Patents Issued in August 2, 2007
  • Publication number: 20070177093
    Abstract: The invention provides a display device which can suppress a bending repulsive force of a flexible printed circuit board having a folded portion thus reducing a manufacturing cost thereof. In a display device which includes a display panel, and a flexible printed circuit board which has one end thereof connected to a terminal portion of the display panel, the flexible printed circuit board includes a base member, a line layer which is formed on the base member using a metal layer, a surface protective cover which covers the line layer, and a folded portion, the line layer includes a signal line which supplies control signals or display data to the display panel and a dummy line, the signal line is covered with the surface protective cover at the folded portion, and the folded portion includes at least one exposed portion in which the dummy line is exposed from the surface protective cover ranging from a folding start point to a folding finish point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Publication number: 20070177094
    Abstract: A display panel (1) has a first substrate (2) and a second substrate (3). The substrates (2, 3) are provided with electrodes (8, 9) and are separated from each other by a plurality of spacers (4). Holes (5) extend through the spacers (4) and the substrates (2, 3) and thus form through holes (5) extending through the display panel (1) making it permeable to gases and/or liquids. The substrates (2, 3) and the spacer (4) form the wall (6) of the respective through hole (5) and thus a space (7) can be sealed between the two substrates (2, 3) without any risk of leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Dirkjan Van Dam, Emile Verstegen
  • Publication number: 20070177095
    Abstract: An optical compensated bend (OCB) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a pixel electrode, a color filter, a common electrode and a liquid crystal layer. The pixel electrode is formed on the first substrate of the OCB mode LCD. The color filter is formed on the second substrate of the OCB mode LCD. The common electrode is formed on the color filter. The liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. A step structure is formed on the second structure, so that the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are twisted into the bend state from the splay state uniformly and quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chia-Yu Lee, Ting-Jui Chang, Po-Lun Chen, Jeng-Fang Fu
  • Publication number: 20070177096
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates. The pair of substrates are disposed opposite to each other, having electrodes disposed above the opposed faces of the substrates. A nematic liquid crystal layer is disposed between the substrates and has a positive dielectric anisotropy. The electrodes are disposed above at least one of the substrates have slits. The centers of the slits are displaced from the centers of the electrodes disposed above the other substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo UCHIDA, Takahiro Ishinabe, Mitsuo Oizumi, Mitsuru Kano, Yuzo Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20070177097
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spectacles and sunshade-clip assembly in which a sunshade-clip is adapted to be detachably attached to spectacles by use of spectacles magnets and clip magnets. The spectacles include a pair of metallic circular lens frames each having separated portions for the insertion of each prescription lens, a pair of temple arms, and a pair of hinge legs each fixed to one of the lens frames to hingedly connect the lens frame to one of the temple arms. A pair of upper and lower fixing pieces protrudes outward from the separated portions of each lens frame perpendicular thereto, to be connected to each other. The sunshade-clip includes a pair of clip lens frames as optional elements. One of the spectacles magnet is provided in a coupling location of the pair of upper and lower fixing pieces to be positioned behind one of the hinge legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Suk-Jae Lee, Ju-Jae Lee, Hyun-Jun Lee, Sung-Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20070177098
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pivotally openable spectacles and sunshade-clip assembly in which a sunshade-clip is pivotally rotatable about a pair of hinge arm units thereof after being attached to spectacles by use of corresponding spectacles magnets and clip magnets. The spectacles include a pair of lens frames, a pair of temple arms, a pair of hinge units each used to hingedly connect one of the lens frames to one of the temple arms. The spectacles magnets are mounted in the hinge units. The sunshade-clip includes a pair of colored clip lenses, a pair of clip lens frames, a pair of hinge arm units, and the clip magnets mounted to the hinge arm units, respectively, to correspond to the spectacles magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Suk-Jae Lee, Ju-Jae Lee, Hyun-Jun Lee, Sung-Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20070177099
    Abstract: A transparent and polarizing vision element (2) divided into several areas. At least two of said areas are associated with a luminous polarization filter. The light flowing through the element is allocated differently for two the areas according to a direction of notarization of the light. At least one polarization filter is oriented vertically, and at least one polarization filter is oriented horizontally in relation to the usual position of the element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Cedric Begon, John Biteau, Claudine Biver, Richard Bosmans, Jean-Paul Cano, Guillaume Giraudet, Richard Muisener
  • Publication number: 20070177100
    Abstract: Described are optical elements made of a substrate having connected thereto an at least partial film of photochromic adhesive and an at least partial film of a polymeric organic material. Also described are optical elements made of a substrate having connected thereto an at least partial superstrate of a sealed photochromic composite of a film of a first polymeric organic material and a film of a second polymeric organic material having an at least partial film of a photochromic adhesive placed between the films of first and second polymeric organic materials. Methods to prepare the optical elements are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.
    Inventor: Carol Knox
  • Publication number: 20070177101
    Abstract: Method of manually centering an ophthalmic lens, includes: a) acquiring and storing the shadow of a predetermined geometrical figure formed on a transparent support interposed between lighting and acquisition elements while the support is illuminated; b) superposing the lens and support; c) acquiring and storing the detected by the lens while the latter and support are illuminated; d) using the acquisition elements to acquire the shadow of the center and/or axis marking of the lens; e) displaying firstly the shadow of the center and/or axis marking, and secondly a virtual centering target corresponding to the position desired for the center marking relative to a reference point of the rim of the frame; f) deducing a corrected relative position for the reference point of the frame rim relative to the center marking, or vice versa; and g) putting the shadow of the centering marking of the lens manually into coincidence with the centering virtual target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
    Inventor: Fabien Divo
  • Publication number: 20070177102
    Abstract: A method for binding the lens to the frame includes steps of a) aligning one of the holes of the lens with one of the holes of the frame, b) piercing a peg through the aligned holes of the lens and the frame, c) resting the aligned lens and frame on a bench, d) cutting the peg at a predetermined length, e) heat-and-melting the stub of the peg with a heating device, and f) molding the molten stub of the peg with a predetermined shape. The peg is made of plastic. The plastic includes polycarbonate, general plastic, and Marsydur. The peg includes a head and tapered bar, and the peg has an oblong cross-section for keeping the peg from rotating in place. The heating device includes a ultrasonic heater and a laser device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Jong Kim
  • Publication number: 20070177103
    Abstract: A device (1) for measuring the three-dimensional movements of an eye includes: (a) a marker array (6) that identifies prescribed positions on the eye whose movements are to be measured, (b) a digital camera (2) for capturing the two-dimensional images of this marker array (6) as the eye is moved, (c) a light source (12) that illuminates the marker array (6) with an output that is outside the spectral range of the camera (2), (d) light sources (20) that are used to align the camera's optical axis with the center of the eye, (e) an algorithm for computing the three-dimensional positions of the marker array (6) from the information contained in the captured digital images, and (f) a base (16) for fixing the position of the camera relative to the position of the eye, wherein the materials of the marker array (6) are chosen so that the array has the ability to, when illuminated as described above, give off energy that is in the spectral range of the device's camera (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Americo Migliaccio, Charles Della Santina, Hamish MacDougall
  • Publication number: 20070177104
    Abstract: A sighting device is provided for an examination of the eye, including at least one moving target with a programmable form and trajectory, the target being displayed on a visualisation unit, such as an appropriate screen and visible from both eyes during the examination. An in-vivo tomographical eye examination system is also provided, including: a Michelson interferometer, generating a full-field OCT image, adaptable optical apparatus, arranged between the interferometer and an eye for examination, achieving the correction of the wavefronts coming from the eye and also the wavefronts going to the eye, detection apparatus, arranged after the interferometer, permitting the interferometric measurement by the OCT principle without modulation nor synchronised detection and a sighting device, with at least one mobile target with a programmable form and trajectory, the target being displayed on an appropriate screen and visible from at least one of the eyes during the examination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Francois Lacombe, David Lafaille, Marie Glanc, Eric Gendron, Douchane Stefanovitch
  • Publication number: 20070177105
    Abstract: It is easy to perceive a stimulus in a central portion of a visual field rather than in a peripheral portion thereof, and it is easy to perceive the stimulus for a younger examinee rather than for an older examinee even if the stimulus having the same luminance is indicated. In the perimeter according to the invention, the stimuli are indicated at various positions of a visual field dome, and the luminance of the stimulus is gradually raised before obtaining a response from an examinee through an operation switch. A value of the luminance of the indicated stimulus is set according to the position of the indicated stimulus and an age of the examinee, and the measurement accuracy is correct, thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Satoshi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20070177106
    Abstract: A LCoS projection display system using two LCoS chips and a variable color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Ian McDowall, Mark Bolas
  • Publication number: 20070177107
    Abstract: This invention involves a lighting arrangement for color image projection with at least two lighting units, whose light will hit image-forming elements, such as DMDs or grating light valves via optical elements, so that a subsequent optical projection system will project a multi-colored image on a projection surface. This invention shows that the illuminating optical paths will hit one or more image-forming elements from different directions and that once they pass the image-forming element or elements, they will be combined into one common optical projection path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Eberhard Piehler
  • Publication number: 20070177108
    Abstract: A projection device is disclosed, wherein the projection device includes a lamp housing having a front portion and a back portion, wherein the lamp housing is configured to accommodate a lamp, a blower system configured to direct a flow of air across the front portion of the lamp housing, and a heat sink in thermal communication with the back portion of the lamp housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Esteban Arboix
  • Publication number: 20070177109
    Abstract: A projection apparatus includes an outer casing, a light source disposed within the casing for generating light beams, and an optical engine connected to the light source for receiving the light beams in order to project an image. A heat sink includes an air tunnel mounted within the casing, and having air inlet disposed above the light source, and an exhaust fan mounted within an opening unit in the casing such that the fan unit is disposed in alignment with an air outlet of the air tunnel to transmit the intensive heat generated from the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Nien-Hui Hsu
  • Publication number: 20070177110
    Abstract: A flat projection television comprising an imagine engine mounted adjacent a top of an enclosure and optically coupled to a collimator mirror, a flat mirror, a mirror assembly comprising a plurality of cylindrical mirrors, and a diffuser screen. The image engine includes a cylindrical lens which expands an outgoing image horizontally. The image engine projects the image downward from the top of the enclosure toward the bottom of the enclosure where the horizontally expanding image encounters the collimator mirror which collimates the expanding beam bringing the horizontal lines back into parallel with one another. The collimator mirror also reflects the collimated image towards the front of the enclosure where it encounters the flat mirror oriented to deflect the image upward into the mirror box location of the enclosure at an appropriate angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Jerry Lowe
  • Publication number: 20070177111
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus which forms a whole image including a first part image and a second part image on a front side of an image forming target unit formed by overlapping portions of the first and second part images is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes: the image forming target unit; a first projector; a second projector; a first planoconvex lens; and a second planoconvex lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Tetsushi Kokubo, Kenji Tanaka, Hitoshi Mukai, Kazumasa Tanaka, Hirofumi Hibi
  • Publication number: 20070177112
    Abstract: A starry sky display apparatus comprises a mirror having a reflecting film, the reflecting film having a plurality of light transmission holes defined therein in a scattered pattern, and a light source unit disposed behind the mirror for emitting light to the mirror. The light emitted by the light source unit passes, through the transmission holes to a front face of the mirror, to produce and display a group of star images. The starry sky display apparatus produces and displays the group of star images in sharp focus with a depth feel in a dark environment and is used as an ordinary mirror in a bright environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: STELLA PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ken-ichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20070177113
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of projecting images using light valves. Pixel patterns generated of the light valve pixels based on image data are projected at different locations at a time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Andrew Huibers
  • Publication number: 20070177114
    Abstract: An electronic instrument includes: an apparatus body which processes information received from a USB device connected thereto; and a housing which houses the apparatus body in an interior, wherein a step sinking in toward an interior of the housing is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the housing, and the step is provided with a USB connecting terminal to which the USB device is connected along the surface of the housing in which the step is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyomasa Shirakura
  • Publication number: 20070177115
    Abstract: An integrated portable computer projector system comprises an image projector integrally couplable to a computer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Memphis-Zhihong Yin, Stacy Wolff, Paul Doczy
  • Publication number: 20070177116
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a microstructure, includes: dividing an incident laser beam into a plurality of diffracted beams by means of a diffractive optical element; concentrating said divided plurality of diffracted beams into mutually parallel diffracted beams by means of a telecentric lens; causing each of said mutually parallel diffracted beams to enter perpendicularly to the plane into a collection of axicons comprised of a plurality of axicons arranged into an array in such a manner that the center of each diffracted beam and the center of each axicon coincide, thereby forming a plurality of arrayed Bessel beams; and irradiating said plurality of arrayed Bessel beams onto a machined body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun AMAKO
  • Publication number: 20070177117
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate via liquid includes a supply nozzle configured to supply the liquid, and a recovery nozzle configured to recover the liquid, wherein at least one of the supply nozzle and the recovery nozzle includes porous ceramic with an oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Keiji Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20070177118
    Abstract: A dynamic fluid control system and method capable of reducing dynamic forces from the fluid on the last optical element (20) and substrate stage (14) caused by the motion of the immersion fluid. The system includes an imaging element (12) that defines an image and a stage (14) configured to support a substrate (16). An optical system (18) is provided to project the image defined by the imaging element onto the substrate. The optical system (18) includes a last optical element (20). A gap (22) filled with immersion fluid is provided between the substrate (16) and the last optical element (20). A dynamic force control system (34) is provided to maintain a substantially constant force on the last optical element and the stage (14) by compensating for dynamic changes of the immersion fluid caused by the motion of the immersion fluid through the gap and/or movement of the stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATON
    Inventor: Michael Sogard
  • Publication number: 20070177119
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate via liquid, and includes a liquid holding plate configured to hold the liquid, and arranged around the substrate, and a chuck configured to hold the substrate, at least one of at least part of a surface of the liquid holding plate and at least part of a surface of the chuck being made of polyparaxylene resin or including a modified layer of polyparaxylene resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Keiko Chiba
  • Publication number: 20070177120
    Abstract: Exposure equipment having a wafer pre-alignment apparatus and a wafer pre-alignment method using the same reduce wafer pre-alignment errors. The exposure equipment comprises a plurality of exposure units in which lots of wafers are loaded, respectively, and a central control unit. The exposure units are constituted by an alignment apparatus that can detect the relative angular orientation of each wafer transferred to the apparatus and thus, sense any misalignment of the wafers. The central control unit calculates inherent error values for the exposure units based on data transmitted to the central control unit from the alignment apparatus. The central control unit also controls the equipment based on the inherent error values of the exposure units to compensate for the misalignment of the wafers in the exposure units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Hee-Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20070177121
    Abstract: A phase shifting photolithography system includes inserting a phase shift component in a path of an illumination, wherein the phase shift component modifies a portion of the of the illumination to a different, and controlling an aperture shutter of the phase shift component modifying an interference of the illumination and the illumination with the different phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Qunying Lin, Sia Kim Tan, Liang-Choo Hsia
  • Publication number: 20070177122
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus has an assembly to exchange optical elements in a pupil plane of its projection system. The optical elements may be pupil filters and may conform to the physical dimensions specified for a reticle standard, e.g. having sides substantially equal to 5, 6 or 9 inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicants: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., CARL ZEISS SMT AG
    Inventors: Erik Loopstra, Adrianus Engelen, Bernardus Luttikhuis, Maria Rubingh, Johannes Hazenberg, Laurentius Jorritsma, Johannes Klerk, Bernhard Geuppert, Aart Van Beuzekom, Petrus Franciscus Mandigers, Franz Sorg, Peter Deufel
  • Publication number: 20070177123
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus wherein a dipole illumination mode used for printing a line pattern, is arranged to provide quadrupole illumination. Radiation emanating from the two additional poles and passing the mask pattern without being affected by diffraction is prevented from reaching the wafer by a radiation blocking aperture disposed in the projection system. Astigmatism aberration due to lens heating associated with the dipole illumination mode is reduced by lens heating associated with the additional poles of the quadrupole illumination mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Wim Tel, Johannes De Klerk, Peter Wardenier
  • Publication number: 20070177124
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing contamination in immersion lithography includes a wafer chuck assembly having a wafer chuck configured to hold a semiconductor wafer on a support surface thereof. The wafer chuck has a gap therein, the gap located adjacent an outer edge of the wafer, and the gap containing a volume of immersion lithography fluid therein. A fluid circulation path is configured within the wafer chuck so as to facilitate the radial outward movement of the immersion lithography fluid in the gap, thereby maintaining a meniscus of the immersion lithography fluid at a selected height with respect to a top surface of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dmitriy Shneyder, Raschid Bezama, Dario Goldfarb, Kafai Lai
  • Publication number: 20070177125
    Abstract: A substrate holder includes a base; a first holding portion which is formed on the base and which attracts and holds a substrate; and a second holding portion which is formed on the base and which attracts and holds a plate member in the vicinity of the substrate attracted and held by the first holding portion. In an exposure apparatus including such a substrate holder, the plate can be exchanged easily, thereby making the maintenance of the apparatus easy. Consequently, such an exposure apparatus is suitable for immersion exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Shibazaki
  • Publication number: 20070177126
    Abstract: There is disclosed a wafer flatness evaluation method includes measuring front and rear surface shapes of a wafer. The wafer front surface measured is divided into sites. Then, a flatness calculating method is selected according to a position of the site to be evaluated and flatness in the wafer surface is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Tadahito Fujisawa, Soichi Inoue, Makoto Kobayashi, Masashi Ichikawa, Tsuneyuki Hagiwara, Kenichi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20070177127
    Abstract: There is disclosed a wafer flatness evaluation method includes measuring front and rear surface shapes of a wafer. The wafer front surface measured is divided into sites. Then, a flatness calculating method is selected according to a position of the site to be evaluated and flatness in the wafer surface is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Tadahito Fujisawa, Soichi Inoue, Makoto Kobayashi, Masashi Ichikawa, Tsuneyuki Hagiwara, Kenichi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20070177128
    Abstract: A laser control method for controlling a laser beam irradiated, onto a target object to be processed, during execution of a laser processing program, the method including: providing a processing condition table describing a plurality of different feed velocities, in association with a processing condition of the laser beam corresponding to individual feed velocities; detecting an actual feed velocity of the laser beam that is relative processing velocity of the laser beam relative to the target object while a processing is performed along a processing path instructed by the laser processing program; and determining the processing condition of the laser beam corresponding to the actual feed velocity based on the processing condition table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Minoru Ando, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Hiroaki Tokito
  • Publication number: 20070177129
    Abstract: The invention comprises systems and methods determining residual stress such as that found in interferometric modulators. In one example, a test unit can be configured to indicate residual stress in a film by interferometrically modulating light indicative of an average residual stress in two orthogonal directions of the substrate. The test unit can include a reflective membrane attached to the substrate where membrane is configured as a parallelogram with at least a portion of each side attached to the substrate, and an interferometric cavity formed between a portion of the membrane and a portion of the substrate, and where the membrane is configured to deform based on the residual stress of in the film and modulate light indicative of the amount of membrane deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Manish Kothari, Lior Kogut, Clarence Chui
  • Publication number: 20070177130
    Abstract: A device for measuring a compound with in a sample both non-invasively and invasively is provided. The devise comprised a source of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) operatively coupled to a power source, one or more receptors and a detector. The one or more receptors shaped to receive a body part and a sample holder and optically coupled to the source of EMR by one or more radiation guiding elements. The radiation guiding element comprising an input in operable association with the source of EMR, and an output in operable association with a detector and coupled to a processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Duncan MacIntyre, Ash Kaushal, Paul Endersby
  • Publication number: 20070177131
    Abstract: The invention concerns an object of value (15), for example a credit card, banknote or identity card. The object of value (15) has a carrier layer (1), at least one first layer (21) containing a moiré pattern and at least one second layer (31, 33) containing a moiré analyser for the moiré pattern of the first layer (21). That second layer is arranged above or beneath the first layer in a fixed position relative to the first layer in such a way that the moiré pattern of the first layer (21) and the moiré analyser of the second layer (31, 33) are permanently optically superimposed at least in region-wise fashion, whereby a permanent moiré image is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Achim Hansen
  • Publication number: 20070177132
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining lens distortion in a projection imaging tool are described. The techniques include exposing at least one alignment attribute onto a substrate having a recording media. A complementary alignment attribute is also exposed onto the substrate such that the complementary alignment attribute and alignment attribute form a completed alignment attribute. The exposure of the alignment attributes, or the complementary alignment attribute, or both, may be accomplished by multiple sub nominal dose exposures. Intra field distortion of the projection imaging tool is determined from measurements of the exposed completed alignment attributes. The alignment attributes and complimentary alignment attribute may be part of a reticle. The transmission of the alignment attribute may be different than the transmission of the complementary alignment attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Adlai Smith
  • Publication number: 20070177133
    Abstract: The present invention provides operators the ability to follow a predetermined path and achieve desired digging depth by watching steering and elevation indicators of just one system. The indicators are activated by data derived from the interception of signals generated by a single laser transmitter and a receiver array mounted on the machine. The system according to the present invention uses the multiple, tilted fan beams provided by the laser transmitter to calculate elevation angle and azimuth of the tool carried by machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Gary Cain, Mark Nichols, Hiroyuki Takagi
  • Publication number: 20070177134
    Abstract: A method (250) and apparatus (20) for measuring the face angle of a golf club (300), golf club head (302) or face component (304) of a golf club head is disclosed herein. The method (250) and apparatus (20) use a non-contact displacement measuring assembly (24) to determine the face angle. The method (250) and apparatus (20) is utilized with right-handed and left handed golf clubs (300), golf club heads (302) and face components (304). The apparatus (20) generally includes a base assembly (22), a non-contact displacement measuring assembly (24), a shaft center sensor assembly (26), a base plate assembly (28), a lie adjustment assembly (30) and a shaft support assembly (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Andrew Goodjohn, James Wenck
  • Publication number: 20070177135
    Abstract: By performing a contingency-based correlation test of measurement data, such as defect data, with respect to electrical test data after progressively filtering the measurement data, an enhanced analysis of process flow characteristics may be accomplished. Consequently, an efficient yield loss estimation may be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Garry Tuohy
  • Publication number: 20070177136
    Abstract: A defect inspection apparatus includes an irradiation optical system 20, a detection optical system 30, and an image processor 40. In the irradiation optical system, a mirror 2603 is disposed to reflect downward a beam flux that has been guided to a first or second optical path, and a cylindrical lens 251 and an inclined mirror 2604 are disposed to focus the beam flux that has been directed downward by the mirror, at an inclination angle from a required oblique direction extending horizontally, onto a substrate 1 to be inspected, as a slit-shaped beam 90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakano, Akira Hamamatsu, Sachio Uto, Yoshimasa Oshima, Hidetoshi Nishiyama, Yuta Urano, Shunji Maeda
  • Publication number: 20070177137
    Abstract: A surface-defect inspection apparatus includes a line light source that irradiates a pattern light having brightness differentiated in a direction oblique to a sub-scanning direction of a rotating inspection target object; a line sensor that carries out a one-dimensional imaging of the inspection target object in a main scanning direction using an irradiated pattern light and reflected from the inspection target object; a phase detecting unit that detects a change of the phase of the brightness of a taken line image; and an control unit that controls the position of the line sensor to keep constant a relative distance between a position of the inspection target object and a position of the line sensor from a change of the phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Teruki Kamada
  • Publication number: 20070177138
    Abstract: A device for visual inspection of narrow spaces and objects located in narrow spaces such as solder joints between a component and a printed circuit board has an image prism for deflecting light from the spaces and objects to be inspected and an image sensor that can be connected to a display. For illuminating the solder joints light sources are provided that are located at the transmission path of light from the image prism to the image sensor. The light sources are connected to light guides having outlet ends that are located to issue light at the sides of the light entrance surface of the image prism. Special illumination prisms can be provided to direct the light. The issued light is directed to the field of view, if desired in directions obliquely down into the surface at which the spaces or objects are located and in a weakly converging fashion. Extra light sources can be connected to light guides of a background illumination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Sasan Esmaeili
  • Publication number: 20070177139
    Abstract: A NERS-active structure is disclosed that includes at least one heterostructure nanowire. The at least one heterostructure nanowire may include alternating segments of an NERS-inactive material and a NERS-active material in an axial direction. Alternatively, the alternating segments may be of an NERS-inactive material and a material capable of attracting nanoparticles of a NERS-active material. In yet another alternative, the heterostructure nanowire may include a core with alternating coatings of an NERS-inactive material and a NERS-active material in a radial direction. A NERS system is also disclosed that includes a NERS-active structure. Also disclosed are methods for forming a NERS-active structure and methods for performing NERS with NERS-active structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Theodore Kamins, Alexandre Bratkovski, Shashank Sharma
  • Publication number: 20070177140
    Abstract: A film for surface enhanced raman scattering may be utilized for chemical and biological sensing. The film includes a polymeric layer, and a metallic nanoparticle having a cross-section, the metallic nanoparticle being embedded in the polymeric layer. The polymeric layer has a thickness less than a largest straight line through the cross-section of said metallic nanoparticle. The polymeric layer is selected from a group of absorbing media and amplifying media, and the metallic nanoparticle may be gold. The metallic nanoparticle may also be a shape selected from a group of spheroids and rods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Solaris Nanosciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Nabil Lawandy
  • Publication number: 20070177141
    Abstract: An optical spectrum analyzer includes an optical section 130 for executing light dispersion into a spectrum and wavelength sweep for input measured light, converting the measured light into an electric signal, and outputting the electric signal, a control section 101 for controlling the wavelength sweep of the optical section and outputting a sampling clock of a period shifting from a cycle period of the measured light for each wavelength of the wavelength sweep, and a measurement section 140 for executing sequential sampling of the electric signal from the optical section for each sampling clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi Ohishi, Hiroshi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20070177142
    Abstract: Noise in a fluorescence image acquired during fluoroscopy is eliminated to present a clear fluorescence image, and the relative positional relationship between the fluoroscopy unit and the specimen can be recognized even while fluoroscopy is in progress. A dark box apparatus for fluoroscopy includes: a dark-box main body enclosing a specimen and a fluoroscopy unit for illuminating the specimen with excitation light with a first spectral band and for detecting fluorescence with a second spectral band generated by the specimen; an illumination light source disposed in the dark-box main body to emit light with a third spectral band different from the first spectral band and the second spectral band; and an observation window disposed in the dark-box main body, the observation window being capable of transmitting light with a fourth spectral band which includes at least part of the third spectral band and does not include the first spectral band and the second spectral band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Kei Tsuyuki, Kazuhiko Osa, Nobuyuki Nagasawa