52nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090316041 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA - A method and apparatus of processing image data comprises receiving a video data signal where each pixel is represented by one or more digitized components, each digitized component being represented by a first set of binary digits and a second set of binary digits. The first set of binary digits is stored in a first memory plane and the second set of binary digits is stored in a second memory plane. The first set of binary digits is extracted and undergoes first and second processing. The second set of binary digits is extracted and undergoes second processing. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316042 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHODS AND RELATED DEVICES FOR DETERMINING TARGET MOTION VECTOR - A video processing method for determining a target motion vector of a target image block includes: selecting a specific directional group from a plurality of directional groups by comparing penalty or likelihood of each direction specified by the directional groups, wherein the penalty of a direction is calculated by comparing candidate motion vector of the target image block with a motion vector of each neighboring image block in the corresponding directional group, and each of the directional groups is configured to include the target image block and at least a neighboring image block; and determining the target motion vector according to the candidate motion vector of the target image block and a motion vector of each neighboring image block in the specific directional group. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316043 | METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS FOR GENERATING INTERPOLATED FRAME ACCORDING TO SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP RESULT AND TEMPORAL MATCHING DIFFERENCE - A method for generating an interpolated frame includes: calculating a temporal matching difference corresponding to a target motion vector of a current block by performing a motion estimation on the current block; deriving a spatial relationship result according to the target motion vector and motion vectors corresponding to a plurality of neighboring image blocks; and deriving the interpolated frame according to the target motion vector, the spatial relationship result, and the temporal matching difference. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316044 | Method and Associated Apparatus for Determining Motion Vectors - A method and an associated apparatus for determining a motion vector are disclosed. The method includes performing block matching for a first block where an interpolated block is located according to the first frame and the second frame to generate a first candidate motion vector of the interpolated block, performing block matching for a second block where the interpolated block is located according to the first frame and the second frame to generate a second candidate motion vector of the interpolated block, and determining a target motion vector of the interpolated block according to either of the first motion vector and the second candidate motion vector. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316045 | Sequential Scanning Conversion Device and Method - According to one embodiment, a motion detection correction module is provided which corrects the result of detection by a motion detector, which detects motion in one frame on a pixel-by-pixel basis, for each of small regions obtained by dividing the entire picture on the basis of the result of detection by a picture-based illumination component variation detector that detects interfield illumination component variations on a picture-by-picture basis and the result of detection by a block-based illumination component variation detector that detects interfield illumination component variations on a small-region-by-small-region basis. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316046 | CAPTIONED IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, CAPTIONED IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A control unit creates caption management data having plural caption texts to which caption display times each indicating a time of starting reproduction of each caption text are added and plural images in association with one another in accordance with a reproduction order, and stores the caption management data in a memory unit. The control unit selects a caption text registered in the caption management data, and acquires received caption display times of the selected caption text and a caption text corresponding to the next reproduction order. The control unit sets the caption display time of the selected caption text as the initial value of a dummy caption display time. When determining that a difference between the initial value and the caption display time of the caption text corresponding to the reproduction order next to the selected caption text is larger than the reference time, the control unit stores a time acquired by adding a predetermined time to the initial value and a dummy caption in the memory unit in association with each other. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316047 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of input terminals to which a plurality of image transmitting apparatuses that transmit image data can be connected; a plurality of output terminals to which a plurality of image receiving apparatuses that receive image data can be connected; an image processing section that adjusts image data inputted from any of the plurality of input terminals, to a processing image quality adjustment value and outputs the adjusted image data from any of the plurality of output terminals; an input setting section that sets an input image quality adjustment value for each of the plurality of input terminals, according to a user operation; an output setting section that sets an output image quality adjustment value for each of the plurality of output terminals, according to a user operation; a selecting section that selects one of the input terminals to which image data is to be inputted and one of the output terminals from which the image data is to be outputted; and an image quality adjustment value calculating section that adds together an input image quality adjustment value set for the selected input terminal and an output image quality adjustment value set for the selected output terminal and thereby calculates a processing image quality adjustment value. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316048 | Apparatus and method for image processing in spatial light modulated display systems - Embodiments of the invention provide a circuit for peaking video signals to be provided to a dynamic range limiter for displaying images on a display device. The circuit comprises a peaking filter including a filter input configured to receive a video signal. A first filter output provides a peaking signal for the video signal. A second filter output provides a peaked video signal based upon the peaking signal. The circuit further comprises a throttle circuit including a throttle input coupled to the second filter output. A throttle output provides a throttle signal based upon the peaked video signal. A scaler is coupled between the first filter output and the dynamic range limiter. The scaler is further coupled to the throttle output. The scaler adjusts the peaking signal based upon the throttle signal. Accordingly, peaking is adaptively applied to the video signal based upon the dynamic range limits of the dynamic range limiter, as well as variations in brightness of the input signal over portions of the displayed image. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316049 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program - An edge detection unit performs edge detection on a frame of a moving image. A vertical line extraction unit of a block vertical boundary position detection unit extracts a vertical edge having an intensity equal to or lower than a noise determination threshold from edges detected by the edge detection unit. A vertical counter counts a total number of edges extracted by the vertical line extraction unit with respect to each pixel line position of the frame. A block vertical boundary position determination unit determines a pixel line position having a peak of a count value of the vertical counter as a block vertical boundary position. A block horizontal boundary position detection unit performs the same processing as the block vertical boundary position detection unit on a horizontal edge among edges detected by the edge detection unit and detects a block horizontal boundary position. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316050 | SPLIT EDGE ENHANCEMENT ARCHITECTURE - A system and method for enhancing the detail edges and transitions in an input video signal. This enhancement may be accomplished by enhancing small detail edges before up-scaling and enhancing large amplitude transitions after up-scaling. For example, detail edge enhancement (detail EE) may be used to enhance the fine details of an input video signal. An edge map may be used to prevent enhancing the large edges and accompanying mosquito noise with the detail enhancement. Noise may additionally be removed from the signal. After the fine details are enhanced, the signal may be up-scaled. Luminance transition improvement (LTI) or chrominance transition improvement (CTI) may be used to enhance the large transitions of the input video signal post scaler. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316051 | MOVING PICTURE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS - To provide a moving picture distribution apparatus for realizing the distribution of moving pictures whose main contents cannot be viewed without viewing a CM, the moving picture distribution apparatus ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090316052 | CIRCUIT FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING VIDEO SIGNAL USING POWER LINE - The present invention is relating to a circuit for transmitting and receiving an image signal using a power line, wherein the transmitting circuit comprises; a bias unit for controlling a bias voltage of an image signal taken by a CCD camera; a differential amplifier, to which a power is supplied through a voltage drop unit, for amplifying the image signal which has passed through the bias unit into the broad-band signal; an oscillator IC, which is driven by using the image signal amplified into the broadband signal by the differential amplifier as an input power, for modulating the image signal while loading the image signal into the carrier frequency of an oscillation frequency; and transformers for inducing an alternating current image signal from the image signal modulated by the oscillator IC and outputting the image signal to the AC power line; and a receiving circuit comprises; a rectifier for supplying the AC power through the AC power line as a power required for operation; a transformer for inducing an alternating current image signal by an LC-tuned frequency with respect to an alternating current image signal received through the AC power line; an amplifier for amplifying the alternating current image signal to correct a receiving sensitivity; and an output amplifier for amplifying the output of the amplified image signal. Thereby, the circuit for transmitting and receiving an image signal using a power line according to the present invention can be characteristically manufactured at a low cost and installed with ease. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316053 | MOBILE DIGITAL TELEVISION DEMODULATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD - Pilot processing logic, depending upon which modulation scheme of wireless digital mobile television signals is being received, produces both fractional frequency offset and fractional timing offset for symbols for a respective modulation scheme whether the modulation scheme employs pilot or non-pilot information. As such, in operation, the pilot processing logic will produce both fractional frequency offset and fractional timing offset for symbols from different modulation schemes that employ pilot or non-pilot information so that multiple different modulation schemes of wireless digital mobile television signals can be received by a mobile device, for example, that employs the mobile television demodulating circuit. A dual operation circuit selects the mode of operation, namely the modulation scheme (e.g., T-DMB or DVB-T) of the digital mobile television signal that is being received. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316054 | Characteristic Voice Dependent Recognition Wireless Universal Remote control Capabilities - A Characteristic Voice Dependent Recognition Wireless Universal Remote Control Capabilities has a power management mode controller with an Alternative Satellite long range wireless cordless phone functionality that includes administer change of controls conditions between communication equipment and universal remote control equipment bridged between a base unit with Satellites server features are provided as part of or as an overlay in order to assist the user in control management wirelessly without key/buttons press, or LCD screen display unit and may emulate a wireless EPABX—electronic private automatic branch exchange. The universal remote control provides Characteristic mode controller functionality wherein an overlay is placed over a display device and can be any of a variety of different display devices, such as a cathode ray tube (CRT) television, plasma/flat panel television, liquid crystal display (LCD), projector, and so forth, and the universal remote control equipment for remote control of plurality remotely controlled electronics on screen overlay on screen display of communication entertainment equipment. An interactive Characteristic overlay is displayed on the full-screen display. Both program content and media Characteristic mode controller content are displayed on a full-screen display such as a television. An interactive Characteristic overlay is displayed, and this interactive Characteristic overlay is of voice dependent and can be displayed independent of any user request for the overlay to be displayed automatically upon set program during which reception of the direction mode indicator indicates that the mode controller selection command is made for the device. The notification icon can be selected by a user by biometric mechanism, or by automatic preprogramming mode controller to respond, and in response to such a selection the interactive Characteristic overlay is displayed to the user. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316055 | REMOTE CONTROL - A remote control includes a display, a memory, a control unit, and an electronic dictionary stored in the memory. The electronic dictionary is configured for execution by the control unit to receive character information inputted in a first language, to translate the character information from the first language to a second language; and to display the character information in the second language by the display. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316056 | DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A digital picture frame device and system for displaying digital content. The digital picture frame device includes a display screen, a frame surrounding a periphery of the display screen, a compartment accessible by an opening in a side surface of the frame, a movable door for selectively covering the opening, a memory device port disposed in the compartment for receiving a memory device containing digital content, and control circuitry for controlling a display of the digital content on the display screen. A computer with a processor and a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions thereon can generate or receive digital content and associate at least some of the digital content with one or more playlists. A communications link transfers the playlists of the digital content to the picture frame for display on the display screen. Multiple inputs can be used for receiving and displaying different kinds of digital content. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316057 | Seatback Entertainment Display System - A seatback entertainment display system for a vehicle is provided having a support member extending from a seatback frame, and an adjustment mechanism coupled to the support member, and a display device coupled to the adjustment mechanism. The support member may be a cantilever type beam or frame extending upwardly from the seatback at a position behind and adjacent to a headrest. The support member may also be a pair of rods arranged to fixedly receive the display device and movably receive the headrest. The adjustment device may include any one or more of a forward-rearward tilting mechanism, a side to side pivoting mechanism and an up-down translation mechanism. The seatback entertainment display system is adaptable to optimize a viewing angle for a rear seat occupant of the vehicle, throughout a normal adjustment range of the seat. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316058 | FILMS ENABLING AUTOSTEREOSCOPY - A stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal display panel and a directional backlight positioned to provide light to the liquid crystal display panel. A double sided prism film is disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the directional backlight. The prism film includes a first surface having a series of cylindrical lenses adjacent the liquid crystal display panel and a second surface, opposite the first surface, having a series of non-contiguous prisms adjacent the directional backlight. Each of the non-contiguous prisms is separated from adjacent prisms by a transmissive flat portion or an opaque portion. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316059 | Stereographic imaging device without image mirror and the manufacturing method thereof - The present invention discloses a stereoscopic imaging device with no need for an image mirror circuit, including a first display device comprising a LCD panel, and a backlight disposed toward a rear surface of the LCD panel and configured to supply lighting to the LCD panel, wherein two polarization filters having a polarization angle difference of 90 degrees are attached to front and rear surfaces the LCD panel; a second display device having a type in which the LCD panel is rotated 180 degrees with its top and bottom remaining intact and the backlight is positioned on the front surface of the LCD panel in the first display device, the second display device being disposed at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the first display device; and a half mirror disposed at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the first display device and the second display device between the first display device and the second display device. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316060 | CONDUCTING FILM OR ELECTRODE WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE - A conducting film or device electrode includes a substrate and two transparent or semitransparent conductive layers separated by a transparent or semitransparent intervening layer. The intervening layer includes electrically conductive pathways between the first and second conductive layers to help reduce interfacial reflections occurring between particular layers in devices incorporating the conducting film or electrode. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316061 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - In a pixel array substrate, scan lines intersect data lines to define first to third sub-pixel regions. First to third conductive parts are respectively disposed in the first to third sub-pixel regions. First to third capacitor electrodes are respectively disposed over the first to third conductive parts to form pixel storage capacitors. A spacer is disposed over the third capacitor electrode. At least one of a shape or a size of the third capacitor electrode is different from that of the first or second capacitor electrode. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316062 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display panel which includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a back plate is arranged on a first-substrate-side of the liquid crystal display panel, a first polarizer is arranged between the back plate and the first substrate, the first polarizer is adhered to the back plate, a face plate is arranged on a second-substrate-side of the liquid crystal display panel, a second polarizer is arranged between the face plate and the second substrate, and the second polarizer is adhered to the face plate. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316063 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight irradiating the liquid crystal display panel with light. The backlight has a plurality of light emitting elements, a circuit board on which the light emitting elements are mounted, a light guide plate irradiating the liquid crystal display panel with the light emitted from the light emitting elements, a resin mold housing the light guide plate, and a metal case housing the resin mold. The resin mold has a plurality of protruding portions on a bottom surface facing the metal case. The metal case has a plurality of opening portions on a bottom surface facing the resin mold. The protruding portions of the resin mold and the opening portions of the metal case are fitted together. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316064 | ILLUMINATION UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An illumination unit includes a light guide having an incidence surface, a frame which is spaced apart from the incidence surface of the light guide, an accommodation section which is formed between the incidence surface of the light guide and the frame, and a light source unit including light-emitting diodes, a film substrate on which the light-emitting diodes are amounted, a heat radiation member having a support portion which supports the film substrate and a reflection portion which extends from the support portion, and an adhesive tape which adheres the film substrate to the support portion and has heat radiation properties, the light source unit being accommodated in the accommodation section. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316065 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight chassis arranged on one surface side of the liquid crystal display panel, and a control circuit board mounted on a surface of the backlight chassis on a side opposite to a surface facing the liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of fluorescent tubes arranged on a surface side of the backlight chassis facing the liquid crystal display panel, a light source arranged on the control circuit board, and a light guide guiding the light from the light source to the surface side of the backlight chassis facing the liquid crystal display panel. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316066 | Universal Quick Connector Apparatus for an LCD Monitor - A universal connector apparatus comprising a first component and a second component. The first component is fixedly secured to a housing of an LCD monitor and includes a wedge shaped projection or protrusion and a first electrical connector. The second component forms a docking station and is fixedly secured to any other support surface where the LCD monitor is to be attached and supported from. The second component includes a second electrical connector intended to matingly engage with the first electrical connector. The LCD monitor is attached to the second component by slidably engaging the wedge shaped protrusion or projection of the first component into a wedge shaped recess formed in the second component. This automatically centers the two electrical connectors before they matingly engage one another and prevents damage to the male pins of the male electrical connector. The apparatus enables an LCD monitor to be quickly and easily attached and released from a support surface incorporating the second component so that the monitor may be used at a different location as may be needed. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316067 | LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE AS LIGHT SOURCE - A light emission device includes first and second substrates facing each other. An electron emission unit is located on a surface of the first substrate and that has an electron emission element. A light emission unit is located on a surface of the second substrate. The electron emission element has first electrodes located on a surface of the first substrate and spaced apart from each other. Second electrodes are located between the first electrodes in parallel with each other. Electron emission regions are located on side surfaces of the first electrodes facing the second electrodes. The first and second electrodes are oblique relative to one of planar orthogonal coordinate directions of the first substrate. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316068 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY - A light emitting device containing a semiconductor light emitting component and a phosphor, the phosphor is capable of absorbing a part of light emitted by the light emitting component and emitting light of a wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, is provided. A straight line connecting a point of chromaticity corresponding to a spectrum generated by the light emitting component and a point of chromaticity corresponding to a spectrum generated by the phosphor is substantially along a black body radiation locus in a chromaticity diagram. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316069 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - A point light source is converted into a plane light source having a satisfactory uniformity. The point light source is converted into a line light source by means of a linear light guiding plate, and further into the plane light source by means of a plane-like light guiding plate. Light from the point light source is reflected at a lamp reflector to be incident on at least two side surfaces of the plane-like light guiding plate. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316070 | DISPLAY APPARATUS SWITCHABLE BETWEEN TRANSMISSIVE MODE AND REFLECTIVE MODE - A display apparatus including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a first polarizing plate; a liquid crystal layer disposed under the first polarizing plate; a second polarizing plate, which is reflective and is disposed under and adjacent to the liquid crystal layer; a backlight unit disposed under the second polarizing plate; and a light absorbing layer disposed under the backlight unit, wherein the plurality of pixels can be switched between one of a reflective mode in which an image is displayed using external light and a transmissive mode in which an image is displayed using light irradiated from the backlight unit. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316071 | Dual liquid crystal display device - A dual liquid crystal display (LCD) device including a first LCD panel displaying an image on a first surface; a second LCD panel formed on the same substrate to display an image on a second surface; a light source disposed at an adjacent side under the first LCD panel; a light guide disposed under the first and second LCD panels and including a first light guide block corresponding to the first LCD panel and having dot patterns formed in a first surface and a second light guide block corresponding to the second LCD panel and having taper-cascade grooves formed on a first surface; and a housing settling the first and second LCD panels, the light source and the light guide and having an opening to correspond to an image display surface of the second LCD panel. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316072 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, LIGHT GUIDE PLATE ASSEMBLY, AND PLANAR LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THESE - A light guide plate includes a light exit plane and a light entrance end, is formed into a shape having a thickness in a direction orthogonal to the light exit plane, the thickness being gradually larger as being farther-from the light entrance end, and contains scattering particles dispersed therein, and a light guide plate assembly includes the light guide plate and a prism sheet which includes a plurality of prisms arrayed in parallel with each other, and is arranged so that vertex angles of the prisms face the light exit plane. The scattering particles scatter light entering from the light entrance end and propagating in the light guide plate, which satisfy Expressions (1) and (2) below, and vertex angles of the prisms of the prism satisfy Expression (3) and (4) below. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316073 | Light Diffusion Module and a Back Light Module Using the Same - A light diffusion module and a back light module using the same. The light diffusion module is disposed corresponding to the light source module of the back light module. The light diffusion module includes a first diffusion layer and the second diffusion layer. The first diffusion layer is disposed on top of the light source module and the top light exit surface has a plurality of first micro structures juxtapositioned to each other. The second diffusion layer is disposed on top of the first diffusion layer, and the top surface has a plurality of second micro structures juxtapositioned to each other. The ratio of the width of each first micro structure to the width of each second micro structure is between 1.1 and 1.8. The ratio of the height of each first micro structure to the height of each second micro structure is between 0.8 and 1.5. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316074 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, BACKLIGHT DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light source device having light guide elements ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090316075 | Dual liquid crystal display device - A dual liquid crystal display device includes a transmissive liquid crystal display panel; a reflective liquid crystal display panel formed on the same substrate as the transmissive liquid crystal display panel; a first light guide block disposed under the transmissive liquid crystal display panel and having dot patterns formed on a first surface thereof; a second light guide block disposed under the reflective liquid crystal display panel and having V-grooves formed on a first surface thereof and dot pattern formed on a second surface thereof; a light source disposed adjacent to the first light guide block; and a housing in which the transmissive and reflective liquid crystal display panels, the light source and the light guide blocks are seated, the housing having an opening to correspond to an image display surface of the reflective liquid crystal display panel. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316076 | ELECTRODE FOR COLD CATHODE TUBE, AND COLD CATHODE TUBE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electrode ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090316077 | LIGHT GUIDE BLADE WITH COLOR BALANCING STRUCTURES AND BLUE ABSORPTION COMPENSATION FOR LARGE SCREEN LED BACKLIGHT UNIT - One or more embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses, methods and systems to form a thin LED backlight unit for a large-screen flat-panel display. The backlight unit is able to achieve improved color mixing within a shorter mixing distance than the conventional art, while maintaining desired brightness uniformity, thereby allowing for a shorter bezel of a display device. One or more embodiments of the present invention include one or more light guides, which, by operating together, provide thin backlight units. High system efficiency is provided by introducing a recycling enhancement component, and uniform color distribution is achieved by incorporating color shift compensation. Multiple light guides are arranged adjacent to one another can offer a progressive scan illumination feature. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316078 | Color Filter Substrate and Liquid Crystal Display using the same - A color filter substrate includes a plurality of green photoresists. A ratio of M | 2009-12-24 |
20090316079 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING BACKLIGHT DEVICE - A fluorescent tube is prevented from being wrongly attached and broken when being attached, and luminance nonuniformity of backlight due to luminance difference generated in a tube axis direction of the fluorescent tube is reduced. A backlight device | 2009-12-24 |
20090316080 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a display panel formed by segmenting a large sized substrate into an individual substrate along alignment marks, remaining portions of the alignment marks being formed in the display panel. A remaining portion of a slant mark formed by a plurality of scale lines arranged in parallel to each other is formed between the remaining portions of the alignment marks. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316081 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MOTHER SUBSTRATE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes: forming a first crack, on a mother substrate for use in a liquid crystal display device, on one side of the mother substrate extending along a first direction; forming a first scribe line by laser irradiation along the first crack in a second direction which intersects with the first direction; forming a second crack on one side extending along a second direction on the mother substrate; forming a third crack at an intersection where the first scribe line intersects with a line in the first direction through the second crack; and forming a second scribe line by laser irradiation along the second crack in the first direction through the third crack. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316082 | Dual liquid crystal display device - A dual liquid crystal display device includes a transmissive liquid crystal display panel; a reflective liquid crystal display panel formed on the same substrate as the transmissive liquid crystal display panel; a first light guide block disposed under the transmissive liquid crystal display panel and having dot patterns formed on a first surface thereof; a second light guide block disposed under the reflective liquid crystal display panel and having V-grooves formed on a first surface thereof; a light source disposed adjacent to the first light guide block; a housing in which the transmissive and reflective liquid crystal display panels, the light source and the light guide blocks are seated, the housing having an opening to correspond to an image display surface of the reflective liquid crystal display panel; a dual brightness enhancement film provided in a region corresponding to the opening of the housing. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316083 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Manufacturing Method for Same - An object of the present invention is to provide a technology for stably forming condenser lenses in a liquid crystal display device having condenser lenses, in which the lenses are not affected by roughness and organic contamination on the surface of the substrate which may be caused by polishing and handling. The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is provided with: a backlight module | 2009-12-24 |
20090316084 | Method of Producing Polarizing Plate, Polarizing Plate, and Liquid Crystal Display - Disclosed is a method for producing a polarizing plate including the steps of: laminating a polarizing plate protective film A on one side of a polarizer; and laminating a polarizing plate protective film B on the other side of the polarizer, wherein the polarizing plate protective film B contains a noncrystalline polyolefin resin; and the polarizing plate protective film A is a solidified film produced in such a manner that a melted film prepared by extruding a melted substance containing a cellulose resin from a die is conveyed while pressed against a cooling roll by a touch roll so as to have a draw ratio of 10 to 30 and to be solidified on the cooling roll, provided that the touch roll has an outer metal cylinder, an inner metal cylinder and a space formed therebetween for accommodating a cooling medium. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316085 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILMS OF BROMINATED STYRENIC POLYMERS AND RELATED METHODS - Some embodiments include compositions and/or methods related to optical compensation films. More particularly, some embodiments can include brominated polystyrene compositions, and/or methods for their preparation, suitable for forming optical compensation films. In some embodiments, suitable brominated polystyrene compositions, and/or methods for their preparation, can include aromatic rings having one or more acyl moieties. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316086 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - The liquid crystal panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizing plate placed on one side of the liquid crystal cell, a second polarizing plate and a third polarizing plate placed on the other side of the liquid crystal cell in an order starting from a side of the liquid crystal cell, and a retardation plate (A) placed between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizing plate, wherein a refractive index ellipsoid of the retardation plate (A) has a relationship of nx≧ny>nz, a difference (ΔT | 2009-12-24 |
20090316087 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first flat glass substrate, an opposite second flat glass substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, a backlight module disposed adjacent to the first flat glass substrate, a color filter disposed adjacent to the second flat glass substrate, a bandpass filter member disposed on the color filter. The bandpass filter member is configured for allowing light of a given spectrum emitted from the backlight module to pass therethrough and blocking light that is not in the given spectrum from passing therethrough, and a touch panel disposed adjacent to the bandpass filter member. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316088 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is a display device including an active matrix substrate and a color filter substrate facing each other, wherein the active matrix substrate includes a scanning line, a signal line, and a switching element, and has a pixel, the switching element being arranged at an intersection of the scanning line and the signal line, the pixel including two sub-pixels, the two sub-pixels being arranged with the scanning line or the signal line therebetween, the color filter substrate includes a bank and a plurality of colored layers surrounded by the bank, the bank being arranged in regions overlapping with the signal line, and the switching element, and the plurality of colored layers include the first colored layer and the second colored layer, the first colored layer overlapping with one sub-pixel positioned at an end and a region outside a sub-pixel-arranged region, the second colored layer overlapping with two sub-pixels. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316089 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display panel and a method for fabricating the same which can enhance adhesive force between a thin film transistor substrate and a color filter substrate. The liquid crystal display panel includes a black matrix formed on an upper substrate, a common electrode formed on the black matrix, a lower substrate having a thin film transistor formed thereon, the lower substrate facing the upper substrate, and a seal pattern portion overlapped with the black matrix and the upper substrate with the common electrode disposed therebetween for bonding the upper substrate and the lower substrate together. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316090 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A light-blocking film is formed by a resin, is formed on a surface of a first substrate that is closer to a second substrate continuously without being interrupted along a side edge of the first substrate, and is formed extending from an outer edge of a display region to the side edge of the first substrate. The first substrate is formed to be thinner than the second substrate. A region having a uniform surface height is formed on the surface of the first substrate that is closer to the second substrate along the side edge of the first substrate. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316091 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC PAPER UTILIZING THE DISPLAY - The liquid crystal display includes a first display unit, a second display unit, a light absorbing layer disposed on a bottom surface of the first display unit so as to absorb light which has entered the first display unit through a top surface thereof and which has been transmitted by the first liquid crystal, and a control circuit section for effecting a switch between a two-surface display mode in which the second display unit is lapped over the first display unit so as to face the bottom surface thereof with the light absorbing layer interposed between them to display images independent of each other on the first display unit and the second display unit and a high image quality mode in which the second display unit is lapped over the first display unit so as to face the top surface thereof to display the same image on the first and second display units. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316092 | TFT subtrate, LCD device using same and method for manufacturing TFT substrate - A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of TFTs and a photosensitive capacitor formed on the transparent substrate. A capacitance of the photosensitive capacitor is variable on the condition of environment brightness. A method for manufacturing the TFT substrate and an LCD using the TFT substrate are also provided. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316093 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate in which a first electrode and a second electrode are provided, the second electrode having a plurality of line-shaped portions that generate an electric field between the first electrode, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer being partitioned into a plurality of display pixels each of which is driven by the electric field, a polarization film arranged outside the second substrate, and an optical member film arranged outside the polarization film. The optical member film has a front phase difference whose retardation value is in the range of 120 to 160 nm, and an angle of an optical axis of the optical member film with respect to an extending direction of the plurality of line-shaped portions of the second electrode is in the range of 30 to 40 degrees or 50 to 60 degrees. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316094 | Optically anisotropic body and liquid crystal display - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that prevents false colors and has a wide viewing angle, display screen contrast that does not decline, and excellent productivity. The liquid crystal display, comprising a liquid crystal cell, a sheet-shaped optically anisotropic body positioned on only one side of the liquid crystal cell, and a pair of light polarizers located on both sides of the liquid crystal cell, wherein the optically anisotropic body satisfies the relationship of n | 2009-12-24 |
20090316095 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR INCREASING VIEWING ANGLE - A display device includes a display panel, a first optical unit, and a second optical unit. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal layer is operated in a vertical alignment mode. The first optical unit includes a C-plate and a first polarization plate having a first absorption axis. The second optical unit includes a positive A-plate, a negative A-plate, and a second polarization plate having a second absorption axis substantially perpendicular to the first absorption axis. The positive A-plate and the negative A-plate may gather dispersed polarization states of a colored light. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316096 | MULTI-DOMAIN AND IPS LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING DRY ALIGNMENT - The present invention includes a method of preparing a dry deposited liquid-crystal alignment layer using one of a mechanical mask, photo-resist, UV treatment, and ridge and fringe field methods. The present invention further provides a multi-domain, wide viewing angle liquid-crystal display, comprising: a bottom substrate; a first transparent conductive layer; a top substrate; a color filter layer; a second transparent conductive layer; a first dry deposited liquid-crystal alignment layer; a second dry deposited liquid-crystal alignment layer, the second dry deposited liquid-crystal alignment layer being spaced adjacent to and facing the first dry deposited liquid-crystal alignment layer; spacers; and a liquid-crystal material. Each of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer is divided into a plurality of pixels each having a boundary and at least two domains and the domains of each of the multi-domain, dry deposited liquid-crystal alignment layers is obtained by a method selected from the group consisting of: a mechanical mask, photo-resist, UV treatment, and ridge and fringe field. The multi-domain, wide viewing angle liquid-crystal display of the present invention can be operated in the in-plane switching mode, which results in reduced image sticking. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316097 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF - A tunable-focusing liquid crystal lens (TLCL) cell has a liquid crystal layer arranged within a cell gap defined between substrates, a layer of optically transparent material arranged between the first substrate and the LC layer, and a liquid crystal alignment layer arranged between the optically transparent layer and the LC layer. The alignment layer is provided on a third optically transparent substrate having a non-planar shape for giving a non-planar profile to the LC layer, which substrate is obtained from a flexible sheet initially provided with the alignment layer and then formed into the non-planar shape. The lens further has a first optically transparent electrode provided on the second substrate, a second optically transparent electrode provided on either or both of first and third substrates. The electrodes are arranged to generate an electric field acting on the LC layer to change the focal distance of the LC cell. Methods for fabricating such TLCL cell are also provided | 2009-12-24 |
20090316098 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal panel includes: a p-type liquid crystal material sandwiched by a pair of substrates and comb-teeth shape electrodes for applying, to the p-type liquid crystal material, an electric field parallel to a substrate surface. The p-type liquid crystal material is aligned vertically with respect to the substrate surface at the time when no electric field is applied. The comb-teeth shape electrodes have an electrode width of 5 μm or less, and an electrode spacing of 15 μm or less. A product of a dielectric constant anisotropy Δε and a refractive index anisotropy Δn of the p-type liquid crystal material is 1.3 or more and 3.1 or less. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316099 | MULTI-DOMAIN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An MVA-LCD panel, including an active component array substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed between is provided. The active component array substrate includes scan lines, data lines, control lines and pixel units. Each of the pixel units includes an active component, a domain division electrode (DDE) and a pixel electrode. The active component is electrically connected with the corresponding scan line and the corresponding data line, the DDE being electrically connected with the corresponding control line, the pixel electrode being electrically connected with the active component. The pixel electrode has first slits, and the first DDE are disposed under the first slits. The opposite substrate has a common electrode layer facing toward the active component array substrate. The common electrode layer includes second slits and at least a part of the second slits is disposed over the first domain division electrode. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316100 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. The first substrate includes first and second electrodes separated by an insulation interlayer provided for each pixel. The second electrode has a plurality of slits. An alignment of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is controlled by operation of first and second transistors to control an electric field between the first and second electrodes. The first transistor includes a drain electrode coupled to the first electrode, and the second transistor includes a drain electrode coupled to the second electrode. The second transistor is switched in synchronization with the first transistor. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316101 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - Disclosed is an LCD comprising a plurality of data lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of gate lines extending in a second direction defining with the plurality of data lines a plurality of pixel areas arranged in a matrix configuration and supplying a gate signal to at least two rows of the pixel areas simultaneously. Thin film transistors are connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines. Also disclosed is a driving method for an LCD including a thin film transistor substrate including pixel areas arranged in a matrix form with a gate line extending in a first direction and a data line extending in a second direction, along with a backlight providing the TFT substrate with light of three primary colors. In the method, the three primary colors are sequentially provided in one frame period and at least two rows of pixel areas and simultaneously provided with a common gate signal. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316102 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes; a pair of gate lines including a first gate line and a second gate line, a first data line and a second data line which neighbor each other, each of which is disposed substantially perpendicular to the first gate line and the second gate line, a first thin film transistor connected to the first gate line and the first data line, a second thin film transistor connected to the second gate line and the first data line, the second thin film transistor including a drain electrode, and a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode electrically connected to the first thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode electrically connected to the second thin film transistor, wherein the first subpixel electrode is disposed a horizontal distance apart from the first data line and the second data line such that it does not overlap the first data lien and the second data line as seen from a top plan view, and the second subpixel electrode overlaps both the first data line and the second data line. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316103 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a display section performing display using a liquid crystal, a substrate disposed to face a bottom surface of the display section and having a circuit for driving the liquid crystal mounted thereon, and a heat diffusing section disposed in contact with the bottom surface of the display section and a top surface of the substrate and having thermal conductivity higher than the thermal conductivity of air. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316104 | Liquid crystal display module having liquid crystal panel and backlight unit - A liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight unit under the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight unit includes at least one light emitting diode. The liquid crystal display module further comprises a bottom frame surrounding the backlight unit. The bottom frame comprises a printed circuit board and the at least one light emitting diode is disposed on the printed circuit board. The liquid crystal display module also includes a main frame surrounding the liquid crystal display panel and a top frame surrounding a front edge of the liquid crystal display panel and combined with the bottom frame through the main frame. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316105 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first substrate having a plurality of column spacers fixed thereto, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and having a plurality of projections at portions corresponding to the column spacers, the projections contacting the column spacers, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316106 | Eyemask - To attain the object of the invention to provide an eye mask of a simple structure that is easy to assemble using the integrally formed arc-shaped mask body, with the centrally located concave part abutting the nose of the wearer, the eye mask of the invention comprises an arc-shaped oblong mask body ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090316107 | JEWELRY ARTICLE FOR A LENS OF EYEGLASSES AND A JEWELRY-INSTALLATION TOOL FOR A PAIR OF EYEGLASSES - The base, on which the main body of a jewel is mounted, and the rear surface magnet are connected to the chain part. By this jewelry article for eyeglasses being mounted on a lens of the pair of eyeglasses, even if the main body of a jewel and the rear surface magnet fall because of their positioning difference on the lens occurred by some contacts to the main body of the jewel, the base and the rear surface magnet are in a state of being hanged down on an eyeglass frame through the chain part joined to the eyeglass frame by the joining part for an eyeglass frame. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316108 | EYEGLASS WITH ELASTIC ELEMENT - An eyeglass with an elastic element and an assembly method thereof are disclosed. The eyeglass with an elastic element include a lens frame set with at least one lens, a pair of temples pivotally connected to two opposite ends of the lens frame, respectively, and at least one elastic element provided at a pivotally connected portion of the lens frame and the temples. The eyeglass is characterized in that the elastic element is formed of a high polymer material so as to provide a restoring force when the temples are biased outwards. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316109 | MODULAR RETAINER AND COUPLING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A modular retainer and decorative coupling system with interchangeable components used to form accessories including eyeglass retainers, lanyards, necklaces, wristbands, bracelets and hair ornaments. The modular coupling and eyeglass retainer system includes an elongate cord having an attachment portion on each end, a plurality of shorter cords, each having an attachment portion on each end, a plurality of interchangeable eyeglass frame couplers, a plurality of inter-coupler members and a medial connection device. The modular system components can be releasably coupled in various intercoupling schemes including, various eyeglass retainer configurations that accommodate a wide variety of eyeglass frame dimensions, and closed loop configurations, such as lanyards, necklaces, bracelets, wristbands and anklets. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316110 | METHOD FOR MAKING A TRANSPARENT OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL COMPONENT USED IN SAID METHOD AND RESULTING OPTICAL ELEMENT - The invention concerns a method for making a transparent optical element ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090316111 | VISION SCREENER - Generally, the present invention relates to medical devices and a method of vision screening, and more particularly to a pediatric vision screening system and method thereof that identifies a risk factor for amblyopia or diagnoses amblyopia by measurement of microstrabismus. An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of patient screening for risk factors for amblyopia which includes the steps of illuminating the eye with polarized light, scanning the polarized light about the eye, capturing the retro-reflected light emanating back from the eye, analyzing the retro-reflected light to determine ocular misalignment; and calculating a metric to determine if the patient passes or fails the screening test thereby providing an indication that the patient may have a risk of amblyopia based on either strabismus or anisometropia. The method is effective at detecting amblyopia related to focusing problems without the measuring the focus of the eye directly. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316112 | METHOD FOR REGISTERING MULTIPLE DATA SETS - Devices, systems, and methods that facilitate optical analysis, particularly for the diagnosis and treatment of refractive errors of the eye. Embodiments of the invention may facilitate the use of multi-modal diagnostic instruments and instrument systems, making it easier to acquire and fuse data from different measurements of the eye. For example, wavefront aberrometry may be fused with corneal topography, optical coherence topography and wavefront, optical coherence topography and topography, pachymetry and wavefront, etc. While some of these different optical datasets may be obtained simultaneously, it is often difficult and/or disadvantageous to attempt to acquire the images or other data at exactly the same time. Advantageously, both patient movement between measurements (and/or during a measurement sequence) can be identified, as well as changes in the eye itself (including those induced by the measurement, such as changes in the size of the pupil, changes in pupil location, etc.). | 2009-12-24 |
20090316113 | MAPPING OPTICAL IMAGES ONTO AN IMAGE SENSOR BY MEANS OF A FIBER OPTIC FACE PLATE OR A FIBER OPTIC TAPER - A capturing apparatus includes an optical input, a fiber optic face plate arranged at the optical input, an image sensor, and optics for mapping a real image at an optical output of the fiber optic face plate onto the image sensor in a predetermined scale. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316114 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHT RECAPTURE AND SEQUENTIAL CHANNEL ILLUMINATION - A filter wheel having spirally shaped left and right channel 3D filters. The 3D filters are, for example, spectral separation filters. The filter is mounted, for example, close to an integrating rod output of a projector. The left and right channel filtered light scrolls across a modulation device which is energized with correspondingly scrolling left and right image data. In one embodiment, the integrating rod comprises mirrored surfaces to facilitate recycling of light reflected off the filter wheel. The filter wheel may be placed in a single or dual projector configuration. In one embodiment, the filters are fixed at the end of an integrating rod using “re-cycled” light to illuminate different channels of a projection system. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316115 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus and an image display method, by which a desired image formation state on a retina can be constantly maintained, are provided. Thus, the image display apparatus of the present invention includes a laser light source for emitting laser light; a focus position adjustment section for adjusting a focus position, of the laser light by adjusting a spread angle of the laser light emitted by the laser light source; a scanning section for scanning a predetermined to-be-scanned area by using the laser light adjusted by the focus position adjustment section as scanning light; a light deflection section disposed at the predetermined to-be-scanned area for leading the scanning light to a cornea of the user; a light detection section disposed at a position where the light detection section has an optically conjugate relation with a surface of the cornea through the light deflection section, for detecting a part the scanning light reflected on the surface of the cornea and generating a detection signal; and a control section for controlling the laser light source, the focus position adjustment section, and the scanning section, The control section controls the focus position adjustment section to adjust the focus position of the laser light such that the detection signal generated by the light detection section agrees with an initial setting signal that is set in advance by the light detection section during an initial setting operation. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316116 | SCANNING LASER PROJECTION DISPLAY FOR SMALL HANDHELD DEVICES - Image projection devices, high-speed fiber scanned displays and related methods for projecting an image onto a surface and interfacing with the projected image are provided. A method for projecting one or more images and obtaining feedback with an optical input-output assembly is provided. The input-output assembly comprising a light-scanning optical fiber and a sensor. The method includes generating a sequence of light in response to one or more image representations and a scan pattern of the optical fiber, articulating the optical fiber in the scan pattern, projecting the sequence of light from the articulated optical fiber, and generating a feedback signal with the sensor in response to reflections of the sequence of light. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316117 | Lens adjusting device of projector - A lens adjusting device including a frame, a lens, a base, at least a positioning structure, and a locking device is provided. The lens is fixed on the frame. The base has a through hole with a predetermined shape formed thereon. The positioning structure is disposed on the base for movably positioning the frame on a plane above the base. The locking device including a screw, a nut, and a fixer is capable of fixing the frame to the base. The screw penetrates the frame and extends to below the base through the through hole of the base. The size of the through hole is greater than the size of a corresponding cross-section of the screw. The nut is disposed below the base and assembled to the screw to position the screw on the base. The fixer is disposed on the frame to constrain the rotation of the nut. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316118 | UNIVERSAL PROJECTOR INTERFACE WITH SUSTAINABLE ALIGNMENT - A universal projector interface including a mount interface portion with a plurality of elongate arm assemblies coupled thereto. Each arm assembly is selectively rotatable and translatable relative to the mount interface, and includes a coupling portion. The coupling portion of each arm assembly is selectively shiftable between a first position in which the coupling portion is securely engaged with a projector attachment member on the projector and a second position in which the coupling portion is freely disengageable from the projector attachment member. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316119 | Apparatus and method for conditioning an immersion fluid - The present invention includes apparatus and methods for producing a conditioned immersion fluid for use in an immersion lithography process. The conditioned immersion fluid protects the immersion system lens and reduces or eliminates deposition of contaminants onto the lens that can adversely affect the lens transmission and durability of an immersion lithography system. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316120 | Exposure apparatus, cleaning method, and device fabricating method - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with exposure light that passes through an exposure liquid. The exposure apparatus comprises: an optical member, which has an emergent surface wherefrom the exposure light emerges; a first supply port, which supplies the exposure liquid; a liquid immersion member, which is capable of forming an immersion space so that an optical path of the exposure light that emerges from the optical member is filled with the exposure liquid; a second supply port, which supplies a cleaning liquid so that it contacts the liquid immersion member; and a preventive apparatus, which prevents the cleaning liquid and the optical member from contacting one another. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316121 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD - A lithographic apparatus of the immersion type is disclosed. In the apparatus, a plurality of heating and/or cooling devices are provided in the vicinity of the final element of the projection system, e.g. in a barrier member of a liquid handling system. The heating and/or cooling devices can be used, for example, to control temperature gradients in the final element of the projection system to control aberrations therein. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316122 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A substrate stage for an immersion type lithographic apparatus is arranged to project a patterned radiation beam from a patterning device onto a substrate, the substrate stage being constructed to hold the substrate and including at least a sensor for sensing the patterned radiation beam, the sensor including an at least partially transmissive layer having a front side facing the incoming radiation beam and a back side opposite the front side, wherein the back side is provided with at least a sensor mark to be subjected to the radiation beam transmitted through the layer. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316123 | INJECTION-LOCKED LASER, INTERFEROMETER, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An injection-locked laser is disclosed. The injection-locked laser comprises a seed laser, an oscillator into which a certain component of light output from the seed laser is injected as seed laser light, a frequency converter which shifts a frequency of the remaining component of the light output from the seed laser, a photodetector which detects light obtained by synthesizing the light output from the oscillator and the light output from the frequency converter, and a controller which controls an optical path length of the oscillator based on a beat signal component contained in the signal output from the photodetector. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316124 | Lithographic Apparatus, Device Manufacturing Method and Device Manufactured Thereby - The X, Y and Rz positions of a mask stage are measured using two optical encoder-reading heads measuring displacements of respective grid gratings mounted on the mask stage. The grid gratings are preferably provided on cut-away portions of the mask table so as to be coplanar with the pattern on the mask itself. Measurements of the table position in the other degrees of freedom can be measured with capacitive or optical height sensors. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316125 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a phase adjuster to adjust a phase of an optical wave traversing an optical element of the phase adjuster during exposure of a pattern on a substrate. In an embodiment, the optical element is a heat controllable optical element in a projection system of the lithographic apparatus. In use, the pattern is illuminated with an illumination mode including an off-axis radiation beam. This beam is diffracted into a number of first-order diffracted beams, one associated with a first pitch in the pattern, along a first direction, another associated with a second pitch along a different, second direction in the pattern. An area is identified where the first-order diffracted beam associated with the first pitch traverses the optical element. An image characteristic of an image of the pattern is optimized by calculating a desired optical phase of this first-order diffracted beam in relation to the optical phase of the other first-order diffracted beam. The phase adjuster is controlled to apply the desired optical phase to the first order diffracted beam. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316126 | HIGH RESOLUTION PRINTING TECHNIQUE - A pattern having exceptionally small features is printed on a partially fabricated integrated circuit during integrated circuit fabrication. The pattern is printed using an array of probes, each probe having: 1) a photocatalytic nanodot at its tip; and 2) an individually controlled light source. The surface of the partially fabricated integrated circuit comprises a photochemically active species. The active species undergoes a chemical change when contacted by the nanodot, when the nanodot is illuminated by light. To print a pattern, each probe raster-scans its associated nanodot across the surface of the partially fabricated integrated circuit. When the nanodot reaches a desired location, the nanodot is illuminated by the light source, catalyzing a change in the reactive species and, thus, printing at that location. Subsequently, reacted or unreacted species are selectively removed, thereby forming a mask pattern over the partially fabricated integrated circuit. The minimum size of the features in the pattern is determined by the size of the nanodot and can be very small, e.g., having critical dimensions of about 20 nm or less. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316127 | SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method, for producing a substrate, includes: forming an alignment mark on a first surface of the substrate; detecting a position of the alignment mark; forming a mark by scanning and focusing a laser beam on a position, on a second surface of the substrate, corresponding to the position of the alignment mark, the laser beam having a wavelength so as to pass through the substrate. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316128 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM PARTICULARLY FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY - There is provided a projection objective for a projection exposure apparatus that has a primary light source for emitting electromagnetic radiation having a chief ray with a wavelength≦193 nm. The projection objective includes an object plane, a first mirror, a second mirror, a third mirror, a fourth mirror; and an image plane. The object plane, the first mirror, the second mirror, the third mirror, the fourth mirror and the image plane are arranged in a centered arrangement around a common optical axis. The first mirror, the second mirror, the third mirror, and the fourth mirror are situated between the object plane and the image plane. The chief ray, when incident on an object situated in the object plane, in a direction from the primary light source, is inclined away from the common optical axis. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316129 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS HAVING A FEED FORWARD PRESSURE PULSE COMPENSATION FOR THE METROLOGY FRAME - A lithographic apparatus including a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate; a metrology frame supported by a vibration isolation support device; an object movable with respect to the metrology frame; and a displacement determining unit to determine positions, speeds and/or accelerations of the object with respect to the metrology frame and/or the projection system. At least one actuator is provided for applying correcting forces and/or torques on the metrology frame, and a controller is provided which is configured to calculate the correcting forces and/or torques to be applied to the metrology frame based on the determined positions, speeds and/or accelerations of the object in order to compensate for pressure pulses exerted on the metrology frame due to movements of the object with respect to the metrology frame. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316130 | EUV ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system is used to illuminate a specified illumination field of an object surface with EUV radiation. The illumination system has an EUV source and a collector to concentrate the EUV radiation in the direction of an optical axis. A first optical element is provided to generate secondary light sources, and a second optical element is provided at the location of these secondary light sources, the second optical element being part of an optical device which includes further optical elements, and which images the first optical element into an image plane into the illumination field. Between the collector and the illumination field, a maximum of five reflecting optical elements are arranged. These optical elements reflect the main beam either grazingly or steeply. The optical axis, projected onto an illumination main plane, is deflected by more than 30° between a source axis portion and a field axis portion. In a first variant of the illumination system, at least an axis portion between at least two of the reflecting optical elements is inclined relative to the illumination main plane. In a second variant of the illumination system, the optical device, in addition to the second optical element includes precisely three further optical elements, i.e. a third optical element, a fourth optical element and a fifth optical element. In this second variant, the optical axis meets the third, fourth and fifth optical elements at an angle of incidence which is greater than 70°. This construction variants make possible either an increase of the EUV throughput of the illumination system for a given size, or a reduction of the size of the illumination system and thus of the associated projection exposure system for a given EUV throughput. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316131 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS THAT UTILIZES MULTIPLE MASKS - An exposure apparatus ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090316132 | Polarization-modulating element, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method - There is disclosed a polarization-modulating element for modulating a polarization state of incident light into a predetermined polarization state, the polarization-modulating element being made of an optical material with optical activity and having a circumferentially varying thickness profile. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316133 | MOVING BODY APPARATUS AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - When a wafer stage WST accelerates and decelerates on a base, a torque that acts on a wafer drive system including the base and the like is cancelled out by a torque that acts on the wafer drive system by driving a counter of a coutermass device along a linear guide in the Z-axis direction at a predetermined acceleration. Thereby, the torque that acts upon the wafer drive system is cancelled and the exposure apparatus can expose the wafer with good accuracy. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316134 | FIBER LASER LADAR - A laser radar system and a method for use in a laser radar system are disclosed. More particularly, the laser radar system includes a fiber laser capable of generating a laser signal; a first optical path through which the generated laser signal may be transmitted; a second optical path through which a reflection of the transmitted laser signal may be received; and a detector capable of detecting the received reflection. The method includes generating a laser signal from a fiber laser; transmitting the laser signal; receiving a reflection of the transmitted laser signal; and detecting the reflection. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316135 | SENSOR DEVICE AND SYSTEM HAVING A CONVEYOR AND A SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor device having a sensor arrangement for detecting moving objects that includes a sensor and an electronic unit. The sensor arrangement is designed to detect an object and to subsequently investigate whether there are present within the surface of the object regions that move at a different speed and/or acceleration. The sensor arrangement can also investigate whether the object is accelerating. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316136 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING MOVING OBJECT, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING MOVING OBJECT BY RADIATION IMAGING - Disclosed is a method for identifying a moving object, comprising: a driving-in step of moving a moving object into a passage, a velocity measuring step of measuring a moving velocity of the moving object, a light beam emitting step of emitting light beams from one side of the passage, a light beam receiving step of receiving the light beams not shielded by the moving object at other side of the passage, a profile determining step of determining a profile of at least one portion of the moving object based on the received light beams and the measured moving velocity of the moving object, and an identifying step of determining type of the moving object by comprising the profile of the at least one portion of the moving object with information of moving objects stored previously. The method and the system according to the present invention can adopt corresponding scanning controlling manners for different vehicles, so that inspection information of inspected vehicles is complete, inspection images are of high quality, and radiation dose received by drivers are minimal. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316137 | LIVING BODY INGREDIENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING INSTRUMENT - A device for measuring the concentration of a biological constituent based on infrared radiation emitted by a subject's eardrum with the influence of the eardrum's thickness taken into account is provided. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316138 | METHOD AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR DETERMINING A PHYSICAL PROPERTY OF A PARTICLE - Physical property determination of a particle or classification of the particle as a function of the physical property by evaluating scattered light profile from a single particle is disclosed. The particle may include chemical structures that vibrate as a function of a physical property of the particle. The physical property may include an absorptive property of the particle or a chemical composition. From a detected scattered light spectrum, at least two anomalous dispersive regions may be identified. The physical property of the particle may be determined as a function of the at least two regions. A system employing the physical property determination can achieve sensitivities useful for low particle density applications such as detection for biological and chemical agents. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316139 | BIODIESEL/DIESEL BLEND LEVEL DETECTION USING ABSORBANCE - Described herein are embodiments of a method and device for determining the relative amounts of biodiesel and diesel in a biodiesel/diesel blend without separating the biodiesel from the diesel. Embodiments of the method comprise providing a device for measuring absorbance of the blend, measuring absorbance of the blend at one or more wavelengths, and determining the relative amounts of biodiesel and diesel in the blend from the absorbance. Embodiments of the device comprise a light source and a detector for detecting light transmitted through a sample of a biodiesel/diesel blend. Typically the device includes a data analyzer for computing relative amounts of biodiesel and diesel in the blend. Some embodiments of the device further comprise one or more filters, which allow only light of a particular wavelength or wavelengths to pass through the filter. | 2009-12-24 |
20090316140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING INFRARED READINGS TO DETECT MISIDENTIFICATION OF A DIAGNOSTIC TEST STRIP IN A REFLECTANCE SPECTROMETER - A method and apparatus for using an infrared reading to detect the misidentification of a diagnostic test strip disposed on a feed table comprising the steps of determining if the test strip possesses specified reagents, reading the infrared reflectances from the reagent positions, determining if the reflectances are within an acceptable predetermined range and aborting the test if the infrared reflectances are not within the acceptable predetermined range. | 2009-12-24 |