Patents Issued in September 20, 2001
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Publication number: 20010022605Abstract: An ink media pack integrally formed with an ink receptacle portion receiving ink and a printing medium receptacle portion receiving a printing medium to be used in an ink-jet printing system is disclosed. In the pack, an optimal combination of ink and a printing medium to obtain a high quality image is housed. In an embodiment the printing medium is cloth and the ink contains dye which can dye the cloth. In another embodiment, the ink has a coloring agent content in a range of 2.0 Wt % to 15.0 Wt % and the printing medium has a bleeding ratio in a range of 2.0 times to 4.0 times.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Mariko Suzuki, Tadayoshi Inamoto, Yoshiaki Kaburagi, Hiroyuki Saito, Ako Takemura, Akira Kuribayashi, Hiroshi Yoshino
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Publication number: 20010022606Abstract: In order to provide, for rotating printing formes consisting of a material into which it is possible to inject energy effectively, that is to say which has high ohmic resistance and is magnetic, a device for thermal energy injection, in which hot gas does not have to be used and by means of which energy injection capable of being controlled with high accuracy in terms of time is possible, there is provided for carrying out the fixing operation means for the inductive fixing of the image information on the rotating printing former.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Harald Pecher, Horst Dauer
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Publication number: 20010022607Abstract: A method of forming an image includes causing a material, that increases a viscosity of liquid drops by contact with the liquid drops, to adhere to a transfer medium, causing a liquid drop to contact the material according to an image signal such that an image is formed with the liquid drop having been increased in viscosity by contact with the material, and transferring the image to a recording medium. The viscosity of the liquid drop when increased on the transfer medium by contact with the material is set such that the liquid drop adheres to the recording medium without being divided into a part remaining on the transfer medium and another part being transferred to the recording medium. By the above-described image forming method, good image transfer is realized and thereby an image having no blotting is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Tomoko Takahashi, Aino Noguchi, Mitsuo Hasebe, Kiyoshi Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20010022608Abstract: The thermal printhead according to the present invention includes an elongated rectangular substrate including an attaching surface and a non-attaching surface, and a heat sink plate attached to the attaching surface of the substrate. The non-attaching surface of the substrate is provided with a common electrode, a plurality of individual electrodes and a heating resistor. The heating resistor is covered with an insulating protective layer and an opaque conductive protective layer. The thermal printhead includes a positioning indicia. In the method of making the thermal printhead according to the present invention, an image of the positioning indicia is taken by an image pick-up device and imaged on a display of a monitor. Two reference lines are set on the display of the monitor. Positioning of the substrate relative to the heat sink plate is performed by moving the substrate so that the reference line of the positioning indicia coincides with the reference line on the display of the monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Shinobu Obata, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20010022609Abstract: A recording apparatus is capable of recording on each of various recording sheets having different sizes just by replacing recording material cassettes, and also, capable of executing color recording or the like in plural colors easily, which requires the repetition of reciprocating conveyance of the recording sheet despite the apparatus main body which is structured sufficiently small, and, further, the apparatus is made capable of automatically performing double side recording just by replacing the recording material cassettes accordingly. A part of carrying passage of recording sheet is formed on the recording material cassette, and also, a series of carrying passages are formed by combining carrying passages in the apparatus main body, which are bent on the front side and backside thereof. A recording unit is arranged on the way of the carrying passage in the apparatus main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: Etsuro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20010022610Abstract: The printer device of the present invention makes use of a thermal head to transfer ink to recording paper on a platen roller, and comprises a thermal head support member, cooling means, and a support member that supports the cooling means. The thermal head support member has a support component that supports the thermal head, and a recess provided to the back side, which is the opposite side from the support component, and is movably disposed between a transfer position where the ink is transferred and a retracted position to which the thermal head support member) is retracted from the transfer position. The cooling means radiates the heat generated by the thermal head. The support member supports the cooling means such that at least part of the cooling means will enter the recess when the thermal head support member is moved to its retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Ozawa
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Publication number: 20010022611Abstract: A single laser crystal is driven with multiple pumping sources to obtain discrete, collimated outputs without substantial thermal crosstalk, so that the action of one pumping source does not adversely interfere with the action of another source driving the same crystal; that is, an imaging output emanating from one crystal region will neither defeat nor spuriously cause an imaging output in another region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: John Sousa
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Publication number: 20010022612Abstract: In an electronic endoscope apparatus which generates interlaced scanning signals, that is, odd and even field signals, from a video signal obtained by a CCD for display of an image on a TV monitor, there is provided a resolution conversion circuit. For example, the resolution conversion circuit reads twice the same field signal stored in memory at a double speed of a clock signal, writes the signal as a frame signal for non-interlaced scanning, and then twice reads data of the same horizontal line at a quadruple speed of a clock signal. Thereby, a greater resolution image of the same field data can be obtained with 970 horizontal lines arranged with high density in one vertical scanning period. The obtained image is used on a display unit other than a TV monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuru Higuchi, Kazuhiro Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20010022613Abstract: A picture display method and apparatus in which a light source is lengthened in service life and optimum color reproduction is realized, while the light utilization efficiency is improved to reduce the power consumption and the size of the apparatus. The red, green and blue illuminating light beams radiated from the light-emitting diodes 12R, 12G and 12R, are illuminated via relay lenses and field lenses on picture display light bulbs 11R, 11G and 11B and spatially modulated in intensity so as to be synthesized by a synthesis prism 10 and so as to be projected to an enlarged scale on a screen 17. The profile of the light radiating portions of the light-emitting diodes 12R, 12G and 12B are set so as to be the same or similar to the profile of a picture display area of each of the picture display light bulbs 11R, 11G and 11B in order that the profile of the light beam illuminated on the picture display area will be in keeping with the profile of the picture display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Matsui, Takuji Yoshida, Shunichi Hashimoto, Yoshinori Tanaka, Osamu Akimoto
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Publication number: 20010022614Abstract: An image recording system includes first imaging means for imaging operations of manufacturing equipment in a production line, second imaging means arranged downstream from the manufacturing equipment for imaging articles processed by the manufacturing equipment, inspection means for inspecting the processed articles based on image data outputted from the second imaging means, and an image recording apparatus for acquiring data outputted from the first imaging means and the inspection means, wherein the image recording apparatus is equipped with a temporary storage portion for temporarily storing image data from the imaging means, storage means, and control means for reading out any desired interval from the image data stored a prescribed time interval portion in the past in the temporary storage portion and storing such read out interval when a signal based on inspection results outputted from the inspection means is received.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Toyoo Iida, Masanori Sato, Tomoki Ishizawa, Hitoshi Oba
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Publication number: 20010022615Abstract: Integrated imaging and GPS network monitors remote object movement. Browser interface displays objects and detectors. Database stores object position movement. Cameras detect objects and generate image signal. Internet provides selectable connection between system controller and various cameras according to object positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Dennis Sunga Fernandez, Irene Hu Fernandez
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Publication number: 20010022616Abstract: An industrial truck, in particular a fork lift truck, has a driver's seat that is oriented in the forward direction, at least one screen that is located in the vicinity of the driver's seat, a first camera pointing toward the rear of the industrial truck and at least one additional camera that is directed toward the rear. The first camera is provided to view a distant area and the additional camera is provided to view a near area behind the industrial truck. The image taken with the first camera and/or the image taken with the additional camera can be displayed on the screen. There are advantageously two additional cameras to view the near area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: STILL GmbHInventors: Frank Rademacher, Rainer Bavendiek, Wolfgang Buchholz, Franz-Josef Arping, Oliver Jandke, Patrick Arand
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Publication number: 20010022617Abstract: The present invention concerns a system for recycling an electronic-image recording apparatus such as an electronic camera, etc., which can be used again. The system includes a restricting device to restrict an image-capturing operation under a predetermined condition occurring after use of the electronic-image recording apparatus, a readout section to read a first image signal in the basis of an image signal stored in the electronic-image recording apparatus, a converting section to convert the first image signal, read by the readout section, into a second image signal, and a canceling section to cancel the image-capturing restriction set by the restricting device included in the electronic-image recording apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Tetsufumi Takaba, Jun Takayama, Koichi Sato, Kozue Yogata, Masami Fujita, Masaaki Takasaki, Hiroshi Kibayashi
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Publication number: 20010022618Abstract: A network configuration file is generated at a host computer and downloaded to a digital camera. This file contains instruction information for communicating with a selected destination via a communications interface. The digital camera includes a “send” button or LCD icon which allows the user to easily transmit one or more images via a wired or wireless communications interface to a desired destination, which among other possibilities may be an Internet Service Provider or a digital photofinishing center. When the user selects this option, the communications port settings, user account specifics, and destination connection commands are read from the network configuration file on the removable memory card. Examples of these settings include serial port baud rate, parity, and stop bits, as well as account name and password.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Joseph Ward, Kenneth A. Parulski, James D. Allen
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Publication number: 20010022619Abstract: When an object image is to be recorded, a blur of the object image is optically corrected. When an object image is to be displayed without being recorded, a blur of the object image is corrected not optically but by image signal processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: Kenya Nishiwaki
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Publication number: 20010022620Abstract: Image data coded by a variable length coding module is output to an external R/W controller and an internal R/W controller. A determination module compares the amount of coded picture data to be recorded next with the amount of free space on an external recording medium. If there is enough free space, image data is written on the external recording medium. If free space is insufficient, subsequent image data is written into an internal memory. When image data is coded into variable length data, it is difficult to predict precisely a recording time of the external recording medium, which means that the external recording medium may become full before a desired amount of image data is recorded. However, image recording may be continued using the internal memory even after the external recording medium becomes full.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 1997Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: MAYUMI NIWA
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Publication number: 20010022621Abstract: A camera is provided with user-input means for setting a current-user data item stored in the camera to indicate the user ID of a current user, this current-user data item being changeable by subsequent users to indicate their own respective user Ids. Upon an image recording being taken with the camera, the user ID currently indicated by the current-user data item. is associated with that image recording.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: Robert Francis Squibbs
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Publication number: 20010022622Abstract: In a sharpening process of image data using a Laplacian operation, a parameter k for controlling the size of a Laplacian to be subtracted from an original image, a parameter &thgr; for suppressing influences of noise and a parameter &lgr; for suppressing an overshoot and an undershoot are respectively provided, and these parameters are altered in accordance with the state of an original image. Thus, it becomes possible to carry out the sharpening process on the image data without causing emphasized noise and occurrences of an overshoot and an undershoot.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Shigeru Eiho, Kuraji Nitta, Shoichi Dedachi
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Publication number: 20010022623Abstract: A solid-state image sensing device comprising a photoelectric converter portion, a solid-state image sensor, and a controlling means. The photoelectric converter portion has a plurality of photoelectric converters arranged in two dimensions on a semiconductor substrate. The solid-state image sensor vertically transfers charges, transferred from the photoelectric converter portion, at separate times of first transfer and second transfer. Further, the photoelectric converter portion has a vertical transfer portion, in which first and fourth gates are provided for odd-numbered photoelectric converters, and second and third gates are provided for even-numbered photoelectric converters, and a horizontal transfer portion for horizontally transferring charges transferred from the vertical transfer portion. The controlling means supplies the vertical transfer portion with vertical transfer pulses and the horizontal transfer portion with horizontal transfer pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Hiromasa Funakoshi, Ryoji Asada, Kazumasa Motoda
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Publication number: 20010022624Abstract: To provide a pull model which can remotely control an image pick-up device by connecting the image pick-up device to an image information receiver through a communication path and operating a general purpose file reading program by the image information receiver. The image pick-up device includes: a communicating unit capable of transmitting and receiving information to/from the image information receiver; and an information processing unit for instructing the information of directories in which the file names of functions indicating at least a function for picking up an image are registered to be transmitted to the image information receiver through the communicating unit. The information processing unit transmits an image file obtained by picking up the image to the image information receiver through the communicating unit, so that the image pick-up device can be easily remotely controlled from the image information receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Koichi Yahagi, Iwao Kawashima
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Publication number: 20010022625Abstract: The video camera has an opening for removal of a cassette tape. The video camera includes a cassette detecting portion 2 detecting ejection of the cassette tape from the opening, and a cassette insertion preventing mechanism 5 preventing re-insertion of the cassette tape when the cassette detecting portion 2 detects ejection of the cassette tape. As such, a video camera for a recycling system can be provided where a recording medium or the like with a recorded content is easily and rapidly available to a user and a dedicated reproducing device is not required.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: Hideo Okada
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Publication number: 20010022626Abstract: A camera for recording an image captured using image-capturing element in a recording medium is provided with a focal point detection device for detecting a focal point adjustment state of a photographic lens in each focal point detection region of a plurality of focal point detection regions set inside an photographic field. When electronic zoom shooting is carried out, part of an imaged picture is trimmed and an image for recording in the recording medium is created. For a plurality of focal point detection regions the focal point detection regions are changed according to the trimming range of the imaged picture. Focal point adjustment of the photographic lens is carried out based on focal point detection results for focal point detection regions that have been changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventor: Hirotake Nozaki
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Publication number: 20010022627Abstract: In a video surveillance apparatus havingType: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: Rainer Bernhardt
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Publication number: 20010022628Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and device for representation on a digital television screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Valerie Crocitti, Pierre Houeix, Caroline Landry
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Publication number: 20010022629Abstract: An image processing apparatus in which a time base corrector and an image coding apparatus are integrated so as to use a common memory, thereby realizing a simple circuit arrangement. The apparatus performs control of writing each line of input image data to an image memory in turn while reading image data from the image memory in predetermined coding units, in the following manner: when a picture of the image data has been written, if the number of data units, each corresponding to the coding unit, is equal to or below a first threshold, then a picture is skipped in the image data writing operation, and when a picture of the image data has been read, if the number of written lines is equal to or below a second threshold, then the same picture is again read in the image data reading operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: NEC CORPORATION.Inventor: Yutaka Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20010022630Abstract: A signal receiver for displaying received broadcast electric waves including: a first memory for storing as a past record information representing whether the signal receiver was previously subjected to initial setup, an alarm device for alarming the necessity of initial setup of the signal receiver when the connection of a power source plug to an external power source is detected and no past record exists in the first memory, whereby a user can surely perform the initial setup, a second memory for holding the initial setup frame displayed on the display device after a response to the alarm of said alarm device is received or at the same time when the alarm is made, a third memory for storing district codes and reception channel groups corresponding to the respective district codes as a district code comparative chart district, and a tuner with which when a district code is input on the initial setup frame, the reception channel group corresponding to the district code thus input is read out and a channel conType: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Satoaki Nakagawa, Nobuhiro Kimura
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Publication number: 20010022631Abstract: In order to allow a channel of a television set to be changed as quickly as possible, the television set is equipped with at least two receiving devices. At least one of the receiving devices is set in advance to a specific channel that could be expected to be selected in the future. When a channel change is then initiated, by which the channel which has been set in advance is selected, the picture corresponding to the television signal received by the receiving device which has been set in advance can be immediately displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Gunter Scheffler, Markus Schu, Dirk Wendel
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Publication number: 20010022632Abstract: A touch type liquid-crystal display device has a liquid-crystal display panel having flexibility, a touch panel provided to adhere closely to a back side, opposite to a visual side, of the liquid-crystal display panel, and electrodes disposed to be opposite to each other through a gap. The electrodes are capable of coming into partial contact with each other by a pressing force to thereby detect an input position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Seiji Umemoto, Tomonori Noguchi, Tadayuki Kameyma, Kiichi Shimodaira, Hideo Sugawara, Hidehiko Andou
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Publication number: 20010022633Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a fabricating method thereof wherein four masks are used so as to reduce a process. In the device, a gate electrode is formed on a transparent substrate. A gate insulating film is formed on the transparent substrate to cover the gate electrode. An active layer is provided at a portion corresponding to the gate electrode on the gate insulating film. Source and drain electrodes are intervened by an ohmic contact layer on the active layer. A contact portion is connected to and extended from a portion of the drain electrode opposed to the source electrode and has an exposed side surface. A passivation layer is formed on the active layer in such a manner to cover the source and drain electrodes, but to expose the side surface of the contact portion. A pixel electrode is formed on the gate insulating film in such a manner to contact the exposed side surface of the contact portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Dong Yeung Kwak, Soon Sung Yoo, Yu Ho Jung, Hu Sung Kim, Dug Jin Park, Yong Wan Kim, Woo Chae Lee, Byung Chul Ahn
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Publication number: 20010022634Abstract: An array substrate of the transflective LCD device that includes forming a reflective plate on the substrate at first.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Jae-Young Chung, Sang-Chol Park
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Publication number: 20010022635Abstract: A wiring structure is provided, the wiring structure being formed by forming a laminated film of silver (Ag) or an alloy containing silver (Ag) as the major constituent and the other metallic material, and by forming a wiring pattern through a single process of photolithography.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Takuya Takahashi, Yoichi Sakaki, Isao Ikuta, Katsumi Tamura, Ken-ichi Onisawa
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Publication number: 20010022636Abstract: A reflective display device includes a panel, a light guide plate and a light source. The panel is provided with a transparent first substrate lying on the side of the external incident light, a second substrate joined to the first substrate with a predetermined gap therebetween and lying on the reflection side, a guest-host liquid crystal layer held in the gap between the substrates, and electrodes provided on each substrate for applying a voltage to the guest-host liquid crystal layer. The light guide plate is composed of a transparent material and is arranged on the outside of the first substrate. The light source is arranged on the end of the light guide plate and generates illumination light as required. The light guide plate normally transmits external light onto the first substrate and emits the external light reflected from the second substrate, and also, as required, guides illumination light onto the first substrate and emits the illumination light reflected from the second substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Ying Bao Yang, Tetsuo Urabe, Yukio Kinoshita, Hideo Kataoka, Takayuki Fujioka
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Publication number: 20010022637Abstract: A color filter substrate includes a black matrix and red, green and blue color filters. The color filter substrate has an identification mark formed in the black matrix such that the information about the color filter substrate is easily recognized. The identification mark includes such information as the manufacturer, color filter type, fabrication method and/or type of black matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: Hwan-Seong Yu
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Publication number: 20010022638Abstract: An inventive array substrate for the transflective liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode, a reflective electrode, and an interposed insulation layer. When the pixel electrode is under the reflective electrode, the sum of thickness' of the insulation layer and the reflective electrode is within 0.5 micrometer. In other embodiments, upper surfaces of the reflective and pixel electrodes are on the same plane, by adjusting the thickness and changing the structure such as adopting a drain supplementary electrode extended from the drain electrode of the thin film transistor or positioning the pixel electrode within the transmitting hole of the reflective electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Kyoung-Su Ha, Yong-Beom Kim, Ik-Soo Kim, Heume-Il Baek
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Publication number: 20010022639Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes dummy patterns formed between gate links and between data links. The gate links and data links are coated with a sealant to obtain the same height as a liquid crystal area at the opposite side thereof through the dummy patterns, providing a uniform cell gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Dong Yeung Kwak, Soon Sung Yoo, Yu Ho Jung, Hu Sung Kim, Dug Jin Park, Yong Wan Kim, Woo Chae Lee
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Publication number: 20010022640Abstract: When transparent substrates 110 and 120 are compression-bonded via a sealing member 130, conductive particles 132 formed to be slightly larger break through relatively soft alignment layers 113 and 123 to become in contact with both inner end portions 111c and outer end portions 121c, and in this state, the sealing member 130 is cured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: Hiroki Nakahara
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Publication number: 20010022641Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including first and second substrates, and a FLC layer interposed therebetween. A small quantity of additives are mixed in the FLC layer, without changing the electrical or chemical properties of the FLC. Under a proper temperature and an electric field, the FLC layer is ripened sufficiently. Thereafter, the FLC is exposed to light such that polymer networks are formed in the FLC layer due to the polymerization by the additives. The polymer networks connect with each other across molecular layers in the FLC such that the molecules of the FLC are stabilized in proper orientations and maintain their molecular layer structure regardless of the temperature variance. And, the diffraction grating becomes stable regardless of the temperature variance, and fast response time and good gray scale are achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Suk-Won Choi, Hyung-Ki Hong
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Publication number: 20010022642Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates with an interposed liquid crystal layer that has a negative or a positive dielectric anisotropy. First and second electrodes are formed on opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates. A first orientation film comprised of a ferroelectric liquid crystal polymer is formed on the first electrode, and a second orientation film is formed on the second electrode. First and second polarizers are formed on exterior surfaces of the first and second substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Jang-Jin Yoo, Suk-Won Choi, Su-Seok Choi
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Publication number: 20010022643Abstract: A multi-domain liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates opposing each other; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of gate lines and data lines formed on the first substrate lengthwise and crosswise to define pixel regions; a pixel electrode formed in the pixel regions; at least one or more electric field induction windows independently formed in the pixel electrode; a common auxiliary electrode formed on a layer equal to the gate lines to surround the pixel regions; a common electrode formed on the second substrate; at least one or more dielectric structures independently formed on the common electrode to distort electric field applied to the liquid crystal layer; and an alignment film formed on at least one of the first and second substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Kyeong Jin Kim, Yun Bok Lee
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Publication number: 20010022644Abstract: A panel substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of display electrodes running in parallel on the substrate, and a plurality of wirings respectively continuous from the display electrodes formed on the substrate. The display electrodes and the wirings respectively have a bilayer structure of a transparent conductive layer and a metal layer. The metal layer of the display electrode is substantially narrower in width than the width of the transparent conductive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: Shoji Hinata
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Publication number: 20010022645Abstract: A seal pattern including a plurality of main seal lines, a first auxiliary seal line including a plurality of open holes and surrounding the plurality of main seal lines, and a plurality of second auxiliary seal lines positioned corresponding to the open holes. Since the second auxiliary seal lines pass only gas such as air, the main seal lines are protected from being damaged from cleaning detergent or an etching solution during a cleaning and etching process. A hardening agent is used to seal the open holes during an etching process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Sang-Seok Lee, Lim-Su Lee
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Publication number: 20010022646Abstract: Techniques for successively fabricating liquid crystal cells at low cost, using two resinous substrates wound on their respective rolls. A color filter and an electrode pattern are formed by printing techniques. Furthermore, an orientation film is printed. These manufacturing steps are carried out successively by rotating various rolls.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 1999Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: TAKESHI NISHI, SATOSHI TERAMOTO
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Publication number: 20010022647Abstract: A method of fabricating LCD devices from large array substrates having redundant pixels. Large array substrates without defects can be used to fabricate large LCD device and the redundant pixels can be disabled. Large array substrates with defects can be cut into smaller array substrates and then used to form small LCD devices. The pixels around the cutting lines of the large array substrate are redundant and can be covered or disabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: Soo-Mahn Kim
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Publication number: 20010022648Abstract: An optical tracking device and method are disclosed for tracking lateral movement of an object. A scanning probe beam and a time-resolved detection are implement in the disclosed technique. A particular application is for tracking the eye movement during a laser surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: Ming Lai
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Publication number: 20010022649Abstract: An eyeglass frame selecting system in which the eyeglass lens picture can be synthesized with the eyeglass frame image and the customer's facial image so that the effect for the eyeglass lens based on the lens prescription value of the customer can be known, is provided. The eyeglass frame selecting system comprises a keyboard 3 for inputting the prescription value data of an eyeglass lens and a lens mold contour data based on the refraction property of a customer's objective eye, and an operation control circuit 1b for synthesizing the eyeglass lens image based on the prescription value of the lens inputted by the keyboard 3 and a facial image 20 with the eyeglass frame image L through a picture synthesizing circuit 10 to display the synthesized image on a display device 8.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Takeyuki Kato
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Publication number: 20010022650Abstract: In order to provide a projection apparatus capable of discharging the interior heat to an exterior efficiently even when a first air outlet is covered, and capable of maintaining the interior temperature at appropriate temperature, this device is a projection apparatus having an optical unit for magnifying and projecting an image through the use of light of a light source, a reflecting means for reflecting the projected image from the optical unit described above, and a screen on which the projected image from the reflecting means described above is projected from a rear surface, including a housing containing the light source described above and having a plurality of surfaces and further including air exhausting means for discharging interior heat of the housing described above, and is provided respectively with at least one of air outlets on surfaces different from each other out of a plurality of the surfaces of the housing described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventor: Hiroyuki Ono
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Publication number: 20010022651Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-display device that has a plurality of projectors and constructs one image as a whole. Partial images projected on a screen from the projectors overlap to have the edges thereof superposed on edges of adjoining partial images in shared fields on the screen. A sheet interceptor intercepts part of light to be projected on a shared field so that the luminance level in the shared field will agree with the luminance levels in the other fields except the shared fields. An interceptor portion of the sheet interceptor, which intercepts light from the right-hand side of a range on the screen within which a partial image is projected, can be displaced horizontally relative to an interceptor portion thereof that intercepts light from the left-hand side thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Kubota, Yasuhiro Komiya, Masaki Higurashi
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Publication number: 20010022652Abstract: An intermediate substrate holder for use in a lithographic projection apparatus, which holder can itself be held by a standard substrate holder in said lithographic projection apparatus and in turn can hold a non-standard substrate. The means for holding the non-standard substrate may be comprised of one of or both of a vacuum holding means and mechanical clamping means. The vacuum holding means may be comprised of: a vacuum space on which the non-standard substrate is placed; a barrier means around the edge of the vacuum space that closes off the vacuum space and that makes a sealing contact with the non-standard substrate; and a means for exposing the vacuum space to vacuum. The mechanical clamping means may be comprised of: two or more stationary positioning pins opposed by a slidable mechanism which is provided with at least one sliding positioning pin mounted thereon and which is biased to move the sliding positioning pin towards the stationary pins.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Frank van Schaik, Gerardus J.J. Keijsers
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Publication number: 20010022653Abstract: A three-dimensional image capturing device which performs a distance measurement in first and second modes. In the first distance measurement mode, an electric charge accumulation period starts at the fall of a pulse of a distance measuring light beam, and ends after the fall of a pulse of a reflected light beam. In the second distance measurement mode, an electric charge accumulation period starts earlier than the fall of a pulse of the distance measuring light beam, by a predetermined time, and ends after the fall of a pulse of the reflected light beam. Based on a ratio of a first accumulated electric charge amount, obtained by the first distance measurement mode, to a second accumulated electric charge amount, obtained by the second distance measurement mode, the three-dimensional image is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2000Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shuzo Seo
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Publication number: 20010022654Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the deformability of red blood cells by illuminating a sample of red blood cells that are subjected to vibration and then using image recognition analysis to compare these vibrated red blood cells to red blood cells that are not experiencing vibration. The amplitude and frequency of vibration at which deformation or distortion occurs can also be determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: Visco Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Kensey, William N. Hogenauer