41st week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190310468 | Multi-Polygon Laser Scanner - A LIDAR system comprising a multi-polygon scanner assembly, a first beam forming element comprising a plurality of optically-reflective beam switching surfaces and spaced-apart apertures, a second beam steering element and beam guide mirror assembly configured to provide complete beam scan utilization with no scanning dead period. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310469 | Multi-Polygon Laser Scanner Comprising Pyramidal Timing Polygon - A LIDAR system comprising a pyramidal timing polygon is having a plurality of flat optically reflective facet surfaces. The pyramidal polygon comprises a plurality of spaced apart apertures disposed about the outer circumference thereof to define the plurality of radially disposed facets. The pyramidal polygon is rigidly attached and aligned with the rotating scanning polygon structures to define a pre-defined angular shift. The rotation of the three polygon assemblies is synchronized with a pulsed laser source whereby, for each laser pulse, the individual pyramid facets are disposed at a predetermined angle, such as a 45 degree angle, with respect to the incoming beam so as to direct it along the beam | 2019-10-10 |
20190310470 | SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN A CLEAR LENS ON A CAMERA - A system for maintaining a clear lens on a camera may include a camera housing including a camera door, a microprocessor disposed in the camera housing and including memory and instructions stored in the memory to operate the camera door in a plurality of modes to maintain the clear the lens of the camera. The system may further include an air treatment device configured to be operated by the microprocessor in the plurality of modes, a blower fan to generate pressurized air, a heater coil configured to selectively heat the pressurized air, and a plurality of shutters configured to direct the pressurized air that may be operated by at least one solenoid. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310471 | CLEANING DEVICE - A cleaning device includes: a lens cover configured to cover an object lens of a camera provided in a machining area of a machine tool, the lens cover being transparent; a motor configured to rotate the lens cover; and a wiping member configured to, when the lens cover rotates, wipe at least an adhering substance that has adhered to a region of the lens cover in an angle-of-view of the camera. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310472 | STREAMING VIRTUAL REALITY VIDEO - Methods and devices are provided for use in a streaming process (130) of a Virtual Reality [VR] video to a VR rendering device (120). The streaming process has a configurable setup, each configured setup providing respective different image data of a scene. The VR rendering device is arranged to render a current view of the scene based on a current head position. The streaming process is executed according to a first configured setup providing first image data needed to render the current view. EEG data is determined by measuring brain signals (115) and a head movement is predicted based on the EEG data. Target image data is determined as needed for rendering a future view based on the predicted head movement. A new configured setup for providing the target image data is determined. By adapting the streaming process based on the prediction the target image data can be provided in time and efficiently using available bandwidth. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310473 | SERVER, AUGMENTED REALITY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM AND SHARING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides a server, an augmented reality apparatus, system and sharing method and a storage medium and belongs to the technical field of augmented reality. The augmented reality apparatus comprises a communication module configured to receive a sharing unlocking instruction sent by a server and a processing module configured to perform system unlocking on the augmented reality apparatus when the sharing unlocking instruction is received, wherein the communication module is further configured to acquire real-time scene superimposition information corresponding to a real-time scene from the server after the augmented reality apparatus is subjected to system unlocking | 2019-10-10 |
20190310474 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A virtual image display device includes: a display unit that generates an image display light by modulating an illumination light; and a projection optical system that includes a concave mirror for reflecting the image display light toward a virtual image presentation plate and a convex lens provided between the display unit and the concave mirror. The display unit is provided at a position closer to the convex lens than a focal point, within a meridional plane, of a composite optical system formed by the virtual image presentation plate and the projection optical system. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310475 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - Whether a similarity between a frame image and an immediately preceding frame image that is a frame image one frame before the frame image is not less than a predetermined value is determined. A corrected frame image in which the frame image is corrected in accordance with the determination result is generated. One of the frame image and the corrected frame image is displayed, according to the determination result, as a display image on a display screen. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310476 | Method and Apparatus For Multiple User Self-Relative Tracking Using Magnetic Tracking - A method and apparatus for self-relative body tracking in virtual reality systems using magnetic tracking is disclosed, which allows more accurate tracking of a user's body relative to the user's field of vision. A head-mounted magnetic tracking (HMMT) system is used, in which other parts of a user's body are tracked relative to the HMD on the user's head, rather than relative to a base station. This results in less distortion of the magnetic field used for tracking and thus allows for more accurate determination of the position and orientation of a user's body parts relative to the user's field of vision, so that a more accurate avatar may be presented on the HMD to the user. This allows the avatar of the user's body part to be shown in a location that corresponds closely to its physical position. In an alternative embodiment, multiple portions of the user's body may be tracked. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310477 | Head-mounted Display Device and Adjustment Parameter Determining Method for Head-mounted Display Device - A head-mounted display device and an adjustment parameter determining method for the head-mounted display device are provided. The head-mounted display device ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190310478 | METHOD OF DETERMINING AN EYE PARAMETER OF A USER OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a method for determining an eye parameter of a user of a display device, the eye parameter relating to a dioptric parameter of an ophthalmic lens to be provided to the user, the method including: a display device providing step, during which a binocular display device is provided to the user,—an image display step, during which an image is displayed to the user when using the display device; a display parameter modifying step, during which at least one parameter of the display device is modified so as to modify the virtual display distance of the perceived image, wherein the display parameter modifying step is repeated until image subjective quality of the perceived image is perceived by the user as optimal; and an eye parameter determining step during which an eye parameter is determined based on the parameter of the display device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310479 | WEARABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES THEREON - A wearable display apparatus is provided. The wearable display apparatus according to an embodiment includes a a display, a sensor configured to detect motion of the wearable display apparatus and output motion data corresponding to the motion of the wearable display apparatus, the output motion data including a non-zero roll component, and a processor configured to obtain three-dimensional (3D) image data , obtain the output motion data from the sensor, generate a first virtual reality (VR) 3D image based on the obtained 3D image data and a portion of the obtained motion data excluding the non-zero roll component, and control the display to display the generated first VR 3D image. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310480 | VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY DEVICE, LENS BARREL, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of this application relate to a virtual reality display device. The virtual reality display device includes a left lens barrel and a right lens barrel; the left lens barrel includes: a left lens barrel housing, a left display screen, and a left lens; the right lens barrel includes: a right lens barrel housing, a right display screen, and a right lens; an inner side of an opening portion of the left lens barrel housing includes a left lens holder; an inner side of an opening portion of the right lens barrel housing includes a right lens holder; a left fill layer is provided between the left lens holder and the left lens; and a right fill layer is provided between the right lens holder and the right lens. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310481 | See-Through Near Eye Optical Display - According to embodiments of the invention, the invention is an augmented reality system that utilizes a near eye see-through optical module that comprises a transparent or semi-transparent see-through near eye display that is in optical alignment with a micro-lens array. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the augmented reality system comprises generating a virtual image as perceived by an eye of a wearer of the augmented reality system when looking at an object in space having a location in the real world that forms a real image. When utilizing a certain embodiment of the invention the virtual image changes, by way of example only, one or more of its shape, form, depth, 3D effect, location due to the eye or eyes shifting its (their) fixation position due to changing the location of different lighted pixels of the see-through near eye display(s). The invention further discloses various mechanisms to improve the quality of the virtual image and that of the augmented reality image while utilizing a near eye see-through optical module that comprises a see-through near eye display and distance separated and aligned micro-lens array. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310482 | LIGHT GUIDE WITH BEAM SEPARATOR FOR DUAL IMAGES - An imaging apparatus has a projector apparatus that projects light for forming a first image and a second image. A first pupil expander lies in the path of projected light and is configured to direct light to a viewer to form a first virtual image at infinity focus. A second pupil expander lies in the path of the projected light and is configured to direct light through a first lens and to the viewer to form a second virtual image near a focal plane of the first lens. A second lens is disposed to condition light from a visual scene lying beyond the second pupil expander. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310483 | LASER DEVICE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A laser device for additive manufacturing and an operation method thereof are provided. The laser device has a laser generation unit, a spectroscopic unit, a control unit, and a lens assembly unit. A laser beam is split into two or more beams by disposing the spectroscopic unit and the lens assembly unit. Thus, a roughness of a process surface and a process time can be reduced. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310484 | METHOD TO DETERMINE THE TOPOLOGICAL CHARGE OF AN OPTICAL BEAM - An apparatus for determining a topological charge of one of more optical beams. For single beams, a trapezoidal optical element having a front face and an opposing rear face that is not parallel to the front face is oriented so that the optical beam is reflected in a direction other than along the optical path. The reflection of the optical beam by the trapezoidal optical element produces an interference pattern that can be captured by an optical imager and that can be decoded to determine the topological charge of the optical beam. For a plurality of superpositioned beams, an air spaced trapezoidal optical element may oriented to reflect the plurality of beams onto an optical imager to capture the interference pattern. The interference pattern may be interpreted to identify the topological charge of each of the plurality of optical beams. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310485 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS OF OBJECTS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - A storage vessel retains a quantity of a compound. The compound has molecules that emit photons in response to stimulation by one or more beams of energy. A beam emitter assembly has a plurality of beam emitters. Each beam emitter selectively and controllably emits directional beams of energy toward the storage vessel. A control and processing subsystem selectively actuates the beam emitters in groups of at least two beam emitters. For each group, the beam emitters in the group emit directional beams of energy that converge at a convergence point in the storage vessel. The converging energy beams induce molecules located at the convergence point to emit photons. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310486 | HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY WITHIN A VEHICLE EXTERNAL PART - A holographic display device presents a holographic image within an external part for a vehicle such as a headlight assembly or an exterior rearview mirror assembly. An outer cover defines an interior cavity, with a transparent portion, such as a window, allowing a viewer to see into the interior cavity. A presentation surface inside the interior cavity is illuminated by an image source to display the holographic image, which appears as a 3-dimensional object within the interior cavity, and which appears to be suspended therein. The holographic image may be stationary or moving, and may include a logo, symbol, or other graphic. The image source is may be hidden from direct view. One embodiment includes two circular polarizer to prevent light directly from the image source from being visible, while allowing reflected light to become visible by being having the polarization direction reversed. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310487 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - There is provided an imaging device including: an imaging section configured to set pixels as polarization pixels having any of polarization directions, the pixels generating pixel signals on the basis of incident light; a polarization direction rotating section provided on an incidence plane side of the imaging section, and configured to rotate a polarization direction of the incident light; and a control section configured to control the imaging section and the polarization direction rotating section to generate a polarized image or a non-polarized image having higher resolution than resolution of the polarized image. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310488 | HALF MIRROR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING HALF MIRROR, AND MIRROR WITH IMAGE DISPLAY FUNCTION - A half mirror includes, in sequence, a glass plate, an adhesive layer, and a polarized light reflecting layer having a thickness of 5.0 μm or more and 80 μm or less. The adhesive layer has a thickness of 3 μm to 15 μm and is a layer formed by UV-curing of a composition containing an acrylic polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 800,000 to 2,000,000, a crosslinker, and a silane coupling agent. The total amount of the crosslinker is 1.0 mass % to 8.0 mass % of the amount of the acrylic polymer, and 80 mass % or more of the crosslinker is accounted for by a photo-crosslinker. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310489 | Method and Apparatus for Laser Beam Combining and Speckle Reduction - A beam combining device combines laser beams and performs speckle reduction of the laser light. Two laser beams are incident on a non-polarizing beam splitter and combined beams are split into two light paths with different optical path lengths. The two light paths may have different geometric path lengths and/or different indices of refraction in the paths to produce the different optical path lengths. One of the light paths is passed through a polarization rotation device and then the two light paths are recombined with a polarizing beam splitter to produce a combined reduced speckle laser beam. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310490 | CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING LIQUID LENS, OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING THE MODULE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE LIQUID LENS - Provided is a camera module, and a camera module including a core plate having a cavity for accommodating a conductive liquid and a nonconductive liquid; an electrode unit disposed on the core plate and electrically connected to the conductive liquid; an insulating unit disposed in the electrode portion and blocking contact of the nonconductive liquid; and a control unit for controlling voltages applied to the electrode unit, wherein the electrode unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode that change the interface between the conductive liquid and the nonconductive liquid by electromagnetic interaction, the first electrode includes a plurality of electrode sectors arranged sequentially along a circumferential direction about an optical axis, and the control unit sequentially controls voltages applied to the plurality of electrode sectors. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310491 | DEVICE FOR ATTACHING COMPONENT PARTS OF SPECTACLES FRAMES AND SPECTACLES COMPRISING SAID ATTACHMENT DEVICE - A device for attaching parts of a spectacles frame to one another includes a first attachment element connectable to a first component part of the frame to be plugged into a second attachment element connectable to a second component part of the frame. A locking pin is active between the first and the second attachment element, in a removable manner, transverse to the plugging direction, so as to attach the first and the second component parts of the frame to one another. The first attachment element includes a pair of limbs constructed equidirectionally and at a distance from a common base, while the second attachment element includes a seat that can hold the pair of limbs in the axial plugging direction between opposing internal walls of the seat, the seat being intersected transverse to the plugging direction by an opening in which the locking pin is rotatably held. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310492 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COATING ON A SPECTACLE LENS, AND SPECTACLE LENS - A method for producing a coating on a surface of a coated or uncoated spectacle lens includes: applying a masking on a partial region of the surface of the coated or uncoated spectacle lens, applying at least one layer on the surface, and removing the masking and the at least one layer applied on the masking from the partial region of the surface. The masking is applied with a matrix printing method. A spectacle lens produced by the method is also disclosed. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310493 | TEAR SHAPING FOR REFRACTIVE CORRECTION - A lens for refractive tear shaping, including a curved lens body defining an anterior partial thickness cavity indented into its anterior surface. The anterior partial thickness cavity has an anterior facing tear shaping surface structured to form a tear lens within the anterior partial thickness cavity. The anterior partial thickness cavity is structured to define a tear lens within the anterior partial thickness cavity by interaction between a tear film of the eye and the anterior facing base tear shaping surface. The posterior curvature of the tear lens is dependent on the shape of the anterior facing base tear shaping surface. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310494 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CONTACT LENS WITH FILM BY PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION - The process for preparing contact lens with films by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition to apply plasma modification on contact lens to form hydrophilic functional groups on the surface of contact lens, and then respectively heating PEGMA and NVP into a gaseous state, and depositing the gaseous PEGMA and NVP on the substrate by means of PECVD so as to form the thin film on the substrate. By means of the thin film, the contact lens can reveal stable hydrophilicity and anti-fouling properties, so when the patient wear the contact lens, he or she does not feel uncomfortable foreign body sensation, significantly reducing the deposition of proteins and corneal infection risk. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310495 | CONTACT LENS WITH A HYDROPHILIC LAYER - Embodiments of the technology relate to a contact lens having a core that is coated by a hydrogel layer, and to methods of making such a lens. The coated lens can include a rigid gas permeable contact lens. The coated lens can also include a hybrid silicone and rigid gas permeable contact lens. In one aspect, embodiments provide for a coated contact lens comprising a lens core with a water equilibrium constant of less than about 2% comprising an outer surface; and a hydrogel layer covalently attached to at least a portion of the outer surface, the hydrogel layer adapted to contact an ophthalmic surface, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a hydrophilic polymer population of one or more species. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310496 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ARRAY THEREOF - An optoelectronic device and an array comprising a plurality of the same. The device(s) comprising: an optically active region with an electrode arrangement for applying an electric field across the optically active region; a first curved waveguide, arranged to guide light into the optically active region; and a second curved waveguide, arranged to guide light out of the optically active region; wherein the first curved waveguide and the second curved waveguide are formed of a material having a different band-gap to a band-gap of the optically active region, and wherein the overall guided path formed by the first curved waveguide, the optically active region and the second curved waveguide is U-shaped. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310497 | CLOSED LOOP BIAS CONTROL FOR AN IQ PHASE MODULATOR - An electro-optic device may include a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) and one or more components. The one or more components may apply a DC bias with dither to a first branch and a second branch of the MZM and to arms of the first branch, and may determine a second harmonic of a first return signal. The one or more components may apply a DC bias with phase-shifted dither to the first branch and the second branch or to the arms of the first branch, and determine a second harmonic of a second return signal. The phase-shifted dither may be out of phase from the dither and have a frequency that matches a frequency of the dither. The one or more components may determine whether arms of the second branch of the MZM are operating at null, and may selectively adjust DC biases applied to the arms of the second branch. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310498 | OPTICAL FEEDBACK-BASED REPETITIVE FREQUENCY ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB - The present invention provides a repetition frequency-tunable optical frequency comb generated by basis of optical feedback. The optical frequency comb comprises a single-frequency laser resonant cavity, a wavelength division multiplexer, a single-mode semiconductor pump light source, an optical circulator, a first optical fiber coupler, a second optical fiber coupler, a photoelectric detector, a highly-stable signal source, an error signal processing system, a laser frequency modulation device and a tunable laser-delay module. The present invention performs delay-time processing to the single-frequency laser by the tunable laser-delay module, and achieves an optical feedback by the optical circulator for injecting to the resonant cavity, generating a series of tunable laser longitudinal modes with equal frequency space. Meanwhile, in combination with the highly-stable signal source, the error signal processing system and the laser frequency modulation device, a laser frequency lock is achieved, and the laser frequency comb is generated. The invention obtains a repetition frequency-tunable laser frequency comb with a simple and practical method, having an extensive application prospect and huge application value in fields such as optical fiber sensing and spectroscopy of atom and molecule. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310499 | TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED DIMMING FILM WITH A FUNCTION OF SHIELDING NEAR-INFRARED LIGHT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a temperature-controlled dimming film with a function of shielding near-infrared light, which comprises a polymer network skeleton and liquid crystal molecules, wherein the polymer network skeleton consists of a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal network structure and a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal network structure and comprises a polymer matrix with pores inside which polymer networks are vertically aligned; and the liquid crystal molecules are dispersed in the polymer network skeleton and have smectic (SmA)-cholesteric (N*) phase transition. Between the skeleton and the liquid crystal molecules, nanoparticles, having absorption at 800-3000 nm, are dispersed. In the invention, a stepwise polymerization method is utilized to construct a PD&SLC network structure between two substrates, which greatly improve the bonding strength between the two substrates and the heat insulation performance of the temperature-controlled liquid crystal dimming film. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310500 | DISPLAY PANEL, COLLECTIVE DISPLAY PANEL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate while having a liquid crystal layer therebetween, a first seal portion formed from a first sealant containing a resin as a main component and disposed around the liquid crystal layer to bond the first substrate and the second substrate together and seal the liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a second seal portion formed from a second sealant containing a resin as a main component and having higher oxygen absorbability than the first sealant has and disposed on an outer peripheral side of the display panel than the first seal portion and between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310501 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can prevent a camera image from being adversely affected by the birefringence of external polarized light which enters a camera through the liquid crystal layer. In a liquid crystal display device ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190310502 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display part; a driving part; and a display control part, the display control part being configured to provide a transition period between first and second driving periods in switching from the first driving period to the second driving period, the first driving period allowing the display part to be driven at a first frame frequency, the second driving period allowing the display part to be driven at a second frame frequency, the transition period including a period where the display part is driven at at least one frame frequency with a value between the first and second frame frequencies, the transition period including positive and negative periods that last for different total durations, the positive period allowing the display part to be driven at a positive voltage, the negative period allowing the display part to be driven at a negative voltage. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310503 | AUTO DARKENING FILTER CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING HIGH LIGHT-SHIELDING NUMBER - An auto darkening filter, comprising: a first positive liquid crystal (LCD | 2019-10-10 |
20190310504 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL - Provided are: a display panel whereby a frame can be narrowed, while ensuring conduction between substrates; a display device; and a method for manufacturing the display panel. The display panel is provided with: a first substrate having a surface, on which an electrode layer is formed; a second substrate having a surface, on which a wiring path for supplying the electrode layer with signals is formed; and a sealing section that defines a space sealed between the first substrate surface and the second substrate surface, which are facing each other. The display panel is also provided with a columnar section that electrically connects the electrode layer to the wiring path. The columnar section is formed at a position in contact with the sealing section. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310505 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate having a display region where pixels each having a TFT and a pixel electrode are formed in a matrix, a counter substrate having a display region where color filters of three colors are formed in a matrix, the TFT substrate and the counter substrate being bonded together with a sealing material in a seal portion at a periphery, and liquid crystal sealed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate by the seal material. In the display region, a first insulation film, a first alignment film, a first columnar spacer, an overcoat film, a first color filter among the color filters of three colors are stacked in this order between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310506 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - In forming a counter electrode in an FFS type liquid crystal display apparatus, a slit is not provided in a first pixel in which it has been found, in advance, that a bright spot defect is to occur by a defect inspection apparatus or the like. In the pixel without the slit, since a fringe electric field that has possibly occurred near the slit does not occur, a black spot defect can be obtained even if a signal potential is inputted to a pixel electrode. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310507 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To address static electricity on a flat panel display device and to implement a narrow frame of the flat panel display device. A liquid crystal display device ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190310508 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel displaying an image, a control circuit board spaced apart from the display panel and supplying an input signal to the display panel, and a plurality of flexible boards each having a first end bonded on the display panel and a second end bonded on the control circuit board to perform electrical connection between the display panel and the control circuit board. The flexible boards further includes at least one set of paired flexible boards including two flexible boards in pairs, and the paired flexible boards are bonded between the display panel and the control circuit board in a crossed manner. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310509 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a plurality of pixel rows, a first data line, a second data line, a data driver, a first test part, and a second test part. Each of the plurality of pixel rows includes a plurality of pixels. The first data line is disposed between two adjacent pixel rows among the a plurality of pixel rows. The second data line is disposed between the two adjacent pixel rows. The data driver is configured to provide at least one data signal to the first data line and the second data line. The first test part is connected to one of the first data line and the second data line, and is disposed between the plurality of pixel rows and the data driver. The second test part is electrically connected to the other of the first data line and the second data line. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310510 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The liquid crystal panel includes a color filter substrate, which includes a substrate, a black matrix disposed on the substrate, and a first slot disposed on the black matrix. The first slot penetrates through the black matrix. A bottom surface of the first slot is the substrate, and a black seal is disposed on the first slot. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310511 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Obtained is a liquid crystal display panel that allows for a continued check on whether a polarizing plate is affixed at an appropriate position while retaining the design flexibility. In a liquid crystal display panel ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190310512 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of suppressing light leakage and saving at least one polarizing plate. The liquid crystal display device is provided with multiple display units arranged in a matrix and includes, in the following order, a first insulating substrate, a planar common electrode having polarization superimposed with all of the display units and a boundary region between the display units adjacent to each other, a liquid crystal layer, a second insulating substrate, and a planar polarizing layer having polarization superimposed with all of the display units and the boundary region. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310513 | IMAGE SOURCE UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A laminate including: a base material layer, an optical functional layer, and a polarizing plate; wherein the optical functional layer includes a plurality of light transmissive portions extending in one direction along a face of the base material layer, and arrayed in a direction different from an extending direction thereof, and an in-between portion(s) formed in the intervals of adjacent light transmissive portions, an angle formed by an extending direction of the transmission axis of the polarizing plate, and the extending direction of the light transmissive portions is 1° to 41.7° in a front view, the base material layer is formed of polycarbonate, and the average coefficient of linear expansion or the average linear expansion of the laminate is within a predetermined range. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310514 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ARRAY CONTAINING A MULTILAYER BUS ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A light emitting device includes a backplane, an array of light emitting diodes attached to a front side of the backplane, a dielectric matrix layer located on the front side of the backplane and laterally surrounding the array of light emitting diodes, a transparent conductive layer contacting a front side surface of light emitting diodes within the array of light emitting diodes, and a patterned bus electrode layer electrically shorted to the transparent conductive layer and including an array of openings therein. Each light emitting diode within the array of light emitting diodes is located within an area of a respective opening through the patterned bus electrode layer. The patterned bus electrode layer can include at least one light-absorptive electrically conductive layer providing light absorption. Alternatively or additionally, the patterned bus electrode layer can include a reflective metal layer. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310515 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A back light ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190310516 | LIGHTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A lighting device includes: a hoard on which a plurality of light emitting elements is arranged in a matrix; and a reflection member provided on the hoard and having a plurality of apertures. The plurality of apertures is each superimposed on a corresponding one of the plurality of light emitting elements. Parts of the reflection member, which face respectively the plurality of light emitting elements, have a height size that is equal to or substantially equal to a height of the plurality of light emitting elements. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310517 | BACKLIGHT MODULE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND SPLICED DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight module, a liquid crystal display and a spliced display device are provided. The backlight module is configured to provide a back light source to the display panel. The backlight module includes a backlight panel. The backlight panel includes a frame and an opening; the opening corresponds to the display area of the display panel. The frame corresponds to the non-display area of the display panel. A first extension portion extends from the first sub-frame in a direction away from opening. In the above manner, the present application is capable of physically reducing the width of the seam between the two adjacent splicing screens by half. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310518 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight unit including a frame having a bottom area and a sidewall area extended from the bottom area; a single substrate located in on the bottom area of the frame, a plurality of optical assemblies being mounted on the single substrate; a reflection sheet located the frame and configured to reflect light emitted by the optical assemblies; and an optical sheet located over the reflection sheet. Further, the reflection sheet a first sheet area corresponding to the bottom area of the frame; a second sheet area corresponding to the sidewall area of the frame; and a cut portion cut from the first sheet at one portion abutting on one side of the single substrate. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310519 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT - A light source device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a wavelength conversion member disposed to face the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310520 | LIGHT REFLECTION DEVICE AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - This light reflection device comprises: first reflective surfaces ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190310521 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR - The present disclosure relates to a drive method of a liquid crystal display device, including: displaying each picture sequentially by using two frames of images, where two adjacent sub-pixels on each frame of image have a high drive voltage and a low drive voltage; determining a backlight lightness adjustment signal of each backlight subarea according to drive voltages of a first frame of image area and a second frame of image area corresponding to each backlight subarea and a first frame of image area and a second frame of image area corresponding to backlight subareas adjacent to the backlight subarea; and performing independent lightness adjustment on a backlight source of various types of the color sub-pixels in a corresponding backlight subarea in each frame of image of a next picture according to the backlight lightness adjustment signal of each backlight subarea. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310522 | COLOR CONVERSION SUBSTRATE AND RELATED DISPLAY DEVICE - A color conversion substrate for displaying a first color, a second color, and a third color may include a base substrate, a first light-blocker, a second light-blocker, a pattern layer, a first color converter, and a second color converter. The first light-blocker contacts a surface of the base substrate and may block first light of the third color. The second light-blocker contacts the surface of the base substrate and may block second light of the third color. The pattern layer is disposed on the first light-blocker and the second light-blocker and includes an optical pattern that includes protrusions. The first color converter overlaps the first light-blocker and may convert a first portion of incident light into light of the first color. The second color converter overlaps the second light-blocker and may convert a second portion of the incident light into light of the second color. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310523 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIUM COMPOSITION - A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal medium composition are provided. A photoinitiator and flexible branched chains-containing active monomers are added into the liquid crystal material, and a special process condition is used. Thus, a traditional alignment film process can be omitted, and liquid crystal alignment is accomplished. Furthermore, impurity ions are prevented from diffusing into a liquid crystal layer, and quality of the liquid crystal display panel is greatly enhanced. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310524 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device and a method of production thereof, each of which can prevent a camera image from being adversely affected by the birefringence of external polarized light which enters the camera through the liquid crystal layer. In a liquid crystal display device ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190310525 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device including an upper substrate and a lower substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper and lower substrates, wherein the lower substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode and a third electrode arranged in a layer different from the first electrode, the first electrode has multiple linear portions and an opening is provided between the linear portions, the second electrode and the third electrode are a pair of comb-shaped electrodes, each of the comb-shaped electrodes has a trunk portion and multiple branch portions branching from the trunk portion, at least one of the branch portions of the third electrode has a narrow portion which is narrowest and a projection portion which is wider than the narrow portion, one of angles on the upper side and on the opening side formed by a contour line of the opening on each of the left and right sides of the projection portion and the narrow portion of the branch portion of the third electrode in the opening is an obtuse angle or a right angle and the other is an acute angle or a right angle, and a length of the narrow portion on each side of the projection portion in the opening of the first electrode is specified. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310526 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first and second substrates; a plurality of pixel regions each surrounded by a signal line and a scanning line; a counter electrode arranged on the first substrate; and a pixel electrode arranged on the first substrate, the pixel electrode including a plurality of electrode branches, a plurality of slits formed between the electrode branches, and a protrusion protruding in a first direction in which the scanning line extends, wherein at least one of the slits extends in a second direction in which the signal line extends. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310527 | SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A substrate for a display apparatus is providing and includes a first substrate; a translucent coloring layer disposed on the first substrate; a first translucent resin layer disposed on the translucent coloring layer; a light shielding layer disposed on the first translucent resin layer; a second translucent resin layer disposed on the light shielding layer; and an orientation film disposed on the second translucent resin layer, wherein the first translucent resin layer includes a frame region part that is in contact with the first substrate in a part of a frame region arranged around a display region in which light is transmitted through the translucent coloring layer, and the frame region part of the first translucent resin layer extends along one side of the first substrate. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310528 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARRAY SUBSTRATE - The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an array substrate. An ashing treatment is performed on the first photoresist pattern to remove the photoresist layer in the photoresist-partially-retained-region and to thin the photoresist layer in the photoresist-entirely-retained-region, so that a second photoresist pattern is generated. Thereafter, the passivation layer is etched using the second photoresist pattern as a mask to thin the passivation layer in the photoresist-partially-retained-region and to reduce roughness of the rough top surface in the photoresist-partially-retained-region. Therefore, process stability is raised. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310529 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor are provided. In the first transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to a first wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to a gate terminal of the second transistor; a gate terminal is electrically connected to a fifth wiring. In the second transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to a third wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to a sixth wiring. In the third transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to a second wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to the gate terminal of the second transistor; a gate terminal is electrically connected to a fourth wiring. In the fourth transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to the second wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to the sixth wiring; a gate terminal is connected to the fourth wiring. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310530 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE - An electrochromic device is provided. The electrochromic device includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode at an interval, and an electrochromic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electrochromic layer contains an electrochromic material and a first ion-conducting material partially comprising a non-ion-conducting portion that does not conduct ions. The non-ion-conducting portion comprises a molecular unit structure having an atomic arrangement in which 8 or more atoms having a valence of 2 or more are bonded with each other. The atoms comprise heteroatoms in a number of 15% or less based on a total number of the atoms. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310532 | LIQUID CRYSTAL BEAM CONTROL DEVICE GENERATING FLAT-TOP DISTRIBUTION - A lighting device using a liquid crystal beam modulator produces good broadening of a light beam. The liquid crystal cell has a patterned electrode structure having a pattern of paired electrodes on a first one of a pair of cell substrates for providing a spatially modulated electric field extending into a liquid crystal material, and the cell is arranged with respect to a light source so that an incident beam will arrive through another of the pair of substrates and exit from the first one of the pair of substrates. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310533 | TELESCOPIC CAMERA MECHANISM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure discloses a telescopic camera mechanism, which includes a holder having a holding cavity, a camera is placed in the holding cavity, and a top of the camera is provided with a protective cover, the holder is further equipped with a protective cover movement component and a camera telescopic component, wherein the protective cover movement component includes a rotating motor, a screw rod, and a guide plate, the screw rod is connected to a lateral face of the holding cavity, the guide plate is sleeved on the screw rod, and a top end of the guide plate is fixedly connected to the protective cover, the camera telescopic component includes a support spring strip and a poke rod, wherein the support spring strip is connected to a bottom of the camera and is fixedly connected to the holder, and the poke rod is movably connected to the holder. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310534 | IMAGING DEVICE - Provided is an imaging device including a lens mounting portion, which is a portion on which or from which an interchangeable lens is mountable or removable, an imaging element, and an optical system provided in a light path between the interchangeable lens lens and the imaging element in a state in which the interchangeable lens is mounted on the lens mounting portion. The optical system is disposed at a first position at which an image of a light flux from the optical system is formed on the imaging element at a position in the light path between the interchangeable lens and the imaging element, and is moved to a second position, which is different from the first position from the first position in association with an operation of removing the interchangeable lens from the lens mounting portion. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310536 | MOVABLE CAMERA SUPPORT, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SEVERAL SUCH SUPPORTS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A camera assembly with a camera dome, a camera housing, has a plurality of camera heads arranged inside the housing and the dome. Each camera head is arranged in a camera support which is movable around a center of the camera assembly and each camera support has a first, inner, follower portion configured to engage a first, inner, guide portion of the camera housing. Furthermore, each camera support has a second, outer, follower portion configured to engage a second, outer, guide portion of the camera housing. The camera support also comprises a camera head fixture connecting the first follower portion with the second follower portion. Each follower portion is arranged to slide in the corresponding guide portion. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310537 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination device includes a light source section, an optical element, and a driver. The light source section includes a laser light source. The optical element includes a periodic structure, and is disposed in an optical path of light emitted from the light source section. The driver vibrates the optical element to cause a vibration direction to be inclined to a periodic direction of the periodic structure of the optical element. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310538 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A technology that allows a user to view image information more comfortably has been demanded. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310539 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH TWO LASER LIGHT SOURCE UNITS ARRANGED TO OPPOSE EACH OTHER - An illumination apparatus includes first and second laser light source units, each of which is configured by juxtaposing a plurality of laser light sources in an array, and which are provided to oppose each other. The illumination apparatus further include first and second reflecting members. The second reflecting member has a predetermined first gap and is divided into first and second reflecting portions, and the first reflecting member is disposed so as to pass through the first gap. The second outgoing light beam transmitted through the transmitting region of the first reflecting member and the fourth outgoing light beam transmitted through the transmitting region of the second reflecting member are reflected in the output light direction by the reflecting region of the second reflecting member and the reflecting region of the first reflecting member, respectively. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310540 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes a light emitting element configured to emit light having a first wavelength band, a polarization separation element configured to separate the light having the first wavelength band into a first linear polarization light and a second linear polarization light having polarization directions different from each other, a wavelength conversion element configured to convert the first linear polarization light into a third linear polarization light having a wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, and a combination element configured to combine the second linear polarization light and the third linear polarization light with each other. Light from the light source apparatus maintains a polarization state and illuminates a light modulation element via an illumination optical system. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310541 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, LASER PROJECTION UNIT, AND DEPTH CAMERA - Disclosed are a diffractive optical assembly, a laser projection unit, and a depth camera. The diffractive optical assembly includes a sealing assembly and a diffractive optical element. The sealing assembly includes a light transparent first sealing plate, a light transparent second sealing plate, and a spacer. The first sealing plate and the second sealing plate are arranged opposite to each other. The spacers spaces the first sealing plate and the second sealing plate apart. The first sealing plate, the second sealing plate and the spacer cooperatively defines a closed receiving cavity. The diffractive optical element is accommodated in the receiving cavity. The diffractive optical element includes a light transparent diffractive body and a diffractive structure formed on the diffractive body. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310542 | LASER PROJECTION STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A laser projection structure is provided. The laser projection structure includes a laser projector and a sealing member. The laser projector has a light emitting face. The sealing member includes a body and a resisting portion. The body is provided to the light emitting face and joined to the laser projector. The resisting portion extends from the body in a light emission direction of the laser projector. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310543 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a virtual image display apparatus including a laser light source, a scanner configured to scan light from the laser light source and render an intermediate image, a diffusion element arranged at a position of the intermediate image formed by the scanner, and an exit pupil forming unit configured to cause light that has passed through the diffusion element to be incident on a position of an exit pupil. The diffusion element separates the light from the scanner into first emission light used as a reference, and second emission light having a separation angle greater than a capturing angle corresponding to an inclination of light toward a predetermined pupil radius relative to the first emission light at an emission position of the light from the diffusion element, and then emits the first emission light and the second emission light. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310544 | PROJECTION LENS UNIT OF PROJECTOR AND PROJECTOR - A projection lens unit ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190310545 | DYNAMIC APERTURE POSITIONING FOR STEREO ENDOSCOPIC CAMERAS - The technology described herein can be embodied in a stereoscopic endoscope in which the orientation of the two eyes may be determined dynamically as the endoscope is moved and rotated. This may enable an improved user-experience when using an angled stereoscopic endoscope even when it is rotated, for example, to view the sides of a cavity. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310546 | DECORATION SHEET HAVING MICROPATTERN, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided are a decoration sheet and a method for producing same, the decoration sheet sequentially comprising a thermosetting resin layer, a deposition layer, and a base layer, wherein the thermosetting resin layer has a micropattern on a surface thereof, and the elongation rate of the sheet is 200% to 300%. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310547 | IMPRINT APPARATUS, IMPRINT METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - An imprint apparatus performs an imprint process for forming a pattern of a cured product of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold. The apparatus includes a substrate holder configured to hold the substrate, a substrate deformation mechanism configured to deform the substrate so the substrate will have a convex shape toward the mold in a state in which the substrate is held by the substrate holder, and a controller configured to control the deformation of the substrate by the substrate deformation mechanism in accordance with orientation information related to a crystal orientation of the substrate and a target shot region on which the imprint process is to be performed among a plurality of shot regions on the substrate. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310548 | NANOPRINTING DEVICE, MATERIALS AND METHOD - A device for nano-assembly of nanoparticles in nanoimprinted wells on a substrate surface includes a substrate holder, a platen, a heater and a conveyor. The substrate holder is arranged to support the substrate. The platen is arranged to have a print gap between the substrate and platen, the print gap containing a nanoink having a carrier fluid and nanoparticles within the carrier fluid. The heater is configured to provide heat to the substrate holder. The conveyor is configured to move the substrate relative to the platen such that nanoparticles are nanoassembled into the nanoimprinted wells as the substrate traverses a carrier fluid filled nano-assembly area by motion of the substrate holder. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310549 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITIONS AND QUANTUM DOT POLYMER COMPOSITE PATTERNS INCLUDING THE SAME - A photosensitive composition and a quantum dot-polymer composite pattern formed from the photosensitive composition are disclosed, and the photosensitive composition includes:
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20190310550 | Method For Applying Curable Gellant Composition For Digital Embossing And Other Raised Print Applications - A process including providing a substantially flat printed image on a substrate; disposing a curable gellant composition onto the printed image in registration with the printed image, successively depositing additional amounts of the gellant composition to create a raised image in registration with the printed image; and curing the deposited raised image. A process including providing a printed image on a substrate; disposing a curable non-gellant composition onto the printed image in registration with the printed image; and disposing a curable gellant composition onto the printed image in registration with the printed image; to create a raised image in registration with the printed image; and curing the deposited raised image. An ultraviolet curable phase change gellant composition including a radiation curable monomer or prepolymer, a photoinitiator, a silicone polymer or pre-polymer, and a gellant. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310551 | RADIATION-SENSITIVE COMPOSITION, PATTERN-FORMING METHOD AND METAL OXIDE - Provided is a radiation-sensitive composition superior in sensitivity. A radiation-sensitive composition incudes a metal oxide having a structural unit represented by formula (1), and a solvent. In the formula (1), M represents germanium, tin or lead; R | 2019-10-10 |
20190310552 | RADIATION-SENSITIVE COMPOSITION, PATTERN-FORMING METHOD, AND METAL-CONTAINING RESIN AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A radiation-sensitive composition is to be used in exposure with an extreme ultraviolet ray or an electron beam, and includes a first polymer and a solvent, wherein the first polymer includes a first structural unit including: at least one metal atom; and at least one carbon atom that each bonds to the metal atom by a chemical bond and does not constitute an unsaturated bond, and at least one chemical bond is a covalent bond. Every chemical bond is preferably a covalent bond. The metal atom is preferably tin, germanium, lead or a combination thereof. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310553 | METHOD OF PREDICTING PATTERNING DEFECTS CAUSED BY OVERLAY ERROR - A method including determining a first color pattern and a second color pattern associated with a hot spot of a design layout pattern, the design layout pattern configured for transfer to a substrate, and predicting, by a hardware computer system, whether there would be a defect at the hot spot on the substrate caused by overlay error, based at least in part on a measurement of an overlay error between the first color pattern and the second color pattern. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS - A method including: obtaining a logistic mathematical model predicting the formation of a physical structure created using a patterning process; evaluating the logistic mathematical model to predict formation of a part of the physical structure and generate an output; and adapting, based on the output, an aspect of the patterning process. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310555 | EUV EXPOSURE APPARATUS WITH REFLECTIVE ELEMENTS HAVING REDUCED INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE VARIATION - A projection lens of an EUV-lithographic projection exposure system with at least two reflective optical elements each comprising a body and a reflective surface for projecting an object field on a reticle onto an image field on a substrate if the projection lens is exposed with an exposure power of EUV light, wherein the bodies of at least two reflective optical elements comprise a material with a temperature dependent coefficient of thermal expansion which is zero at respective zero cross temperatures, and wherein the absolute value of the difference between the zero cross temperatures is more than 6K. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310556 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR LITHOGRAPHY EXPOSURE PROCESS - A method for generating a radiation light in a lithography exposure system is provided. The method includes connecting a first nozzle assembly coupled to a support to an outlet of a storage member that receives a target fuel inside. The method further includes guiding the target fuel flowing through the first nozzle assembly and supplying a droplet of the target fuel into an excitation zone via the first nozzle assembly. The method also includes moving the support to connect a second nozzle assembly coupled to the support with the outlet. In addition, the method includes guiding the target fuel flowing through the second nozzle assembly and supplying a droplet of the target fuel into the excitation zone via the second nozzle assembly. The method further includes irradiating the droplet of the target fuel in the excitation zone with a laser pulse. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310557 | LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A lithography system has a projection lens that includes a first optical element and a first sensor subframe. The projection lens also includes first sensor which is configured to detect a position of the first optical element with respect to the first sensor subframe. The projection lens further includes a second sensor which is configured to detect a position of a wafer with respect to the first sensor subframe. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310558 | LITHOGRAPHY OPTICS ADJUSTMENT AND MONITORING - Methods and apparatus for processing an image of a beam generated by an optical system to extract information indicative of an extent of damage to optical elements in the optical system. Also disclosed is a beam image and analysis tool capable of acquiring an image of a beam at any one of a number of locations. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310559 | Method of Determining a Characteristic of a Structure, and Metrology Apparatus - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for determining a characteristic of a structure. In one arrangement, the structure is illuminated with first illumination radiation to generate first scattered radiation. A first interference pattern is formed by interference between a portion of the first scattered radiation reaching a sensor and first reference radiation. The structure is also illuminated with second illumination radiation from a different direction. A second interference pattern is formed using second reference radiation. The first and second interference patterns are used to determine the characteristic of the structure. Azimuthal angles of the first and second reference radiations onto the sensor are different. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310560 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A supporting member on which a wafer table is mounted is substantially kinematically supported, via six rod members placed on a slider. Further, coupling members are placed facing in a non-contact manner via a predetermined gap, thin plate-shaped edges provided at both ends in the Y-axis direction of the supporting member. By this arrangement, vibration-damping is performed by the coupling members (squeeze dampers) facing the edges, on vibration of the supporting member mounted on the wafer table. Further, because the supporting member is kinematically supported via the plurality of rod members, it becomes possible to reduce deformation of the wafer table that accompanies deformation of the slider. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310561 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes an undercoat layer, a charge generation layer, and a charge transport layer in this order. The undercoat layer contains a cured product of a composition containing an electron transport material, a particle having an average primary particle size of 10 nm or more, and a silicone oil. A content of the particle in the undercoat layer is 3% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less. A content of the silicone oil in the undercoat layer is 0.01% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less relative to the content of the particle. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310562 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A photosensitive member ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190310563 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor which can suppress occurrence of abnormalities such as peeling or falling off of a film from a substrate end portion in a film formation step of a surface layer and maintain and reproduce a stable printing quality even in a use stage after productization, and an image forming apparatus including the same. An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a cylindrical substrate including a chamfered face located between an substrate outer circumferential surface and a substrate end face, and a surface layer located on the outer circumferential surface. The substrate outer circumferential surface includes a first uneven portion. The chamfered face includes a second uneven portion and a third uneven portion located on a surface of the second uneven portion. A surface roughness Sa of the second uneven portion is larger than a surface roughness Sa of the third uneven portion. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310564 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER BINDER, AND TONER COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an electrophotographic toner binder containing, as a main component, a polymer whose constituent monomer is a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, the electrophotographic toner binder being excellent in low-temperature fixability, hot-offset resistance, and storage stability. The present invention provides an electrophotographic toner binder containing a polymer (A) containing a monomer (a) and a monomer (x) different from the monomer (a) as essential constituent monomers, wherein the monomer (a) is a (meth)acrylate having a C18-C36 acyclic hydrocarbon group, the polymer (A) has an acid value of 40 or less, and the polymer (A) satisfies the following relational expression (1): | 2019-10-10 |
20190310565 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A toner for electrostatic charge image development includes: a toner base particle containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing a strontium titanate fine particle, wherein the binder resin contains an amorphous resin and a crystalline polyester resin, in which the crystalline polyester resin is a polycondensate of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms and an aliphatic diol having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and the strontium titanate fine particle contains a strontium titanate fine particle (A) and a strontium titanate fine particle (B), in which a particle diameter R | 2019-10-10 |
20190310566 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING - An optical writing device includes: a light source substrate in which a plurality of light sources and a driving circuit for driving the plurality of light sources are mounted on the same substrate surface; and an optical element that images outgoing light of the light sources on a photoreceptor, wherein the plurality of light sources are two-dimensionally disposed in plan view from an optical axis direction of the optical element, and the light sources having distances different from each other in the optical axis direction to the photoreceptor are included. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310567 | SUPPORTING UNIT, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SUPPORTING UNIT - A supporting unit for supporting a rotatable member configured to feed a developer, the supporting unit includes a frame including a first surface extending in a direction crossing an axis of the rotatable member and a second surface extending in a direction crossing the first surface; and a fixed member including a first opposing surface opposing and contacting the first surface and including a second opposing surface opposing the second surface and welded to the second surface by ultrasonic spot welding. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310568 | Developing Device and Image Forming Apparatus - A restriction member is disposed above a central axis of a developing roller. An upstream restriction portion is disposed on an upstream side of the restriction member in a conveyance direction of a developer and configured to restrict an amount of the developer that is to be supplied to the restriction member. The central axis of the developing roller and a rotation axis of a feed screw extend in parallel with each other. In a view of a developing device seen in a direction in which the central axis and the rotation axis extend, the restriction member and the upstream restriction portion are disposed within a range of 90°, to the upstream side in the conveyance direction, from an intersection point at which a straight line connecting the central axis and the rotation axis intersects with an outer circumferential surface of the developing roller. | 2019-10-10 |
20190310569 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A developer container includes a casing having a developer accommodating chamber and a waste-developer accommodating chamber, conveying member, a conveying-member accommodating unit, and a supporting member. The conveying member conveys waste developer in a longitudinal direction of the waste-developer accommodating chamber. The conveying-member accommodating unit accommodates the conveying member therein and has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is provided in an upstream end portion and allows the waste developer to move from outside of the conveying-member accommodating unit to the inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit. The second opening allows the waste-developer to move from the inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit to the waste-developer accommodating chamber. The supporting member is provided on the casing. The supporting member supports the conveying-member accommodating unit such that the conveying-member accommodating unit is movable in directions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction relative to the casing. | 2019-10-10 |