet has protruded faces spaced from the reflection faces. Virtual planes tangent to the protruded faces are defined. At least one of the virtual planes covers the reflection face without being tangent to the reflection face and being parallel with a tangent plane at an arbitrary point of the reflection face. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322383 | CTIR SPECTROMETER FOR LARGE AREA ASSESSMENT OF GAS EMISSIONS - Systems for determining the presence and distribution of gas emissions in an area are provided. For example, a system may include one or more light detectors and one or more reflectors and/or one more retroreflectors disposed around the perimeter, a light source configured to emit light at a plurality of wavelengths towards the one or more light detectors and/or the one or more reflectors and/or one or more retroreflectors, and one or more processors configured to receive information representing light intensity detected by the one or more light detectors, respectively at each of the plurality of wavelengths and determine gases present in each path based on the light intensity detected by the respective detector at each of the plurality of wavelengths and distribution thereof. The path being either light source-respective detector, light source-respective reflector-respective detector or light source-respective retroreflector-respective detector. Other system may not use reflectors and/or retroreflectors. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322384 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL WITH REMOVABLE MODULES - A fiber optic terminal includes an enclosure defining an interior space having a plurality module holders and at least one module removably positioned in one of the plurality of module holders. Each removable module may include at least one input adapter and a plurality of output adapters. Each removable module may also include one or more splitters, cable storage components, pass-through components, or parking components. The fiber optic module may also include first and second arms extending from the front side of the body and a handle coupled to the first and second arms. The handle may be rotatable between a closed position and an open position, and may also be removable from the first and second arms when the handle is in the open position. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322385 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS ZONE ENCLOSURE - An enclosure includes a pair of opposing sidewalls; a rack having a top bar and two side bars; at least one sidewall including a plurality of openings; a pivot pin coupled to the rack and located in a first opening of the plurality of openings to enable rotation of the rack within the enclosure; and a latch coupled to the rack and located in a second opening of the plurality of openings to fix position of the rack within the enclosure. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322386 | OPTICAL FIBER FURCATION TRANSITION ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED RETENTION FEATURE - An optical fiber transition assembly comprises a cable having a first terminal end from which extends an optical fiber. A furcation tube is also provided, having a second terminal end near the first terminal end of the cable into which the optical fiber of the cable is received. A polymeric transition element surrounds the first and second terminal ends to protect and secure the optical fiber in transition from the cable to the furcation tube, the polymeric transition element being configured to be retained in an entry port of an enclosure. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322387 | ASSEMBLY FOR RETAINING AND SECURING AN OPTICAL CABLE - An assembly for retaining and securing an optical cable includes a retaining element and a housing with an insertion seat. The retaining element has a first retaining wall, a second retaining wall and a connection part connecting the first and second retaining walls. The connection part is configured to resiliently deform upon insertion of the retaining element in the insertion seat to allow mutual approach of said first and second retaining walls. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322388 | PLASTIC BARREL, OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A plastic barrel includes an object-end portion, an image-end portion and a tube portion. The object-end portion includes an object-end surface and an object-end hole, wherein the object-end surface includes a plurality of annular grooves, which are disposed coaxially to a central axis, and each of the annular grooves includes a stepped surface. The image-end portion includes an image-end opening. The tube portion connects the object-end portion and the image-end portion. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322389 | EXPANDABLE MIRRORS - Various expandable mirrors and a vehicle having the same are described. An expandable mirror may include a first pane having a first reflective surface and a second pane having a second reflective surface. The expandable mirror may also include a mechanism connected with each of the first and second panes. The mechanism may be actuated to expand a viewing area of the mirror such that the expanded viewing area includes both the first and second reflective surfaces. The expandable mirror may also include a third pane having a third reflective surface that contributes to the viewing area when the mirror is expanded. The expandable mirror may also include a manual button configured to actuate or de-actuate the mechanism when pressed. The expandable mirror may also include a positioning motor configured to adjust the orientation of the viewing area of the mirror. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322390 | PHOTOGRAPHING LENS SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A photographing lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, and a fourth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element having positive refractive power has an image-side surface being concave, and an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric. The fourth lens element has an object-side surface being concave, and the object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric. The photographing lens system further includes an aperture stop, and no lens elements are disposed between the aperture stop and the first lens element. The photographing lens system has a total of four lens elements. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322391 | WIDE ANGLE LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A wide angle lens system, from an object side to an image plane side, includes: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power and an exit surface that is convex toward the image plane side; a third lens having a negative refractive power and an exit surface that is concave toward the image plane side; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and an exit surface that is convex toward the image plane side; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and an exit surface that is concave toward the image plane side; and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power. The wide angle lens system satisfies the following formulas: | 2017-11-09 |
20170322392 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING UNIT - An imaging lens according to the disclosure includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens includes a meniscus lens that has a convex surface facing object side and has positive refractive power near an optical axis. The second lens has a convex surface facing the object side and has negative refractive power near the optical axis. The third lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis. The fifth lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis. The sixth lens has negative refractive power near the optical axis and has an aspheric surface on the image plane side. The aspheric surface has an inflection point. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens are disposed in order from the object side toward the image plane side. The imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322393 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens group; a second lens group; and a third lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The third lens group includes a sixth lens having negative refractive power and a seventh lens. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322394 | IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An imaging lens assembly includes a plurality of lens elements, wherein at least one of the lens elements is a dual molded lens element. The dual molded lens element includes a light transmitting portion and a light absorbing portion. The light transmitting portion includes an effective optical section and a first annular surface. The light absorbing portion is located on at least one surface of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the dual molded lens element, wherein a plastic material and a color of the light absorbing portion are different from a plastic material and a color of the light transmitting portion, and the light absorbing portion includes an opening and a second annular surface. A step surface of the second annular surface is formed by the first annular surface and the second annular surface. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322395 | IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An imaging lens assembly includes a plurality of lens elements, wherein at least one of the lens elements is a dual molded lens element. The dual molded lens element includes a light transmitting portion and a light absorbing portion. The light transmitting portion includes an effective optical section. The light absorbing portion is located on at least one surface of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the dual molded lens element, wherein a plastic material and a color of the light absorbing portion are different from a plastic material and a color of the light transmitting portion, and the light absorbing portion includes an opening. The opening is non-circular and disposed correspondingly to the effective optical section. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322396 | COMPACT CAMERA DESIGN TO ADJUST PARALLAX EFFECTS - An apparatus comprising a plurality of lenses and a frame. The lenses may be arranged to provide coverage for a spherical field of view of a scene surrounding the apparatus. The frame may be configured to hold (A) a first subset of the lenses, (B) a second subset of the lenses and (C) a third subset of the lenses. At least one of the lenses in the first subset and at least one of the lenses in the second subset may be neighboring lenses arranged around a periphery of the apparatus. At least one of the lenses in the third subset and at least one of the lenses in the first subset or the second subset may be neighboring lenses. At least two of the neighboring lenses may be oriented to adjust parallax effects for a pre-determined purpose when the spherical field of view is recorded. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322397 | OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE - One embodiment of the invention discloses an optical imaging device including an optical lens. The optical lens has N number of lenses, and the N number of lenses are divided into a first lens group and a second lens group and have at least three aspheric lenses. The first lens group is disposed between an object side and an image side, and the first lens group has (N/2)−1 piece of lens. The first lens group includes, in order from the object side, a first lens, a second lens and a third lens, and the second lens is an aspheric lens. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the image side, and an aperture stop is disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322398 | Panoramic Lens Assembly - A panoramic lens assembly includes a first lens assembly which includes a first lens group, a first prism and a second lens group, all of which are arranged in order from a first object side to a first image side along a first optical axis. The first lens group is with negative refractive power and includes a first and a second lens. The first prism includes a first incident surface, a first reflective surface and a first exit surface. The second lens group is with positive refractive power and includes a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth and a seventh lens. The first lens assembly satisfies: 0.2≦TTL | 2017-11-09 |
20170322399 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a zoom lens, including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; a third lens unit having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a rear lens group including one or more lens units, in which the third lens unit is configured to move toward the object side during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, in which an interval between adjacent lens units is changed during zooming, in which the fourth lens unit is moved in a direction having a vertical component to an optical axis during image stabilization, and in which focal lengths of the third and fourth lens units are appropriately set. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322400 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL CATADIOPTRIC LENS STRUCTURE - At least one lens element ( | 2017-11-09 |
20170322401 | DETECTION SYSTEM WITH ONE-PIECE OPTICAL ELEMENT TO CONCENTRATE AND HOMOGENIZE LIGHT - Detection system comprising an examination region, a one-piece optical element including a focusing portion to concentrate light received from the examination region and a guiding portion to homogenize light received from the focusing portion, and a detector configured to detect homogenized light received from the guiding portion. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322402 | MICROSCOPY IMAGING - Among other things, an imaging device has a photosensitive array of pixels, and a surface associated with the array is configured to receive a specimen with at least a part of the specimen at a distance from the surface equivalent to less than about half of an average width of the pixels. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322403 | MULTI-FOCAL STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various embodiments for a multi-focal selective illumination microscopy (SIM) system for generating multi-focal patterns of a sample are disclosed. The multi-focal SIM system performs a focusing, scaling and summing operation on each generated multi-focal pattern in a sequence of multi-focal patterns that completely scan the sample to produce a high resolution composite image. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322404 | OBJECTIVE FOR MICROSCOPE - An objective includes, in order from an object side, first, second, and third lens groups. The first lens group includes, in order from the object side, a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens component. When NA represents an objective numerical aperture, f represents an objective focal length, f | 2017-11-09 |
20170322405 | PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE - The phase contrast microscope includes: an illumination optical system | 2017-11-09 |
20170322406 | Optical Measurement Method and Device - An optical measurement method and an optical measurement device for determining the spatial or spatiotemporal distribution of a sample, the sample comprising at least one retransmission source retransmitting light depending on light projected onto the sample according to a predetermined law. The method has steps of projection onto the sample of at least two compact light distributions belonging to different topological families, which propagate along the same optical path; detection of the light retransmitted by said at least one retransmission source of the sample; generation of at least one optical image from the detected light; and algorithmic analysis of the optical images for obtaining location data on said at least one retransmission source. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322407 | Automated substrate loading - This disclosure is directed to system for transferring a substrate, such as a microscope slide, and holding the substrate within at least one device. The system includes a holder for holding the substrate and a gripper for transferring the substrate, such as between a cassette or stack and the holder. A method is also discussed herein. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322408 | ILLUMINATION SETTING METHOD, LIGHT SHEET MICROSCOPE APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An illumination setting method includes acquiring an image of a sample onto which a light sheet has been radiated; determining, on the basis of the acquired image of the sample, a subordinate ray angle with respect to a width direction of the light sheet; and performing a setting of the illumination optical system according to the determined subordinate ray angle. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322409 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes a holder for holding a sample, an objective for imaging at least apart of a sample held by the holder, a detection module, a control unit for setting the focus position of the objective in a first direction for the recording by means of the detection module, and a focusing module for maintaining a set focus position of the objective. The focusing module includes the control unit, a second detector and first focusing optics with adjustable focal length. The focusing module is switchable into a focus-hold mode, wherein an intensity-modulated object is imaged into the sample via the first focusing optics and the objective, and an image of the imaged object is recorded by means of the second detector. The control unit holds the focus position of the objective on the set focus position, based upon the recording of the second detector. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322410 | SURGICAL STEREOSCOPIC VISUALIZATION SYSTEM WITH MOVABLE HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - A surgical stereoscopic visualization system having a microscope head, dual cameras mounted on or proximate the microscope head for real time video capture of a subject in an operative field, a video processing and display system to receive separate video streams from the cameras and to combine the separate video streams into a time-aligned stereoscopic image. The processed image is displayed on a matrix display screen in at least one movable head-mounted stereoscopic display. Movement of the head mounted display is accomplished with a support structure on a headband that accurately positions the display screen in front of the user's eyes, yet allows the user to precisely move the display screen either manually or by motorized means into and out of the user's line of sight, thereby facilitating uninterrupted use of the hands while working in the surgical suite. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322411 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE - An image pickup apparatus includes an optical unit in which a plurality of lenses have relative positions fixed by a transparent resin that fills spaces among the plurality of lenses, and an image pickup substrate in which a light receiving section configured to receive light that is caused to be incident from the optical unit is formed on a principal surface, the optical unit being bonded to the principal surface via an adhesive, and the optical system includes an objective optical system including a plurality of lenses, and inter-lens distances of the plurality of lenses are defined by a spacer, a diaphragm, or the transparent resin. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322412 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY ELEMENT WITH RADIATION FILTER - An apparatus comprising an electrowetting display element comprising a radiation filter, a first support plate, a second support plate, a first fluid and a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid. The apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory comprising computer program instructions operable to, with the at least one processor: determine, based on an input signal indicative of a characteristic of an input to the apparatus, that a predetermined condition for reduction of an exposure of the first fluid to incident light is satisfied; and, in response, generate an output signal to control the electrowetting display element to configure the first fluid in a retracted configuration with the first fluid at least partly overlapped by the radiation filter and with both the first fluid and the second fluid in contact with a surface of the first support plate. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322413 | OPTICAL SCANNING METHOD AND OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - This optical scanning method yields a high quality image. An emission end of an optical fiber is displaced two-dimensionally to scan light emitted from the optical fiber, the emission end being displaced with an optical scanning actuator that includes a first driver and a second driver for driving the emission end in different directions. A circular scanning area is scanned by controlling, with a driver controller, a first drive signal supplied to the first driver and a second drive signal supplied to the second driver so as to rotate a scanning pattern of the light while causing the scanning pattern to reciprocate repeatedly in a nearly parallel manner with constant length. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322414 | Optical waveguide using fresnel lenses - An optical waveguide for a see-through display system using Fresnel lenses is disclosed. This invention enables high efficiency of light utilization, wavelength independence, high resolution and very small form factor. This display system is suitable for head-up-display and wearable display. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322415 | PROJECTION SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY, IN PARTICULAR A HEADS-UP DISPLAY, AND ASSOCIATED DISPLAY - The invention relates to a projection system for a display, in particular a heads-up display, comprising a liquid crystal screen ( | 2017-11-09 |
20170322416 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS FOR HEAD-WORN COMPUTERS - Aspects of the present disclosure relates to user interface systems and methods for use in head-worn computing systems. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322417 | SEMI-TRANSMISSIVE REFLECTION SHEET, LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A semi-transmissive reflection sheet ( | 2017-11-09 |
20170322418 | METASURFACES WITH ASYMMETRIC GRATINGS FOR REDIRECTING LIGHT AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING - An optical system comprises an optically transmissive substrate comprising a metasurface which comprises a grating comprising a plurality of unit cells. Each unit cell comprises a laterally-elongated first nanobeam having a first width; and a laterally-elongated second nanobeam spaced apart from the first nanobeam by a gap, the second nanobeam having a second width larger than the first width. A pitch of the unit cells is 10 nm to 1 μm. The heights of the first and the second nanobeams are: 10 nm to 450 nm where a refractive index of the substrate is more than 3.3; and 10 nm to 1 μm where the refractive index is 3.3 or less. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322419 | ARCHITECTURES AND METHODS FOR OUTPUTTING DIFFERENT WAVELENGTH LIGHT OUT OF WAVEGUIDES - Architectures are provided for selectively outputting light for forming images, the light having different wavelengths and being outputted with low levels of crosstalk. In some embodiments, light is incoupled into a waveguide and deflected to propagate in different directions, depending on wavelength. The incoupled light then outcoupled by outcoupling optical elements that outcouple light based on the direction of propagation of the light. In some other embodiments, color filters are between a waveguide and outcoupling elements. The color filters limit the wavelengths of light that interact with and are outcoupled by the outcoupling elements. In yet other embodiments, a different waveguide is provided for each range of wavelengths to be outputted. Incoupling optical elements selectively incouple light of the appropriate range of wavelengths into a corresponding waveguide, from which the light is outcoupled. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322420 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device including (I) an eyeglass-shaped frame configured to be mounted on a head of an observer, and (II) an image display device attached to the frame. The image display device includes (A) an image forming device, and (B) an optical device on which light output from the image forming device is incident, in which the light is guided, and from which the light is output. A dimmer configured to adjust an amount of external light incident from outside is installed on a side opposite to a side on which the image forming device of the optical device is disposed. A light shielding member configured to shield incidence of external light on the optical device is disposed in a region of the optical device on which light output from the image forming device is incident. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322421 | INTRINSICALLY SAFE SAFETY GOGGLES WITH DATA DISPLAY, USER INPUT AND DATA COMMUNICATION - An apparatus includes a frame fittable to a human wearer's face. The frame has therein at least one lens in a field of view of the human wearer. The at least one lens includes a computer display functionally associated therewith. A computing system is embedded in a part of the frame. The computing system and the computer display are embedded so as to be hermetically sealed in the part of the frame and the at least one lens, respectively. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322422 | See Through Display enabling the correction of visual deficits - A See-Through Display System with the ability to correct visual deficits such as presbyopia, color blindness and poor night vision is disclosed. This invention enables the correction of visual deficits using camera(s), microdisplay (s), controlling circuit(s) with digital grayscale control and see through optics such as free form lens/mirror, half-mirror, diffractive and/or holographic optical element(s). | 2017-11-09 |
20170322423 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING OF UNCOOLED LASERS WITH WAVELENGTH-COMMON DISPERSIVE ELEMENT - An example demultiplexer may include at least one dispersive element that is common to multiple wavelength channels. The demultiplexer may additionally include multiple field lenses positioned optically downstream from the at least one dispersive element, where a number of the field lenses is equal to a number of the wavelength channels. An example multiplexer may include a single piece power monitor assembly that includes a collimator lens array, a focusing lens array, and a slot integrally formed therein. The collimator lens array may be positioned to receive multiple wavelength channels from a laser array. The focusing lens array may be positioned to focus multiple portions of the wavelength channels onto an array of photodetectors. The slot may be configured to tap the portions from the wavelength channels collimated into the single piece power monitor assembly by the collimator lens array and to direct the portions toward the focusing lens array. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322424 | OPTICAL PATTERN PROJECTION - This disclosure describes optical systems for projecting an irregular or complex pattern onto a region of space (e.g., a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object or scene). A respective light beam is emitted from each of a plurality of light sources. The emitted light beams collectively are diffracted in accordance with a plurality of different first grating parameters to produce a plurality of first diffracted light beams. The first diffracted light beams then collectively are diffracted in accordance with one or more second grating parameters. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322425 | Cube, Polarizing Beam-Splitter with Reduced Incident-Angle - A cube, polarizing beam-splitter can include an irregular-shaped prism to allow reduced incidence angle on the polarizer, thus resulting in improved optical performance. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322426 | DEGREES OF FREEDOM FOR DIFFRACTION ELEMENTS IN WAVE EXPANDER - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for providing additional degrees of freedom for diffraction gratings of an output waveguide in a near-eye display device. The near-eye display device includes an imager to generate an image based on light from a light source. The device further includes a waveguide to input a light wave representing the image received from the imager and to output the light wave representing the image toward an optical receptor of a user. The waveguide includes a plurality of diffractive optical elements (DOEs) in a common light path from an input of the waveguide to an output of the waveguide. The DOEs include a plurality of periodic diffraction patterns. Each of the periodic diffraction patterns is represented by a diffraction pattern vector. The periodic diffraction patterns are determined such that a vector summation of the diffraction pattern vectors equals zero. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322427 | SPECTACLE STRUCTURE WITH TRANSFORMABLE FRAMES - This invention is related to a spectacle structure with transformable frames. An upper frame and a lower frame of the spectacle structure mainly have corresponding lens assembling parts. A fixing part is pivotally connected to an assembling rod of the upper frame. A connection section against the assembling rod of the upper frame is disposed in the lower frame. A carrying part of the fixing part support the bottom of the connection section. A positioning flange stops in front of the connection section to combine the upper frame and the lower frame to be as one frame. Accordingly, the upper and the lower frames can be detached to transform between a half-rimmed spectacles and a full-rimmed spectacles depending on needs. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322428 | HINGE DEVICE FOR CONNECTING THE SIDES TO THE FRONTS OF SPECTACLE FRAMES, AND SPECTACLES INCLUDING THIS DEVICE - What is described is a hinge device for connecting the sides ( | 2017-11-09 |
20170322429 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FORM BIOCOMPATIBLE ENERGIZATION PRIMARY ELEMENTS FOR BIOMEDICAL DEVICES - Methods and apparatus to form biocompatible energization elements are described. In some embodiments, the methods and apparatus to form the biocompatible energization elements involve forming cavities comprising active cathode chemistry. The active elements of the cathode and anode are sealed with a laminate stack of biocompatible material. In some embodiments, a field of use for the methods and apparatus may include any biocompatible device or product that requires energization elements. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322430 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A CHARACTERIZING POINT OF AN EYE AND FOR TRACKING THE DIRECTION OF THE GAZE OF A WEARER OF SPECTACLES - The invention relates to a device for determining the position of a characterizing point of an eye of a wearer provided with a spectacle frame ( | 2017-11-09 |
20170322431 | LIGHT-OPERATED ADJUSTABLE TERAHERTZ WAVE ATTENUATOR AND USE METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a light-operated adjustable terahertz wave attenuator. The attenuator includes a silicon base-silicon base-vanadium oxide thin film, a laser emitter and a spherical collimating lens, wherein the silicon based-vanadium dioxide thin film is vertical to a terahertz beam direction, the laser emitter is arranged on one side of the silicon based-vanadium dioxide thin film, the laser emitter is connected with the collimator, the laser emitted from the laser emitter is emitted from the collimator and irradiates on a film surface of the silicon based-vanadium oxide thin film, and the spots of the laser irradiating on the film surface of the silicon based-vanadium oxide thin film completely cover the transmitted terahertz wave spots. The present invention further discloses a use method of the light-operated adjustable terahertz wave attenuator. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322432 | NOVEL PHOTOELASTIC MODULATOR HAVING SYMMETRIC STRUCTURE AND FORTY-FIVE DEGREE DOUBLE-DRIVE PHOTOELASTIC MODULATOR - The present invention relates to a Photoelastic Modulator (PEM), particularly to a novel polarized light modulator structure based on a photoelastic effect. The PEM, which controls driving voltages of two groups of piezoelectric actuators, is able to implement polarized light modulation having a relatively large optical path difference, and polarized light modulator having a fast modulation shaft moving circumferentially, and the PEM operates stably without a moving component. The present invention includes the piezoelectric actuators, a light pass crystal and a driver controller. Two light pass faces of the light pass crystal are parallel regular octagons directly facing each other, and identical rectangles are formed by side faces of the light pass crystal. The piezoelectric actuators are in soft connection with middle positions of the rectangles by connection rubber layers. The width directions of the piezoelectric actuators are consistent with the direction of the light pass thickness of the light pass crystal, and the widths are slightly larger than the light pass thickness. The piezoelectric actuators are connected with electric output ends on the driver controller by electric adapters. This aspect is mainly applied to PEMs. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322433 | Compact Six-Port Photonic Crystal Circulator - A compact six-port Photonic Crystal (PhC) circulator includes a hexagonal PhC branch waveguide and six waveguide ports, wherein six PhC branch waveguides respectively correspond to the six waveguide ports, and the six waveguide ports respectively are symmetrically distributed at the periphery of PhCs. One second dielectric material column is arranged at the center of the hexagonal PhC waveguide. Six identical magneto-optical material columns respectively are arranged at first adjacent positions of the second dielectric material column. Six identical third dielectric material columns respectively are arranged at second adjacent positions of the second dielectric material column. An electromagnetic signal is inputted from any one of the waveguide ports and is outputted from the next waveguide port adjacent thereto, while the remaining waveguide ports are in a signal isolated state, thus forming unidirectional circular transmission. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322434 | INVERTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - Provided are an inverting device capable of suppressing a defect caused by wear debris generated by contacting and sliding of clamping members on a substrate with a sealing member, the wear debris being melted when heating the substrate and then adhered thereto after cooling thereof, and a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display panel using the inverting device. The inverting device includes a main body, an inverting portion, a substrate contact portion, and a substrate support portion. The substrate contact portion and the substrate support portion clamp the substrate, and the inverting portion inverts the substrate. The substrate contact portion and the substrate support portion each have heat-resistant layer with a heat resistance temperature which is equal to or higher than a temperature at which the sealing member is cured by heating. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322435 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A display device includes first and second substrates each including a short side and a long side, ground parts located on at least one of the short and long sides of each of the first and second substrates and including at least one first ground surfaces, which are perpendicular to opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates, and at least one second ground surfaces, which are provided at at least one edge of the second substrate to define an obtuse angle with reference to the first ground surfaces, and unevenness disposed on the first ground surfaces along a first direction, where the unevenness defines an acute angle with reference to a normal line to the opposing surfaces. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322436 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MEMBER, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A polymerizable composition provides a high brightness and suppressed decrease in brightness in an outer peripheral region when used in a wavelength conversion member, a wavelength conversion member, a backlight unit, and a liquid crystal display device. The polymerizable composition includes quantum dots having surfaces coordinated with a ligand, a polymerizable compound, and a dispersant, in which the ligand is a molecule that includes a saturated hydrocarbon chain having 6 or more carbon atoms and a coordinating group, a Log P value of the polymerizable compound is 3.0 or lower, the dispersant has a nonpolar and a polar portion in a molecule, and the nonpolar portion is at least one selected from the group consisting of a saturated hydrocarbon chain having 6 or more carbon atoms, an aromatic ring, and a saturated aliphatic ring. The wavelength conversion member, the backlight unit, and the liquid crystal display device include the polymerizable composition. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322437 | Liquid Crystal Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The object can be achieved by the following structure. A material whose value of fracture toughness is greater than or equal to 1.5 [MPa·m | 2017-11-09 |
20170322438 | CURVED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND ARRAY SUBSTRATE THEREOF - A curved liquid crystal display panel and an array substrate thereof are disposed. The array substrate arranges a plurality of pixel units thereon, and each of the pixel units has a left subdomain and a right subdomain. The array substrate is divided into a central segment, a left segment, and a right segment. In the pixel unit of the left segment, the width of the right subdomain is greater than the width of the left subdomain; and in the pixel unit of the right segment, the width of the left subdomain is greater than the width of the right subdomain. By an asymmetrical design for the subdomains of the pixel units, the position offset generated during the panel is formed can be compensated, so as to improve the viewing angle and the color difference of the curved panel. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322439 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A circuit section of a display device is provided with a display element section on which a plurality of display elements are arranged at positions overlapped with a display region on which a display functional layer is formed, an input section for transmitting a signal for driving the display functional layer to the display element section and a lead-out wiring section for electrically connecting the display elenment section to the input section. Moreover, the lead-out wiring section is provided with a plurality of stacked wiring layers, and the plurality of wiring layers include a first wiring layer on which a plurality of first wirings having a first wiring width and a second wiring layer on which a plurality of second wirings having a first wiring width that is narrower than the first wiring width are formed. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322440 | Array Substrate Having A Touch Function And Display Device - The disclosure is related to an array substrate having a touch function and a display device. The display device comprises a plurality of touch electrodes arranged in an array, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of data lines. The scan lines and the data lines intersect with each other to define pixel regions on the display device. Each of the pixel electrodes is arranged in the corresponding pixel region and electrically connects to the corresponding scan line and the corresponding data line. Each touch electrode corresponds to at least one pixel region; at least an opening portion is formed at the overlapping regions between each of the touch electrode and at least one of the scan lines and the data line to reduce the coupling capacitance. Through the above-described manner, the disclosure can effectively improve the precision of the touch screen. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322441 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present display device includes a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer between an array substrate and a facing substrate. The array substrate has an electrode layer having an upper electrode and a lower electrode facing each other in a Z direction, and an opening including a plurality of slits extending in an X direction is formed in the upper electrode and the lower electrode. The liquid crystal layer is provided on the electrode layer, liquid crystal molecules in vicinity regions on one side and the other side of the opening which face each other in a width direction of each slit are oriented as rotating in reverse to each other, and the facing substrate has a conductive layer. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322442 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate having gate lines and data lines arranged thereon, the gate lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, the data lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; a counter substrate having a black matrix and a color filter; and liquid crystals put between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. Columnar spacers are fainted on the counter substrate. Pedestals are formed on portions of the TFT substrate, the portions corresponding to the columnar spacers. A convex portion and a concave portion are present at the top end of the columnar spacer. The pedestal is formed corresponding to the concave portion. The concave portion is opened at the ends thereof and connected to the lateral side of the columnar spacer. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322443 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TILED DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display unit including a non-display region and a display region which extends from the non-display region in a direction defining an extension direction of the display region, and a supporting member on which the display unit is supported. The supporting member includes an intermediate mold including a first intermediate support disposed in the non-display region and an intermediate seat portion extending in the extension direction of the display region from the first intermediate support and disposed in the display region, and a transparent mold adjacent in the extension direction of the display region to the intermediate mold, between the intermediate seat portion and the display unit, and including a transparent support in an edge display region of the display region which is adjacent to the non-display region. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322444 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first polarizer, a second polarizer and a frame. The frame contacts with a first surface and a first side of the first substrate, a second surface and a second side of the second substrate, and a third side of the first polarizer. The frame has a fourth surface and a fourth side connecting to the fourth surface, and the fourth side is disposed corresponding to the second side. In a first direction perpendicular to the first surface, a shortest distance between the fourth and first surfaces is a first distance, a shortest distance between the fourth and first surfaces is a second distance, and a shortest distance between the third and first surfaces is a third distance. The third distance is substantially equal to the first distance, and the first distance and the second distance are different. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322445 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus can include a display panel; a cabinet covering an edge portion and including a front part, and a side part; a light source package on a rear side of the display panel; a bottom cover on a rear side of the light source package; a panel guide for guiding mounting of the display panel; a main board on a rear side of the bottom cover; and a back cover covering the main board and coupled to the bottom cover, in which at least a portion of the cabinet is exposed to an outside of the display apparatus, and at least a portion of the cabinet contacts the panel guide, and the bottom cover includes a first portion covered by the back cover and a second portion that is not covered by the back cover and exposed to an outside of the display apparatus. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322446 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A NON-RECTILINEAR DISPLAY AREA - A display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate covering the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of pixels on the first substrate; and a light blocking member disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, the light blocking member disposed in a curved area and defining a display area and a non-display area. The plurality of pixels includes a first pixel outside the curved area; and a second pixel in the curved area, and a pixel electrode of the first pixel has a different shape from a shape of a pixel electrode of the second pixel. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322447 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a first shielding layer, a first optical film, a second substrate, and a display medium. The first shielding layer is located on the first substrate and has a first alignment pattern. The first optical film is located on the first substrate. The first optical film has a second alignment pattern on a side edge of the first optical film. The first alignment pattern and the second alignment pattern are overlapped with each other. The second substrate is located opposite to the first substrate. The display medium is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322448 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal panel and a fabricating method thereof. The liquid crystal panel has an array substrate, a color film substrate and a liquid crystal layer mounted between the array substrate and the color film substrate. The color film substrate forms multiple color resists thereon to form multiple color filter units. The array substrate at least forms a first spacer and a second spacer thereon. A height of the first spacer is equal to a height of the second spacer. A thickness of the color resist corresponding to the first spacer is different from a thickness of the color resist corresponding to the second spacer. The present disclosure simplifies a fabricating art, saves cost and effectively maintains a thickness of the liquid crystal panel at the time to ensure that the liquid crystal panel can clearly display image. | 2017-11-09 |
20170322449 | Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus and Method of Driving Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - Provided are a liquid crystal display apparatus and a method for driving a liquid crystal display apparatus capable of effectively suppressing the deterioration in gamma characteristics even when an angle between a normal line to a display screen from a position of observation and an observer's line of sight is relatively large. Pixels P, arranged in a matrix, are defined to include a plurality of pairs of electrodes for applying a voltage to a liquid crystal layer. Each of two subpixels included in each pixel P is defined to include a pair of electrodes consisting of a subpixel electrode and a counter electrode. A pair of electrodes in each of the two subpixels included in the pixel P (including a pair of electrodes in a third subpixel which may also be included in the pixel P) applies a voltage to the crystal liquid layer. A voltage difference between any two voltages applied to the crystal liquid layer is set to vary in accordance with the arrangement position of the pixel P along the rows and/or columns of the matrix. | 2017-11-09 |