Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a method of manufacturing the display device. The display device includes a display panel on which a plurality of sub-pixels and lines connected to the sub-pixels and a driving circuit configured to drive the sub-pixels. The display panel further includes a plurality of protruded bank patterns disposed in the sub-pixels, and a light emitting element disposed in each of the bank patterns. The light emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a reflector that covers side surfaces of the light emitting layer and at least a portion of side surfaces of the first electrode. The reflector includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a metal layer disposed between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle in which user convenience may be improved by implementing various postures with a simple configuration is provided. The seat for a vehicle includes a pair of support rails coupled to the vehicle and arranged to be spaced apart from side to side, a first slide unit slidably installed back and forth on the support rail, a second slide unit slidably installed back and forth on the first slide unit, a pair of cushion side frames spaced apart from side to side, a first link member connecting the cushion side frame and the first slide unit, and a second link member connecting the cushion side frame and the second slide unit.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a process are provided. An apparatus for controlling a process includes a processor, and a memory for storing a plurality of instructions executed by the processor, in which the plurality of instructions include an instruction for determining deviation tendency of a seating point of a substrate with respect to a seating center point of a substrate support based on a seating point data created by accumulating the seating points of the substrate seated on the substrate support, an instruction for determining an alarm level according to the determined deviation tendency, and an instruction for performing post-processing according to the determined alarm level, in which the seating point data includes a change of the seating point over time.

Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a first reflective polarizer having a first optical surface and a second optical surface that is opposite to the first optical surface. The first optical surface of the first reflective polarizer is curved, and the first reflective polarizer is configured to reflect light having a first polarization. The head-mounted display device also includes a first electronic display configured to project toward the first reflective polarizer a light pattern. At least a portion of the light pattern is reflected by the first reflective polarizer. Also disclosed is a method, which includes directing a light pattern from the first electronic display toward the first reflective polarizer and reflecting at least a portion of the light pattern toward an eye of a user.

Abstract: An optical element includes a linear polarizer layer and a transparent optical layer. The linear polarizer layer includes surfaces waviness and the transparent optical layer smooths the surfaces waves of the linear polarizer layer.

Abstract: A device such as a micro-OLED includes a display element having a display active area disposed over a silicon backplane and a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) electrically coupled to the display element through at least one contact that extends through the silicon backplane. Through silicon via (TSV) technology may be used to form the contacts. A chip-on-flex architecture may be used to orient and attach the DDIC to the silicon backplane.

Abstract: A device such as a micro-OLED includes a display element having a display active area disposed over a silicon backplane and a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) electrically coupled to the display element through at least one contact that extends through the silicon backplane. Through silicon via (TSV) technology may be used to form the contacts. A chip-on-flex architecture may be used to orient and attach the DDIC to the silicon backplane.

Abstract: An optical profiling system characterizes distortion of a head-mounted display (HMD) under test. The optical profiling system includes a camera assembly and a controller. The controller provides presenting instructions that cause the HMD under test to present test patterns and also provides imaging instructions that cause the camera assembly to capture images of the test patterns presented by the HMD under test. The camera assembly includes one or more characterization cameras. A characterization camera is configured to mimic movement of a human eye and is positioned in an eye box region of the HMD under test. Using the images captured by the camera assembly, the controller measures distortion of the HMD under test. The controller may generate a report charactering the HMD under test based on the measured distortion.

Abstract: A device such as a micro-OLED includes a display element having a display active area disposed over a silicon backplane and a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) electrically coupled to the display element through at least one contact that extends through the silicon backplane. Through silicon via (TSV) technology may be used to form the contacts. A chip-on-flex architecture may be used to orient and attach the DDIC to the silicon backplane.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a process are provided. An apparatus for controlling a process includes a processor, and a memory for storing a plurality of instructions executed by the processor, in which the plurality of instructions include an instruction for determining deviation tendency of a seating point of a substrate with respect to a seating center point of a substrate support based on a seating point data created by accumulating the seating points of the substrate seated on the substrate support, an instruction for determining an alarm level according to the determined deviation tendency, and an instruction for performing post-processing according to the determined alarm level, in which the seating point data includes a change of the seating point over time.

Abstract: A display system may include 1) a plurality of electronic components, 2) an LCD screen that is heatable at a base heating rate by operation of the LCD screen and one or more of the plurality of electronic components, and 3) a heating subsystem for heating the LCD screen at an accelerated heating rate that is greater than the base heating rate to raise a temperature of the LCD screen above a threshold screen temperature. A head-mounted-display device may include 1) a display housing, 2) a plurality of electronic components disposed within the display housing, 3) an LCD screen disposed within the display housing, and 4) a heating subsystem for heating the LCD screen at an accelerated heating rate. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes a dichroic element, an eye tracking system, a controller, and an external focus camera. The dichroic element is transmissive to the light in a first optical band (e.g., visible light) but reflective to light in a second optical band (e.g., IR light). The eye tracking system includes a source assembly and a tracking camera. The source assembly projects light in the second optical band into an eyebox of the HMD. The tracking camera captures images of at least a portion of a user's eye in the eyebox. The controller of the HMD determines a gaze direction of the user based on the captured images. An orientation of the external focus camera corresponds to the gaze direction. The external focus camera captures image data of a portion of a local area surrounding the HMD at the orientation.

Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a first reflective polarizer having a first optical surface and a second optical surface that is opposite to the first optical surface. The first optical surface of the first reflective polarizer is curved, and the first reflective polarizer is configured to reflect light having a first polarization. The head-mounted display device also includes a first electronic display configured to project toward the first reflective polarizer a light pattern. At least a portion of the light pattern is reflected by the first reflective polarizer. Also disclosed is a method, which includes directing a light pattern from the first electronic display toward the first reflective polarizer and reflecting at least a portion of the light pattern toward an eye of a user.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include a planar substrate including a first dimension, a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension, and a thickness perpendicular to a plane defined by the first dimension and the second dimension. The planar substrate may include material that is transparent to at least one wavelength band of visible light and at least one wavelength band of infrared light. The apparatus may also include a plurality of reflective segments embedded in the planar substrate and distributed along the plane. The face of each reflective segment may be oblique to the plane. In addition, the reflective segments may be transparent to the wavelength band of visible light and at least partially reflective to the wavelength band of infrared light. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a first reflective polarizer having a first optical surface and a second optical surface that is opposite to the first optical surface. The first optical surface of the first reflective polarizer is curved, and the first reflective polarizer is configured to reflect light having a first polarization. The head-mounted display device also includes a first electronic display configured to project toward the first reflective polarizer a light pattern. At least a portion of the light pattern is reflected by the first reflective polarizer. Also disclosed is a method, which includes directing a light pattern from the first electronic display toward the first reflective polarizer and reflecting at least a portion of the light pattern toward an eye of a user.

Abstract: A lens assembly and a method of making the assembly are described. The lens assembly includes a first lens and a second lens slidably coupled with the first lens. The second lens includes a silicone material and has a Fresnel pattern surface. Also described is a display device including the lens assembly and an array of light emitting devices coupled with the lens assembly for outputting light through the lens assembly.

Abstract: A method for making a hybrid lens includes providing, in a mold having a first Fresnel pattern, (i) a first lens and (ii) a silicone material comprising silicone and curing the silicone material in the mold to form a hybrid Fresnel lens. The cured silicone material is mechanically coupled with the first lens; and the cured silicone material has a second Fresnel pattern that corresponds to the first Fresnel pattern. A hybrid lens made by this method is also described. A hybrid lens includes a first lens mechanically coupled with a cured silicone material. The cured silicone material has a Fresnel pattern on a surface that faces away from the first lens.

Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes a dichroic element, an eye tracking system, a controller, and an external focus camera. The dichroic element is transmissive to the light in a first optical band (e.g., visible light) but reflective to light in a second optical band (e.g., IR light). The eye tracking system includes a source assembly and a tracking camera. The source assembly projects light in the second optical band into an eyebox of the HMD. The tracking camera captures images of at least a portion of a user's eye in the eyebox. The controller of the HMD determines a gaze direction of the user based on the captured images. An orientation of the external focus camera corresponds to the gaze direction. The external focus camera captures image data of a portion of a local area surrounding the HMD at the orientation.

Abstract: An optical profiling system characterizes distortion of a head-mounted display (HMD) under test. The optical profiling system includes a camera assembly and a controller. The controller provides presenting instructions that cause the HMD under test to present test patterns and also provides imaging instructions that cause the camera assembly to captures images of the test patterns presented by the HMD under test. The camera assembly includes one or more characterization cameras. A characterization camera is configured to mimic movement of a human eye and is positioned in an eye box region of the HMD under test. Using the images captured by the camera assembly, the controller measures distortion of the HMD under test. The controller may generate a report charactering the HMD under test based on the measured distortion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to methods of removing etch by-products from the plasma processing chamber using carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide. In one embodiment, a method for dry cleaning a processing chamber includes exposing a chamber component disposed within the processing chamber in absence of a substrate disposed therein to a first cleaning gas mixture comprising carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide, wherein a portion of the chamber component has a film layer or residues deposited thereon, and the film layer or residues comprises a refractory metal and/or a metal silicide.