47th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130308025 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including a characteristic estimation portion that, from one of image information obtained from an image sensor and information attached to the image information, estimates a characteristic of the image sensor that is used to generate the image information, and a processing portion that processes the image information in accordance with the characteristic of the image sensor estimated by the characteristic estimation portion. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308026 | REDUCED HEIGHT CAMERA MODULES - Electronic devices may include camera modules. A camera module may include an anamorphic lens and an image sensor having an array of asymmetrical image pixels. The array may be a square array arranged in pixel columns and pixel rows. The square image pixel array may include more pixel columns than pixel rows and may be located completely within the image circle of the anamorphic lens. The asymmetrical image pixels may each have a width that is smaller the height of that image pixel. The asymmetrical image pixels may be rectangular image pixels or diamond-shaped image pixels. The anamorphic lens may project a distorted image onto the array of asymmetrical image pixels. The width of each asymmetrical image pixel may be smaller than the height of that image pixel by an amount that corresponds to the distortion of the image by the anamorphic lens. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308027 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING METADATA IN STACKED-CHIP IMAGING SYSTEMS - Imaging systems may be provided with stacked-chip image sensors. A stacked-chip image sensor may include a vertical chip stack that includes an array of image pixels, analog control circuitry and storage and processing circuitry. The control circuitry or the processing circuitry may include metadata generation circuitry and image data output control circuitry that control the processing of blocks of image data from blocks of image pixels in the image pixel array. The metadata generation circuitry may generate metadata for a current image block and provide the generated metadata to the image data output control circuitry. The image data output control circuitry may output image blocks that have been flagged for readout, flagged for enhanced image processing, or otherwise flagged for transmission in the generated metadata. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308028 | OFFSET INJECTION IN AN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - An electronic device may have one or more analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). The ADCs may be used in digitizing signals from an image sensor. In order to ensure that input signals received by an ADC are not clipped, the input signals may be positively or negatively offset by a desired amount. Offsetting the input signals may ensure that the offset input signals wall within the acceptable input range of the ADCs. Offset injection may be accomplished using capacitors that are also used for analog-to-digital conversion. As an example, the ADC may be a successive approximation-type ADC that uses capacitors in a binary search for the digital value most accurately representing an input analog value. The capacitors of the ADC may be used for the successive approximation process and for offset injection. The offset injection may be digitally canceled out following digitization of the input analog signal. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308029 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PIXEL CONTROL SIGNAL VERIFICATION - Imaging systems may be provided with image sensors having an array of image pixels coupled to row control circuitry and verification circuitry. The row control circuitry may provide row control signals to the image pixels for capturing image data. The verification circuitry may receive the row control signals through the array of image pixels. The verification circuitry may identify predetermined ranges of acceptable row control signal magnitudes based on the type of row control signal and the mode of operation of the image sensor. The verification circuitry may be configured to compare row control signal magnitudes to the predetermined acceptable ranges. If the row control signal magnitudes are outside of one or more of the predetermined ranges, circuitry in the imaging system may be shut off and/or a fault signal such as an audible or visible failure alert signal may be produced for an operator of imaging system. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308030 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Charges accumulated in pixels contained in one or a plurality of readout object rows that form a partial region of a photodetecting region are selectively read out in each of the L times (L is an integer not less than 2) of imaging frames, and in each of the L times of imaging frames, resetting of charges accumulated in pixels contained in only a part of non-readout object rows is performed, as well as, resetting is performed at least once in a period of the L times of imaging frames for each of the two or more non-readout object rows. Accordingly, a control method for a solid-state imaging element capable of reducing the time required per one imaging frame and reducing load on the peripheral circuit when selectively reading out charges accumulated in pixels in a partial region of the photodetecting region is realized. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308031 | Image sensor and method for power efficient readout of sub-picture - An image sensor ( | 2013-11-21 |
20130308032 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARTUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A user-preferred image is easily displayed for a plurality of images generated by bracketing capture. A recording control unit adds the same group identifier to a plurality of captured images generated by the same bracketing-capture operation, allocates the plurality of captured images to the same folder, and records the plurality of captured images on a recording unit as bracketing-captured images. A priority image setting unit adds priority information to a bracketing-captured image selected by a user among the bracketing-captured images recorded on the recording unit, and sets a priority image. In addition, the priority image setting unit allocates the priority image to a main folder, and allocates bracketing-captured images other than the priority image to a sub-folder. In a predetermined display mode, a display control unit displays only the priority image among the bracketing-captured images on the display unit on the basis of the priority information. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308033 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY FOR CAPTURING IMAGES AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE THEREWITH - The invention is an optical lens assembly for capturing images and an image capture device therewith. The optical lens assembly for capturing images includes, along an optical axis, a total reflection prism, a first lens group having negative focal power, wherein the first lens group comprises a lens having negative focal power, a second lens group having positive focal power, wherein the second lens group comprises at least one lens having an aspherical optical surface, a third lens group having positive focal power, wherein the third lens group comprises at least one lens having positive focal power and at least one lens having negative focal power, and a fourth lens group having positive focal power, wherein the fourth lens group comprises at least one lens having an aspherical optical surface. Thereby, the aberration can be improved and a thin lens module for capturing images can be achieved. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308034 | TELECONVERTER, AND IMAGING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - A teleconverter includes a master lens apparatus-side mount on which a master lens apparatus is mounted, a camera body-side mount on which a camera body is mounted, and a converter lens unit that has a negative refracting power for mounting the master lens apparatus thereon to obtain a lens system having a focal length longer than that of the master lens apparatus, the converter lens unit including a first lens group on the master lens apparatus side and a second lens group on the camera body side with an on longest air separation interposed between them, the first lens group has positive refracting power, and the second lens group has negative refracting power, with satisfaction of the following condition (1): | 2013-11-21 |
20130308035 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The image pickup apparatus includes an imaging optical system to cause light rays from an object plane to image on an image side conjugate plane with respect to the object plane, an image sensor including pixels and to photoelectrically convert the optical image, and an optical element array including optical element cells each of which conjugates the image side conjugate plane with the image sensor and which are arranged so as to cause light rays from a same point on the object plane to enter mutually different pixels depending on positions on a pupil plane of the imaging optical system through which the light rays pass. An arrangement pitch of the optical element cells in the optical element array is 25 times or less of an arrangement pitch of the pixels in the image sensor. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308036 | IMAGE FOCUS ADJUSTMENT USING STACKED-CHIP IMAGE SENSORS - Imaging systems may be provided with stacked-chip image sensors and adjustable lens systems. A stacked-chip image sensor may include a vertical chip stack that includes an array of image pixels and processing circuitry. The adjustable lens system may pass light from a scene onto the image pixels at a number of focus positions. The image pixels may capture a focus bracket of image frames at a capture frame rate for light passed by the adjustable lens system at two or more of the focus positions. The processing circuitry may combine a set of image frames in the focus bracket to generate a focused image. The focused image may have one or more portions of the captured scene in focus. The processing circuitry may output the focused image to off-chip image processing circuitry at an output frame rate that is less than the capture frame rate. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308037 | IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS - An image-pickup apparatus is disclosed which is capable of performing focus controls by plural AF methods and causing a user to confirm the focus control operation by each of the plural AF methods. The apparatus includes a controller which performs a first focus control and a second focus control by a method different from that of the first focus control, and an information output device which outputs information for causing a user to distinguish whether the first or second focus control is currently performed. The controller performs the second focus control after performing the first focus control, and the information output device outputs the information when the first focus control is performed and does not output the information when the second focus control is performed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308038 | AUTOFOCUS APPARATUS - An autofocus apparatus includes a target position calculator for calculating a focus lens target position based on a defocus amount obtained based on the signal of focus detector of a phase difference detecting type and a focus lens position, a target position memory for storing the target position, a speed calculator for calculating an object speed in an optical axis direction based on a present target position, the previous target position, and time period between calculations of present target position and prior target position, and a lens controller for setting, when the object speed changes, a focus lens drive speed based on the present target position, the focus lens position and the object speed and setting, when the object speed does not change, the focus lens drive speed based on a present drive speed, a present defocus amount, and a previous defocus amount. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308039 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The interchangeable lens includes a focus actuator to move a focus lens, a memory storing speed control data for the focus actuator and end position data showing infinity side and close side end positions of a movable range of the focus lens, a lens controller to control the drive speed of the focus actuator by using the speed control data. The lens controller receives, from an image pickup apparatus, timing information showing a timing relating to acquisition of focus information, performs an end reachability determination for predictively determining, by using the timing information, the speed control data and the end position data, whether or not the focus lens reaches the infinity side or close side end position by a scheduled focus information acquisition timing, and sends information showing a result of the end reachability determination to the image pickup apparatus. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308040 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus includes: an imaging element including a first photoelectric conversion cell that outputs a first signal for phase difference detection obtained by detecting a plurality of light fluxes transmitted through different exit pupils of a photographing optical system using a plurality of focus detection pixels and a second photoelectric conversion cell that outputs a second signal for image generation obtained by detecting an object image transmitted through the photographing optical system using an imaging pixel. A contrast calculating unit calculates contrast information on the object image based on at least one of the first signal and the second signal; a focus detecting unit performs focus detection using a phase difference method on the basis of the first signal, and outputs an estimate for focus adjustment; a reliability estimating unit estimates reliability of a result obtained by the focus detecting unit. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308041 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical system (OL) includes a magnification conversion optical unit (EXT) configured to be insertable and removable at a position between an aperture stop (SP) and an image plane (IP) of the optical system in order to change a focal length of the optical system, a total lens length of the optical system is constant before and after insertion of the magnification conversion optical unit, and a length Lp on an optical axis from the aperture stop to the image plane of the optical system, and a length Le on the optical axis from a lens surface closest to an object side of the magnification conversion optical unit to the image plane when the magnification conversion optical unit is inserted are appropriately set. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308042 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, LENS APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup system includes a lens apparatus, and an image pickup apparatus to which the lens apparatus is detachably attached. The image pickup apparatus controller changes a cycle of a control reference signal for internal processing of the image pickup apparatus, and sends a command of changing the cycle of the control reference signal to the lens controller in synchronization with a post-change control reference signal. The lens controller that has received the command changes the cycle of the control reference signal when the lens apparatus is ready to change the cycle of the control reference signal, and sends to the image pickup apparatus controller information representing whether the lens controller has been able to follow the change of the cycle of the control reference signal. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308043 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, 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, an aperture stop, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear lens group including at least one lens unit, the first lens unit is positioned closer to the object side at a telephoto end than at a wide-angle end, the third lens unit includes at least one positive lens, and a partial dispersion ratio θgF3P of a material of one positive lens in the third lens unit, Abbe's number νd3P, focal lengths fW and fT of a total system at the wide-angle end and the telephoto end respectively, a focal length f1 of the first lens unit, and a focal length f3 of the third lens unit are appropriately set. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308044 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There are provided an imaging apparatus and method which perform different exposure control in pixel group units. Brightness in the pixel group units obtained by dividing a plurality of pixels of an imaging area of the image sensor is evaluated, and pixel group unit exposure control values are calculated according to an evaluation result. The image sensor outputs a control signal matching the calculated pixel group unit exposure control value to each pixel group constituent pixel, and controls exposure in the pixel group units. For example, the exposure control signal including an identical pattern is sequentially output to a plurality of pixels in a pixel group in a time sequence, and exposure control which sets an identical exposure time for a plurality of pixels belonging to one pixel group is realized. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308045 | SENSOR-SYNCHRONIZED SPECTRALLY-STRUCTURED-LIGHT IMAGING - A smartphone is adapted for use as an imaging spectrometer, by synchronized pulsing of different LED light sources as different image frames are captured by the phone's CMOS image sensor. A particular implementation employs the CIE color matching functions, and/or their orthogonally transformed functions, to enable direct chromaticity capture. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308046 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, a support plate that supports the imaging device, a main body that supports the support plate to adjust a position of the support plate, and a posture sensor that is disposed on the support plate and senses a change in a posture of the main body. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308047 | CAMERA MODULE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING CAMERA MODULE - The present disclosure relates to a camera module, which includes a holder, a lens module and an image sensor module. The holder has a receiving space defined through the holder. The lens module is placed in an upper section of the receiving space. The image sensor module has an image sensor, which is placed at a bottom section of the receiving space. The lens module has at least one lens with an alignment structure facing the image sensor. The alignment structure is positioned in a non-optical area of the image sensor module. The alignment structure has an alignment center aligned with an optical axis of the lens module and the alignment center is further aligned with an image sensing center of the image sensor. The present disclosure further provides a method for assembling the camera module. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308048 | CAMERA MODULE - Disclosed herein is a camera module including: a lens barrel in which one or more lenses are installed; a housing accommodating the lens barrel; a printed circuit board coupled with a bottom of the housing and having an image sensor with a light receiving portion mounted thereon; a window film having a window formed therein to define an incident area of light incident on the image sensor; and an infrared ray blocking member blocking an infrared ray in the light incident on the image sensor. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308049 | PICTURE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PICTURE PROCESSING METHOD, PICTURE DATA STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - In an apparatus and a method for executing generation and reproduction processing of picture data suitable for picture display devices having differing processable frame rates, low frame rate picture data is generated on the basis of a plurality of temporally continuous pictures having a high frame rate to provide picture data having a plurality of layers. Decimated data may be set as the high frame rate layer data. In this manner, the quantity of data to be transmitted or stored is reduced. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308050 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, DISPLAYING METHOD AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a display apparatus which can avoid the load increase and display rapidly the video of the selected channel. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308051 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY IN A FIRST MEDIUM BY ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORANEOUSLY ACCESSIBLE CONTENT SOURCES - A display in a first medium is controlled in response to commands generated by analyzing a second, contemporaneously available medium such as a video accompanied by a soundtrack having components in first and second domain. A transform is applied to signals in the first domain to generate signals in the second domain. The second domain signals are ordered according to a rule and used to produce a command signal or signals to produce time varying commands to vary at least one parameter of the video signal. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308052 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM - A playback apparatus to play back content data including sound data includes an instruction operating portion to detect an instruction operation that instructs execution of prescribed processing, a hold operating portion to detect a hold setting operation that sets a state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion, a state control portion to set the state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion if the hold setting operation is detected by the hold operating portion, and a video processing portion to perform processing for displaying a video. If the video processing portion performs processing for displaying the video when the hold setting operation is detected, the state control portion controls the video processing portion to suspend at least a part of processing for displaying the video. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308053 | Video Signal Processing Apparatus and Video Signal Processing Method - According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory and one or more hardware processors that are coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to: (A) determine whether an input video signal is one of (i) a video signal of a film material or (ii) a video signal of a video material, (B) perform super-resolution processing on both of a color component and an luminance component of the input video signal if the input video signal is the video signal of the film material, and (C) perform super-resolution processing on the color component of the input video signal without performing super-resolution processing on the luminance component if the input video signal is the video signal of a video material. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308054 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a receiver which receives a broadcasting signal, a display which displays an image based on the received broadcasting signal, a communication unit which communicates with a mobile device, and a controller which determines whether the mobile device interferes with at least one channel of a plurality of broadcasting channels received through the receiver, and controls the display to display a user interface (UI) indicates a user whether image noise has resulted from channel interference by the mobile device. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308055 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processor includes: a storage unit that stores therein output control information used for setting an output environment of an external output device; a detecting unit that acquires information indicating the output environment of the external output device; a first control unit that determines the output environment acquired by the detecting unit by referring to the output control information stored in the storage unit; and a second control unit that operates the external output device in accordance with the output environment determined by the first control unit. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNEQUAL ERROR PROTECTION IN TRANSMITTING UNCOMPRESSED VIDEO WITH VARIOUS TYPE OVER WIDEBAND HIGH FREQUENCY WIRELESS SYSTEM - Disclosed are an Unequal Error Protection (UEP) apparatus and method thereof for transmitting various types of uncompressed video signals in a broadband high frequency wireless system. The UEP apparatus may include a UEP transmission controller to verify a bit separation point of separating a color depth and priority for each pixel element being composed of a video data pixel when video data is inputted, and to control an error correction coding of correcting relatively many errors to be used in information with a high priority for each pixel element, a bit separator to separate the video data pixel through a control of the UEP transmission controller based on the priority for each pixel element, and a channel coding unit to use a corresponding error correction coding through the control of the UEP transmission controller based on the priority for each pixel element. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308057 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE VIDEO DATA FOR BUFFERING - Techniques and mechanisms for circuitry to provide video data for loading to a buffer. In an embodiment, a loader circuit receives video data and determines MX data for a video frame and NZ data for the video frame, wherein M and N are different respective dimensions of a color space, and wherein X is a first encoding type and Z is a second encoding type. The first MX data includes data representing a first portion of a color component value, and the first NZ data includes data representing a second portion of that color component value. In another embodiment, the loader circuit sends the MX data via a first channel while sending the NZ data via a second channel to a random access buffer. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308058 | LOOK-AHEAD SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAN AND ZOOM DETECTION IN VIDEO SEQUENCES - A look-ahead system and method for pan and zoom detection in video sequences is disclosed. The system and method use motion vectors in a reference coordinate system to identify pans and zooms in video sequences. The identification of pans and zooms enables parameter switching for improved encoding in various video standards (e.g., H.264) and improved video retrieval of documentary movies and other video sequences in video databases or other storage devices. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308059 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a signal transmission apparatus being AC-coupled with a receiving apparatus through a digital transmission line includes a transmitting module configured to transmit a differential signal based on an encoded bit serial input signal such that a low frequency component of the differential signal to be transmitted is maintained at a constant level when the differential signal based on the encoded bit serial input signal is transmitted to the digital transmission line where the encoded bit serial input signal includes a ratio of the number of logic 1 to the number of logic 0 which is different from 5:5. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308060 | Nested Symbol Constellations Representing Respective Services for Graceful Degradation in the Presence of Noise - Symbols representing different classes of service are assigned to different modulation schemes so that the most important service (e.g., emergency messaging) can have the most robust performance, the next important service (e.g., audio) can have robust performance and so on including various grades of video (e.g., HDTV, SDTV) becoming available with decent received RF signal power. The separate modulation constellation points can be scaled to fit inside popular square constellation points to aide receiver synchronization. In this way, graceful degradation of service is afforded in the presence of noise in the channel. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308061 | Switching Power Supply Device - A switching power supply device has a reference voltage generator for generating a reference voltage, a ripple injector for generating a ripple component by use of a pulse voltage indicating the on/off state of a switching element and injecting the ripple component into the reference voltage, an integrated voltage generator for generating an integrated voltage commensurate with the integrated value of the pulse voltage throughout its on- and off-duty periods, a subtractor for lowering according to the integrated voltage the reference voltage before injection of the ripple component or the supply voltage to a buffer that feeds the ripple injector with the pulse voltage after making its pulse height constant, a comparator for comparing a feedback voltage with the reference voltage after injection of the ripple component, and a switching controller for generating an output voltage from an input voltage by non-linear control by turning on and off the switching element according to the output signal of the comparator. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308062 | High Dynamic Range Transceiver for Cognitive Radio - Embodiments of cognitive radio technology can recover and utilize under-utilized portions of statically-allocated radio-frequency spectrum. A plurality of sensing methods can be employed. Transmission power control can be responsive to adjacent channel measurements. Digital pre-distortion techniques can enhance performance. Embodiments of a high DNR transceiver architecture can be employed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308063 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR RELAYING INFORMATION THROUGH A MOBILE PHONE OR PERSONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A system and related method are disclosed herein. The system includes an entertainment device having an audio signal and a video signal, a signal broadcasting device that broadcasts the audio signal of the entertainment device, and a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may contain computer programmable code that is configured to receive, from the signal broadcasting device, the audio signal corresponding to the entertainment device and further output the audio signal. A server may be provided in communication with the signal broadcasting device and the mobile computing device and may be configured for sending advertising media to the mobile computing device. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308064 | INFRARED VIDEO TRACKING FOR USE IN PROJECTING ONTO DYNAMIC WATER FEATURES - A projection system for projecting a still or video image onto a liquid surface. The system includes an agitation mechanism selectively operable to generate gas bubbles on the liquid surface. The system includes a tracking system tracking a location, size, and shape of the gas bubbles on the liquid surface. The system also includes a projector projecting a video stream onto the gas bubbles based on the location, shape, and size of the area of the liquid surface containing the gas bubbles. The tracking system may include an infrared (IR) light source delivering IR light to the liquid surface and an IR video camera receiving a portion of the delivered IR light that is reflected by the gas bubbles. The reflected IR light defines a dynamic projection surface presented by the gas bubbles on the liquid surface by defining a boundary on the liquid surface about the gas bubbles. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308065 | PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY - A projection type display includes an illumination optical system provided with a light source including, for respective predetermined colors, LED arrays each formed of six LEDs, a light source controller that controls the LED arrays to turn on, an integration device, and a DMD, wherein the light source controller controls the LED arrays to turn on such that the shapes of light source images, which are formed on an entrance surface of the integration device by five LEDs of the respective LED arrays, coincide with each other. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308066 | POSITIONAL INPUT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Positional input systems and methods are provided. A positional input method can include passing ( | 2013-11-21 |
20130308067 | 2D/3D SWITCHABLE PARALLAX BARRIER DISPLAY - A 3D display is provided, at least comprising a display module, a backlight module disposed beneath the display module, and a barrier module disposed above the display module. The barrier module comprises a bottom substrate having a bottom electrode layer, an upper substrate having an upper electrode layer, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the bottom substrate and the upper substrate. At least one of the bottom electrode layer and the upper electrode layer comprises at least two finger electrodes interlaced to each other, and voltages with opposite direction are applied on the two finger electrodes at the same time interval in a 3D driving mode. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308068 | BACKLIGHT CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS AND 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method includes dividing a backlight source and a liquid crystal panel into N row sections, preprocessing 3D images to output first images and second images of left and right eyes in a complementary format, while preserving odd and even row section images of original images of the left and right eyes, and sequentially scanning the first images and second images of the left and right eyes from top to bottom using the backlight source. The method further includes, after scanning a row section, controlling the backlight of the row section to be turned on and then turned off until the same row section of a next image starts to be scanned, and repeating until all images are scanned. The method thus provides a crosstalk-free 3D effect and reduces power consumption of the backlight source. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308069 | LAYER ARRANGEMENT FOR THE REGULATION OF LIGHT TRANSMISSION - The present invention relates to a layer arrangement which changes the transmission of light depending on its temperature, where the layer arrangement has a first polarisation layer, a switching layer which influences the polarisation properties of light depending on the temperature, and a second polarisation layer, as well as an additional NIR transmission-preventing layer. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308070 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a liquid crystal substrate in which a matrix of reflecting electrodes is formed on a substrate, a transistor is formed corresponding to each reflective electrode and a voltage is applied to the reflective electrode through the transistor. A silicon oxide film having a thickness of 500 to 2,000 angstroms is used as the passivation film and the thickness is set to a value in response to the wavelength of the incident light to maintain a substantially constant reflectance. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308071 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a base substrate, a pixel on the base substrate, and a color filter part between the base substrate and the pixel. The pixel includes a cover layer defining a TSC (Tunnel Shaped Cavity) on the base substrate, an image display part provided in the TSC, and first and second electrodes which apply an electric field to the image display part. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308072 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308073 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel whose power consumption can be reduced is provided, and an increase in the manufacturing cost of the touch panel is prevented. A photosensor which includes a light-receiving element including a non-single-crystal semiconductor layer between a pair of electrodes and a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer in a channel formation region is provided. A touch panel which includes a plurality of pixels and the photosensor adjacent to at least one of the plurality of pixels is provided. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a pair of terminals. One of the pair of terminals is a reflective conductive film. Alternatively, each of the pair of terminals is a light-transmitting conductive film. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308074 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Discussed are a backlight unit and an LCD device including the same, which prevent the thermal deformation and movement of a light guide plate and realize uniform luminance. The backlight unit includes a supporting case supporting a supporting side wall having a receiving space, a light guide plate placed in the receiving space of the supporting case, a light source member irradiating light on a light incident surface prepared in a side surface of the light guide plate, an optical sheet member disposed on the light guide plate, and a plurality of holder members disposed at certain intervals between the supporting side wall and some side surfaces of the light guide plate except the light incident surface. The holder members are deformed in shape by thermal deformation of the light guide plate. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308075 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A resin layer | 2013-11-21 |
20130308076 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal panel | 2013-11-21 |
20130308077 | MICROLENS ARRAY SUBSTRATE, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A microlens includes a lens center portion having a lens-curved surface and a lens circumference portion having a linear side surface. In the case where length of the side surface is taken as L | 2013-11-21 |
20130308078 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE AND 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM - Provide is a 3D display device and a 3D display system having reduced crosstalk and reduced color shift generating in a diagonal direction during white display. A 3D display device comprising: a liquid crystal cell for image display; a first polarizing film and a polarization-converting liquid crystal cell in this order in front of the liquid crystal cell for image display; at least one retardation layer between the polarization-converting liquid crystal cell and the first polarizing film and/or in front of the polarization-converting liquid crystal cell, the at least one retardation layer comprising a polymer film or consisting of a polymer film, wherein the polymer films have a retardation Re (550) in plane at a wavelength of 550 nm of −30 to 100 nm and a retardation Rth (550) in the thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm of 50 to 180 nm. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308079 | Method for Manufacturing LCD Panel and Liquid Crystal Glass - The invention provides a method for manufacturing an LCD panel and liquid crystal glass, comprising the steps: A: A bulge is formed in the position of a color filter substrate corresponding to an array substrate pad; B: A conducting layer is formed on the color filter substrate, and the conducting layer covers the bulge; C: The color filter substrate and the array substrate are pressed to make the conducting layer come into contact with the pad; D: The UV is used for curing the sealant. In the invention, because the bulge is formed in the position of the color filter substrate corresponding to the array substrate pad in the method for manufacturing the LCD panel, and the bulge is provided with the conducting layer, the color filter substrate and the array substrate are conducted and have the same potential; when the liquid crystal molecules at the edge of the LCD panel are irradiated by the UV, the liquid crystal molecules at the edge of the LCD panel will not tilt in advance; thus, the display effect at the edge of the LCD panel is uniform, and the effective active area of the LCD panel is expanded, so that the narrowing of the LCD device is more easy to be realized. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308080 | Optical Film for LCD Device and LCD Device - The invention provides an optical film for an LCD device and an LCD device. The optical film includes a display area in a middle part and a non-display area in an edge part; the non-display area is provided with a light shading layer. The inventor finds that the non-display area of the optical film just covers a surface of the middle frame; thus, the light shading layer is directly arranged in the non-display area of the optical film, to prevent the middle frame from leaking light in a joining position. In addition, the invention uses the existing material to achieve the light shading capability of the middle frame, thereby having the advantages of simplicity, practicality, and low cost. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308081 | POLYMERISABLE COMPOUNDS AND THE USE THEREOF IN LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PS (“polymer sustained”) or PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308082 | Liquid Crystal Display Panel - The present invention discloses an LCD panel. The LCD panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate, arranging with the first substrate in pair, a glue, between the first substrate and the second substrate, for pasting the first substrate and the second substrate. A plurality of grooves arrange at intervals on at least one of two adjacent surfaces on the first substrate and the second substrate, and part of the glue, set up on the grooves, permeates the grooves. the LCD panel in the present invention reduces width of the glue effectively to achieve the design of narrow bezel of the LCD panel by arranging a groove structure in a glue coating area on the substrate surface to increase a contact area between the glue and tie substrate in an adhesion force assurance between the glue and a substrate. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308083 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An LCD device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a sealant formed between the first and second substrates, and adhering the first substrate to the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal and an additive having a dipole moment characteristic when an electric field is applied thereto, thus enhancing a response time of the liquid crystal. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308084 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate and a substrate which are disposed opposite to each other, columnar spacers which are disposed on a surface of the substrate, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the substrates. A peripheral edge part of a display region has a dual PS structure in which the columnar spacer and the columnar spacer are disposed. A central part of the display region has any of a main PS structure in which only the columnar spacer is disposed, a sub PS structure in which only the columnar spacer is disposed, and the dual PS structure. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308085 | BIREFRINGENT TRANSFER FOIL - According to the present invention, provided is a birefringent transfer foil, comprising a temporary support, an orientation layer, a birefringent layer (preferably a patterned optically anisotropic layer) formed from a composition comprising a liquid-crystal compound having at least one reactive group, said orientation layer being in contact with the temporary support or a releasing layer, wherein the releasing layer being in contact with the temporary support, and said orientation layer being a layer comprising a cellulose alkyl ether or a hydroxyalkyl derivative of cellulose alkyl ether. In the birefringent transfer foil of the present invention, the above orientation layer also functions as a protective layer and a detachment layer, enabling to reduce the manufacturing cost. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308086 | Eyewear System - An eyewear system for supporting one or more lenses on the face. Each lens is supported by receipt between a pair of suction cups on opposing prongs extending from an arm having a ball-end, the ball end received within a socket/cavity in a bridge piece engaged to the nose. The cavities may be formed with multiple apertures to opposing surfaces such that the arm can be rotated about the ball so as to permit the lens to be moved out of the line of site of the wearer. Multiple lenses may be supported in series within the prongs of a lens clip, in which case a double-sided suction cup is positioned between them to properly secure and space them. Removable temple pieces are optionally provided to support the lens over the ear, the temple pieces being engaged to the outside edges of the lens(es) with suction cup enabled lens clips as at the bridge piece. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308087 | GLASSES - Glasses, in which a temple is provided for an end piece of a front frame, includes an intermediate member which is made of an elastic material and is provided between the end piece and the temple with one end connected to the end piece and the other end connected to the temple, the elastic material elastically deforming more easily than the end piece and the temple. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308088 | Hinge Mechanism for a Fluid Filled Lens Assembly - In an embodiment, a hinge for a fluid-filled lens assembly includes a base having a first end configured to connect to a temple arm of the lens assembly and a second end configured to connect to a frame of the lens assembly, wherein the base includes a gap that is shaped to allow for tubing to pass from the first end to the second end of the base. In an embodiment, the first end of the base includes a cammed surface configured to engage a surface of the temple arm. In an embodiment, the first and second ends of the base are configured to flex around a rotation axis of the hinge. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308089 | EYEWEAR SUPPORTING BONE CONDUCTING SPEAKER - Techniques for providing eyewear with electrical components are disclosed. The electrical components can provide electrical technology to eyewear (e.g., eyeglasses) without having to substantially compromise aesthetic design principles of the eyewear. Often, the electrical components can be attached to the eyewear as an after-market enhancement. The electrical components can operate independently or together with other electrical components provided elsewhere. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308090 | PROTECTIVE LENS FOR VISION CORRECTION - A protective lens for vision correction is revealed. The protective lens for vision correction includes a plano lens area and an optical lens area. The optical lens area is a round area whose diameter ranging from 3 cm to 5 cm. After the protective lens being cut and mounted in an eyeglass frame, the optical lens area is corresponding to eyes of users. The optical lens area is a concave lens or a convex lens. Thereby users with vision correction needs can wear the protective lens for vision correction conveniently and the protective lens with vision correction function is easy to use. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308091 | Contact Lens with Halo Effect - A contact lens with a central portion, an iris portion, and a peripheral portion disposed about the iris portion; an effect band in or just outside the iris portion helps to provide the lens with a halo effect when worn on eye. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308092 | AERATED CONTACT LENS ASSEMBLY - A contact lens assembly includes a proximal layer formed from a gas-permeable material, a distal layer with an optical element, an air cavity disposed between the proximal layer and the distal layer, wherein oxygen concentration across the air cavity is substantially uniform, and an gas transport region surrounding the air cavity for communicating gas between the air cavity and atmosphere. The contact lens assembly may further include a plurality of fins disposed within the air cavity where the plurality of fins has openings therethrough. One or both of the upper and lower surfaces of the air cavity may have an anti-reflection coating formed thereon. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308093 | SILICONE HYDROGEL LENS WITH A CROSSLINKED HYDROPHILIC COATING - The invention is related to a cost-effective method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens having a crosslinked hydrophilic coating thereon. A method of the invention involves heating a silicone hydrogel contact lens in an aqueous solution in the presence of a water-soluble, highly branched, thermally-crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material having positively-charged azetidinium groups, to and at a temperature from about 40° C. to about 140° C. for a period of time sufficient to covalently attach the thermally-crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material onto the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens through covalent linkages each formed between one azetidinium group and one of the reactive functional groups on and/or near the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens, thereby forming a crosslinked hydrophilic coating on the silicone hydrogel contact lens. Such method can be advantageously implemented directly in a sealed lens package during autoclave. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308094 | USE OF AN OPTICAL SYSTEM SIMULATING BEHAVIOR OF HUMAN EYE TO GENERATE RETINAL IMAGES AND AN IMAGE QUALITY METRIC TO EVALUATE SAME - A method of predicting clinical performance of an ophthalmic optical correction using simulation by imaging a series of objects of different sizes by each of a plurality of eye optical systems, each of the eye optical systems including the ophthalmic optical correction, the method providing an output value representing the resolution and contrast performance of the optical design at that vergence for the eye optical systems. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308095 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF OCULAR SURFACE INTERFEROMETRY (OSI) EMPLOYING POLARIZATION AND SUBTRACTION FOR IMAGING, PROCESSING, AND/OR DISPLAYING AN OCULAR TEAR FILM - Apparatuses and methods employing ocular surface interferometry (OSI) employing polarization and subtraction for imaging, processing, and/or displaying an ocular tear film are disclosed. The apparatuses and methods can be employed for measuring tear film layer thickness (TFLT) of the ocular tear film, which includes lipid layer thickness (LLT) and/or aqueous layer thickness (ALT). An imaging device is focused on the lipid layer of the tear film to capture optical wave interference interactions of specularly reflected light from the tear film combined with a background signal(s) in a first image. The imaging device is focused on the lipid layer of the tear film to capture a second image containing background signal(s) in the first image. The second image can be subtracted from the first image to reduce and/or eliminate background signal(s) in the first image to produce a resulting image that can be analyzed to measure tear film layer thickness (TFLT). | 2013-11-21 |
20130308096 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE SEQUENTIAL RECORDING OF INTERFEROMETRIC DEEP SECTIONAL IMAGES AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS, IN PARTICULAR FOR ANALYSIS OF THE EYE - A method and apparatus including an interferometer is provided for sequentially recording interferometric sectional images at different depths, in particular for analyzing an eye. By use of an interferometer, which includes an optical reference path and an optical sample path, a sample beam scans a measuring region of a sample, in particular of an eye, so as to generate a deep sectional image. The optical and geometric paths in a sample arm and/or reference arm of the interferometer can be switched quickly between two or more positions. The path length of the sample beam and/or of the reference beam is changed by way of a path length switching unit, deep sectional images are generated at least at two different depths of the sample, and the change of the path length in the switching unit takes place by deflection of the beam paths to different geometric paths. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308097 | OPTIMIZED DEVICE FOR SWEPT SOURCE OPTICAL COHERENCE DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY AND TOMOGRAPHY - Optimized device for swept source optical coherence domain reflectometry and tomography. In the coherence-optical device, light, with the aid of an interferometer, is used for distance-measuring and imaging purposes on reflecting and scattering areas of the human eye. The optimized device according to the invention consists of includes a tunable light source, matched to the sought-after measurement region ZOCT, with a resonator length LR, an interferometric measurement arrangement, a data capturing unit for capturing the light portions scattered back from the sample and a data processing unit. Here the resonator length LR of the tunable light source is matched not only to the sought-after measurement region ZOCT, but also to the entire interferometric measurement arrangement such that disturbance points present in the interferometric measurement arrangement cannot create disturbance signals in the sought-after measurement region ZOCT. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308098 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION RETINAL IMAGING - The invention relates to a high-resolution retinal imaging method and device notably comprising an emission source (LSr) for emitting a light beam for the illumination of the retina of an eye ( | 2013-11-21 |
20130308099 | Eye tracking headset and system for neuropsychological testing including the detection of brain damage - A universal headset-mounted Neuropsychological Testing System utilizes eye tracking, with a single screen fixed with respect to the face and a dot on the screen driven to present an object that both eyes are focused on using a set of prisms, with the prisms eliminating interocular distance considerations. Ultrathin optics cast a virtual image at 40 centimeters and a universal mask against which the test taker's face is placed fixes the single screen with respect to the face so that head movement is not a factor. Additionally, miniature cameras are located in the headset housing beneath the eyes, and a quick release tensioning unit provides easy headset mounting and removal. Moreover, all elements are located in the headset hood to eliminate the effects of head movement as well as environmental distractions. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308100 | COLOR CODED TOPGRAPHER AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF A CORNEAL SURFACE - A corneal topographer is described, the topographer comprising: —a multi-colored stimulator comprising a plurality of light sources arranged to form a multicolored pattern of source points for projecting a plurality of light rays onto a surface of an object of interest, such as a cornea; —a lens-camera system arranged to receiving a respective plurality of reflected light rays reflected of the surface of the object of interest, thereby forming a pattern of image points; —a computational unit for determining a mathematical model of the surface; the computation unit comprising a memory unit provided with color pattern information based on the multicolored pattern of source points of the stimulator; the computational unit being arranged to, for each of the plurality of reflected light rays, establishing a one-to-one correspondence between a source point and an image point based on the color pattern information; the computational unit further being arranged to construct, based on positions of the image points and positions of the corresponding source points, the mathematical model of the surface. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308101 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Ocular Motor Function - A method and an apparatus are presented for determining ocular motor function in a patient. The patient is instructed to wear a pair of test glasses comprising a first lens having a first color and a second lens having a second color, where the first color and the second color differ. (N) light-emitting devices disposed in a screen are then activated in seriatim, where the (N) light-emitting devices can emit a light comprising the first color and where (N) is greater than 1. (N) images of the screen are synchronously captured upon receiving a signal from the patient indicating an activated light-emitting device is illuminated by a light comprising the second color. Finally, the (N) images are transformed into an ocular motor functioning map. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308102 | Optical Device, Light Source, and Projection Type Display Device - An optical device whose efficiency and luminance can be further highly improved is provided. The optical device includes carrier generation layer | 2013-11-21 |
20130308103 | ILLUMINATING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illuminating optical system suppresses deterioration in utilization efficiency of illuminating light and generation of fluctuations in light emission without increasing apparatus size. The illuminating optical system includes a plurality of light sources of different types, a light combining optical system that combines light beams output from each of the light sources such that they converge at a single position, and a rod integrator that uniformizes the light intensity distributions of the light beams which are converged at the single position that enter a first end thereof and outputs the light beams, of which the light intensity distribution has been uniformized, from a second end thereof. The light combining optical system includes relay optical component sets corresponding to each of the light sources, and the relay optical component sets have relay magnification ratios different from each other. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308104 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes a first reflector having a first reflection face; a second reflector having a second reflection face, the first reflection face of the first reflector and the second reflection face of the second reflector disposed opposite each other; and a plurality of light sources being disposed around a periphery of the second reflector. Light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources reflect on the first reflector and then reflect on the second reflector. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308105 | PROJECTION ZOOM LENS AND PROJECTOR - A projection zoom lens constituting a projection optical system of a projector, which projects an image displayed on a surface of an image display element on a projected surface, so as to magnify and display the image includes, in order from the projected surface side to the image display element side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group, wherein a refractive power of the fifth lens group is weaker than the refractive power of the first lens group, the refractive power of the second lens group, the refractive power of the third lens group, and the refractive power of the fourth lens group. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308106 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM - A projection optical system includes first and second optical systems. The first optical system includes a transmissive-refractive element and the second optical system includes a reflective-refractive element. An image formed by a spatial light modulator is projected by the projection optical system on a projection surface. A light beam that travels along an optical path that leads from the second optical system to the projection surface in an optical path between a center of the image formed by the spatial light modulator and the projection surface is projected at an angle with respect to a normal to the projection surface. An optical axis of the first optical system is folded to a folded position by an optical path deflecting unit in an area of the first optical system where the light beam entering the optical path deflecting unit is a converging light beam or a substantially parallel light beam. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308107 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING IMMERSION FLUID IN THE GAP UNDER THE PROJECTION LENS DURING WAFER EXCHANGE IN AN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY MACHINE - An immersion exposure apparatus and method exposes a substrate with a light beam via an optical element and immersion liquid. A first stage mounts the substrate and is movable relative to the optical element. A second stage is independently movable relative to the first stage and is positionable away from below the optical element. While the first stage is positioned below the optical element, the second stage is movable relative to the first stage so that the second stage is positioned adjacent to the first stage, and when the second stage is positioned adjacent to the first stage, the adjacent first and second stages are movable to locate the second stage opposed to the optical element in place of the first stage such that the immersion liquid is maintained below the optical element during the movement. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308108 | MEASURING METHOD, STAGE APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus can mitigate the impact of fluctuations in the refractive index of ambient gas, and improve, for example, stage positioning accuracy. An exposure apparatus radiates an exposure illumination light to a wafer on a wafer stage through a projection optical system, and forms a prescribed pattern on the wafer, and comprises: a scale, which is provided to the wafer stage; a plurality of X heads, which detect information related to the position of the scale; a measurement frame that integrally supports the plurality of X heads and has a coefficient of linear thermal expansion that is smaller than that of the main body of the wafer stage (portions excepting a plate wherein the scale is formed); and a control apparatus that derives information related to the displacement of the wafer stage based on the detection results of the plurality of X heads. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308109 | MEASURING METHOD, STAGE APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus can mitigate the impact of fluctuations in the refractive index of ambient gas, and improve, for example, stage positioning accuracy. An exposure apparatus radiates an exposure illumination light to a wafer on a wafer stage through a projection optical system, and forms a prescribed pattern on the wafer, and comprises: a scale, which is provided to the wafer stage; a plurality of X heads, which detect information related to the position of the scale; a measurement frame that integrally supports the plurality of X heads and has a coefficient of linear thermal expansion that is smaller than that of the main body of the wafer stage (portions excepting a plate wherein the scale is formed); and a control apparatus that derives information related to the displacement of the wafer stage based on the detection results of the plurality of X heads. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308110 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In an embodiment, a lithographic projection apparatus has an off-axis image field and a concave refractive lens as the final element of the projection system. The concave lens can be cut-away in parts not used optically to prevent bubbles from being trapped under the lens. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308111 | EXPOSURE DEVICE - An exposure device can exposes a circuit pattern while information data is suitably changed. An exposure device comprises a first light source ( | 2013-11-21 |
20130308112 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING HIGH-RESOLUTION PERIODIC PATTERNS - A method for printing a desired periodic pattern includes providing a mask bearing a pattern of features having a period, providing a substrate bearing a photosensitive layer, arranging the substrate with a separation from the mask, generating collimated light with a wavelength and an intensity, at least the former of which may be temporally varied to deliver a spectral distribution of energy density, illuminating the mask pattern with the light while varying at least its wavelength so as to deliver a spectral distribution of energy density, such that the light-field transmitted by the mask is instantaneously composed of a range of transversal intensity distributions between Talbot planes. The layer is exposed to a time-integrated intensity distribution that prints the desired pattern. The separation, spectral distribution and period are arranged so that the time-integrated intensity distribution corresponds to an average of the range of transversal intensity distributions. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308113 | EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING DEVICE WITH LIGHT AMOUNT DISTRIBUTION HAVING LIGHT LARGER IN FOUR AREAS - An exposure method and apparatus for illuminating a pattern with an illumination system to expose a substrate through a projection system. The pattern is illuminated with illumination light with a light amount distribution in which an amount of light is larger in a pair of first areas and a pair of second areas than in an area other than the first and second areas on a pupil plane of the illumination system. The pair of the first areas being arranged outside an optical axis, the pair of the second areas being arranged on ten same straight line as the pair of the first areas are arranged on, and the pair of the second areas being arranged outside the pair of the first areas. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308114 | EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING DEVICE WITH LIGHT AMOUNT DISTRIBUTION HAVING LIGHT LARGER IN FOUR AREAS - An exposure method and apparatus for illuminating a pattern with an illumination system to expose a substrate through a projection system. The pattern is illuminated with illumination light with a light amount distribution in which an amount of light is larger in a pair of first areas and a pair of second areas than in an area other than the first and second areas on a pupil plane of the illumination system. The pair of the first areas being arranged outside an optical axis, the pair of the second areas being arranged on ten same straight line as the pair of the first areas are arranged on, and the pair of the second areas being arranged outside the pair of the first areas. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308115 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus comprises a light source which is configured to produce projection light (PL), a pupil plane and a diffractive optical element that is arranged between the light source and the pupil plane such that an irradiance distribution of projection light (PL) in the pupil plane depends on the position of a field that is illuminated by the projection light (PL) on the diffractive optical element. The illumination system further comprises an optical imaging system-that is arranged between the light source and the diffractive optical element. The optical imaging system ensures that changes of the direction and divergence of the projection light (PL) emitted by the light source have no substantial effect on the position and size of the field which is illuminated on the diffractive optical element by the projection light (PL). | 2013-11-21 |
20130308116 | ELECTROSTATIC CLAMP, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROSTATIC CLAMP - An electrostatic clamp for use in a lithographic apparatus includes burls and an electrode surrounded by an insulator and/or a dielectric material between adjacent burls. In an embodiment, two or more layers of dielectric material are provided between adjacent burls and surround an electrode provided between adjacent burls. The electrostatic clamp may be used to clamp an object to an object support in a lithographic apparatus. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308117 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO COMPENSATE BEARING RUNOUT IN LASER TRACKER - An apparatus and method for correcting errors in measurement of three-dimensional coordinates of a retroreflector by a coordinate measurement device is provided. The method includes measuring a plurality of first angles, a plurality of first and second displacements along an axis, sending a beam of light to the retroreflector target, measuring two angles and a distance to the retroreflector, and determining the three-dimensional coordinates of the retroreflector. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308118 | OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION STRUCTURE OF LASER DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - An optical signal transmission structure of a laser distance measuring device, comprising: a laser pipe, suspended right above a center of a rotation disk, to emit laser beam downward; a light projector module, provided with at least two reflection plates, to reflect laser beam of said laser pipe onto a target; a lens, disposed on said rotation disk, to receive laser beam reflected from said target; and a circuit board, disposed on a lower side of said rotation disk, so laser beam received by said lens is transmitted onto a light sensor element on said circuit board, to produce at least a photoelectric signal, so that circuits on said circuit board determine distance to said target based on said photoelectric signal. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308119 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - There are provided a distance measurement apparatus and a distance measurement method, the distance measurement apparatus including: a light source outputting light; a switch array including a plurality of cells, and controlling a position at which the light output from the light source is irradiated, by switching operations of the respective cells; a light detector sensing the light reflected from a target object; and a controller sequentially controlling the switching operations of the plurality of cells of the switch array, wherein the controller generates distance information between the light source and the target object based on the light sensed by the light detector. The light detector including a single cell light detector element may be used, to thereby reduce the costs. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308120 | DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE USING A METHOD OF SPANNING SEPARATELY TARGETED ENDPOINTS - A portable distance measuring device that works by spanning separately targeted endpoints is described. The device contains a laser distance measuring component and sensing components that track changes in position and orientation of the device, such as accelerometers and gyroscopes. Distance is measured by pointing the laser at an endpoint and measuring the distance to it. Once this measurement is confirmed, the device can be moved to a different vantage location to measure a second endpoint with the laser. The orientation and position of the device for the second distance measurement relative to the first measurement are calculated by the position and orientation sensors. Together these values are sufficient to calculate the distance spanning the endpoints. This calculation is performed by a computer contained in the device and the distance displayed to the user. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308121 | Integrated light scattering and ultraviolet absorption measurement system - Various embodiments of integrated measurement cell systems for the simultaneous or near simultaneous measurement of light scattering and UV absorption measurements, and methods of their use, are disclosed. In the flow cell implementations, the height of the measurement cell is traversed by the UV beam multiple times by beam directing optics, allowing thereby, the accurate determination of concentration present in the integrated flow cell and allowing the user to select the desired sensitivity which is proportional to the number of passes the beam makes through the cell. Batch implementations also allow for near simultaneous measurement of light scattering and UV absorption within the cuvette. These embodiments aid in the reduction or elimination of errors due to interdetector band broadening while also decreasing the amount of sample required and improving design flexibility of integrated measurement systems. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308122 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MULTIPARAMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF MICROPARTICLES IN A FLUID - The invention relates to an electro-optical device for measurements of flow for the characterization of microparticles, comprising a measurement chamber (CUM) in which there circulates the flow of the fluid to be characterized, at least two luminous sources (S | 2013-11-21 |
20130308123 | OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTICS MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is an optical fiber characteristics measurement device that is provided with: a light source for emitting laser light modulated by a specified modulation frequency; an incident means for receiving the laser light from the light source as continuous light and pulse light from one end and the other end of an optical fiber, respectively; and a light detector for detecting light emitted from the optical fiber, the optical fiber characteristics measurement device measuring the characteristics of the optical fiber using the detection results of the light detector, wherein the optical fiber characteristics measurement device is characterized in being provided with a synchronous detector that extracts, from among the detection signals output from the light detector, detection signals obtained by detecting the light in the vicinity of a measurement point set in the optical fiber, and synchronously detects the extracted detection signals using a synchronization signal having a specified period. | 2013-11-21 |
20130308124 | Substrate Inspection - Various embodiments for substrate inspection are provided. | 2013-11-21 |