Patents by Inventor Rutger Willem F. Smits

Rutger Willem F. Smits has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing a Color Filter and/or a Black Matrix and a Display Provided with such a Color Filter and/or such a Black Matrix
    Publication number: 20090149105
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a color filter and/or a black matrix, wherein a liquid is deposited on a substrate with the aid of an inkjet printhead, wherein the position of the liquid deposition is determined in that a matrix structure of luminous elements is arranged under the substrate, wherein one or a group of luminous elements of the matrix of luminous elements is switched on, so that they light up, wherein the position of the luminous element or the group of luminous elements is observed, and wherein the position of the liquid deposition is determined depending on the observed position of the at least one luminous element or the group of luminous elements. In addition, the invention relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method and to a color filter and/or black matrix obtained with the aid of such a method utilizing such an apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: OTB Group B.V.
    Inventors: Rutger Willem F. Smits, Bas Jan E. Van Rens, Marinus Franciscus J. Evers