Patents Issued in December 29, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160377759
    Abstract: An airborne electromagnetic survey system for geophysical prospecting comprising: a frame with a frame front section opposite a frame tail section, the frame configured to be lifted and towed by an aircraft via a tow arrangement during survey operation, the frame configured to support a transmitter coil configured to transmit an magnetic moment, wherein the frame comprises multiple frame segments, at least one of the frame segments comprising a first connection and a second connection for connecting to another one of the frame segments, a structural support providing a rigid structure between the first and second connections, and a frame segment surface providing the frame segment with an aerodynamic profile, wherein the aerodynamic profile is configured to provide aerodynamic properties to the frame, and wherein when the frame is towed by the aircraft, the frame has substantially a fixed frame shape and is substantially in a fixed operational orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Selskabet af 6. April 2010 ApS
    Inventors: Kurt I. SORENSEN, Kristoffer Mohr RASMUSSEN
  • Publication number: 20160377760
    Abstract: A system and method of for underground line location using motion based responsiveness includes an underground line locator. The underground line locator includes a receiver generating raw measurement data based on a location of an underground line relative to the receiver, a motion sensor generating motion data based on a state of motion of the underground line locator, a processor coupled to the receiver and the motion sensor, and a display coupled to the processor. The processor determines a measurement signal based on the raw measurement data. A responsiveness of the measurement signal to the raw measurement data is based on the motion data. The display shows a representation of the measurement signal. In one or more embodiments, the measurement signal may be determined using a primary signal detector that adaptively filters the raw measurement data using an adaptive band-pass filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Chunning ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20160377761
    Abstract: A system for the active remote detection of radioactivity from a target of interest includes a first laser source for generating an ionizing laser beam when remotely directed on a radioactive target of interest, a second laser source for generating a laser probe beam on the radioactive target of interest, and a spectrometer configured to measure the frequency modulation of the probe beam caused by the ionization from the radioactive target of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Gregory Nusinovich
  • Publication number: 20160377762
    Abstract: A proximity sensor includes: a support substrate having a main surface and a rear surface; a surface emission laser; a light receiving part; and a resin body, wherein the surface emission laser is disposed on the main surface so as to emit light in a direction away from the rear surface; wherein the resin body is made of a light transmissive resin, and is disposed on the main surface so as to cover the surface emission laser and the light receiving part, and a portion of the resin body between the surface emission laser and the light receiving part is formed of the same light transmissive resin as the other portions, and wherein the light receiving part is disposed at a position at which the light emitted from the surface emission laser is reflected at an object and reflected light from the object is incident onto the light receiving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Yoshitsugu Uedaira
  • Publication number: 20160377763
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at a snowpack measurement device that is configurable between a skiing configuration, in which it can be used as a ski pole, and a snowpack measurement configuration, in which it can be used as a probe to measure one or more characteristics of a snowpack. In some embodiments, the device can wirelessly transmit snowpack measurement results, for example, to a user's mobile device. The device can house sensitive electronics and sensors for the snowpack measurement tool within a ski pole handle of the device when not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: James Loren Christian, Andrew Stockton Bennett, Garrett Marshall Harmsen, David Hoffman, Richard Kirby, Thomas Laakso, Brint Markle, Joseph J. Trovato
  • Publication number: 20160377764
    Abstract: A compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein in Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description, a photosensitive resin composition including the same, and a color filter manufactured using the photosensitive resin composition are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hye-Won SEO, Eui-Soo JEONG, Kyu-Young KIM, Chae-Won PAK, Myoung-Youp SHIN, Young LEE
  • Publication number: 20160377765
    Abstract: A black photosensitive resin composition includes (A) an alkali soluble polyimide-polyamic acid copolymerization resin; (B) a multi-functional monomer; (C) a photopolymerization initiator; (D) a black colorant; and (E) a solvent, a photosensitive resin layer manufactured using the same, and a display device including the photosensitive resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Heekyoung KANG, Jinhee KANG, Bumjin LEE, Sang Soo KIM, Chanwoo KIM, Sungseo CHO, Chungbeum HONG
  • Publication number: 20160377766
    Abstract: The invention relates to infrared devices, which contain at least two optical elements that are bonded together by a low-temperature melting glass which possesses transparency in the infrared spectrum, and methods of preparation and use of said infrared devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: SCHOTT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nathan Aaron CARLIE
  • Publication number: 20160377767
    Abstract: One lens is provided with a functional film formed of a fine uneven structure film throughout an entire region including an edge portion of a lens surface facing the other lens, and a portion of the fine uneven structure film formed in the edge portion is filled with a flattening member and is thus flattened. The lens is disposed so as to be in contact with the other lens in the edge portion in which the flattening member is formed, thereby assembling a lens assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro SONODA, Tatsuya YOSHIHIRO
  • Publication number: 20160377768
    Abstract: A cover glass assembly comprises a sheet having a first surface and a second surface below the first surface. The second surface comprises a textured portion. The cover glass assembly also includes a pigment layer below the textured portion, and a mirror layer below the pigment layer. The textured portion diffusely reflects a first portion of light that enters the cover glass assembly through the first surface. The pigment layer diffusely reflects a second portion of the light. The mirror layer reflects, onto the pigment layer, a third portion of the light. The cover glass assembly provides a high-luminance surface. A method of forming the cover glass assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: James R. Wilson, Matthew S. Rogers
  • Publication number: 20160377769
    Abstract: A substrate with a multilayer reflective film capable of facilitating the discovery of contaminants, scratches and other critical defects by inhibiting the detection of pseudo defects attributable to surface roughness of a substrate or film in a defect inspection using a highly sensitive defect inspection apparatus. The substrate with a multilayer reflective film has a multilayer reflective film obtained by alternately laminating a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer on a main surface of a mask blank substrate used in lithography, wherein an integrated value I of the power spectrum density (PSD) at a spatial frequency of 1 ?m?1 to 10 ?m?1 of the surface of the substrate with a multilayer reflective film, obtained by measuring a region measuring 3 ?m×3 ?m with an atomic force microscope, is not more than 180×10?3 nm3, and the maximum value of the power spectrum density (PSD) at a spatial frequency of 1 ?m?1 to 10 ?m?1 is not more than 50 nm4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HAMAMOTO, Toshihiko ORIHARA
  • Publication number: 20160377770
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel to display an image; a window covering the display panel, and including a display area through which the image is to be transmitted, and a non-display area surrounding the display area, the window including: a window base opposite the display panel; a printing layer below the window base; and a light-path changing layer between the window base and the printing layer, the light-path changing layer including: an optical structure; and a resin coating the optical structure; and an adhesive layer between the display panel and the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jaejoong Kwon, Hyesog Lee, Yunseon Do, Chio Cho
  • Publication number: 20160377771
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for fabricating a color filter substrate, including: carrying out a first ultraviolet light irradiation and a heating treatment on functional layers formed by patterning process on a substrate; forming an alignment layer on the functional layers; and carrying out a second ultraviolet light irradiation on the alignment layer. The present invention further provides a display panel including the color filter substrate fabricated by using the method and a display device including the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yongshan ZHOU, Jingpeng LI, Zhenyu XIE
  • Publication number: 20160377772
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate comprising a thermoplastic resin substrate and a polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer formed on the thermoplastic resin substrate, being used to form a polarizing film of the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer treated with a post-process comprising at least a dyeing step of dyeing the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer with a dichroic material, the post-process being performed after the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer formed on the thermoplastic resin substrate is stretched together with the thermoplastic resin substrate, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer comprises a polyvinyl alcohol based resin and a halide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Shusaku GOTO, Minoru MIYATAKE, Takashi KAMIJO, Satoru KUNIKATA
  • Publication number: 20160377773
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate comprising a thermoplastic resin substrate and a polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer formed on the thermoplastic resin substrate, being used to form a polarizing film of the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer treated with a post-process comprising at least a dyeing step of dyeing the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer with a dichroic material, the post-process being performed after the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer formed on the thermoplastic resin substrate is stretched together with the thermoplastic resin substrate, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer comprises a polyvinyl alcohol based resin and urea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Shusaku GOTO, Minoru MIYATAKE, Takashi KAMIJO, Satoru KUNIKATA
  • Publication number: 20160377774
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate comprising a thermoplastic resin substrate and a polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer formed on the thermoplastic resin substrate, being used to form a polarizing film of the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer treated with a post-process comprising at least a dyeing step of dyeing the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer with a dichroic material, the post-process being performed after the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer formed on the thermoplastic resin substrate is stretched together with the thermoplastic resin substrate, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer comprises a polyvinyl alcohol based resin and glycerin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Shusaku GOTO, Minoru MIYATAKE, Takashi KAMIJO, Satoru KUNIKATA
  • Publication number: 20160377775
    Abstract: A pattern phase difference film is manufactured by a process including a laminate body formation step of applying a pattern alignment layer composition on a substrate to form a laminate body, a heat-drying layer formation step of heat-drying the composition to form a heat-dried layer, a pattern alignment layer formation step of irradiating a polarization pattern onto the heat-dried layer to form a pattern alignment layer, and a phase difference layer formation step of forming a phase difference layer including a rod-shaped compound on the pattern alignment layer. During the steps between the heat-drying layer formation step and the phase difference layer formation step, the heat-dried layer and the pattern alignment layer are exposed to the air for four hours or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya INOMATA, Kumiko KAMBARA, Masanori FUKUDA, Hideki USUKI, Keiji KASHIMA, Kazuki YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160377776
    Abstract: Due to the present invention, a reflection member including two or more layers of fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phases, in which the two or more layers of fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phases exhibit central wavelengths of mutually different selective reflection, and the two or more layers of fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phases include a layer formed of a composition including a disc-like liquid crystal compound and a layer formed of a composition including a rod-like liquid crystal compound and a projected image display member and a heat shield member which include the reflection member are provided. The reflection member of the present invention has favorable selective reflection characteristics with respect to oblique incidence rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuyoshi ICHIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160377777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a polarizing element including locally bleached areas including steps of providing a polarizing element including a polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizer in which at least one or more of iodine and dichroic dye is oriented in a certain direction; partially bleaching the polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizer by bringing a bleaching solution into contact with one surface of the polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizer through a printing method; and correcting an appearance of the partially bleached polarizing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Beom Seok LEE, Eung Jin JANG, Kyun Il RAH, Hyung Koo KANG, Byung Sun LEE, Du Jin CHOI, Ho Jeong YUN
  • Publication number: 20160377778
    Abstract: Provided are a polarizer that resists red discoloration in a heat resistance test even when it has a small thickness, and a polarizing plate including the polarizer. The polarizer has a thickness less than or equal to 10 ?m and an Rpva variation within 0.2 nm/mm in the transmission axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Yuichiro KUNAI
  • Publication number: 20160377779
    Abstract: Disclosed are various implementations for controlling an electric field within a focused beam of electromagnetic radiation. In one example, among others, a system includes a first birefringent element encodes a first phase shift on a vertical component of a polarization of an input beam. A first wave plate rotates a polarization of an output beam of the first birefringent element by an angle. A second birefringent element encodes a second phase shift to a vertical component of the output beam of the first wave plate. A second wave plate rotates a polarization of the output beam of the second birefringent element by another angle. By mechanically or electronically varying parameters of the system, the polarization in the focus of the beam can be continuously orientated in any desired direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: James Strohaber
  • Publication number: 20160377780
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical reflection film which is suppressed in iridescent irregularities caused by unevenness of birefringence or film thickness among layers of a reflection unit and has excellent optical reflection performance and light transmittance. The optical reflection film of the present invention, having a plurality of function layers includes at least: a reflection unit that is obtained by alternately laminating a high-refractive-index layer and a low-refractive-index layer and reflects light; and a birefringence layer that has an in-plane retardation of 3000 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Makoto HONDA
  • Publication number: 20160377781
    Abstract: Optical film stacks are described. More particularly, optical film stacks including a half-wave retardation layer are described. Achromatic half-wave retardation layers, including achromatic half-wave layers formed from a quarter-wave and a three-quarters-wave retardation layer, are described. Film stacks including reflective polarizers tuned to reduce wavelength dispersion of the half-wave retardation layer are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Sun-Yong Park, Song-Geun Lee, Matthew B. Johnson, Adam D. Haag
  • Publication number: 20160377782
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of using a birefringent assembly to produce optical effects for use in photography and videography comprising: providing the birefringent assembly comprising a housing, at least one birefringent optical element and at least one polarizing optical element wherein the at least one birefringent optical element and the at least one polarizing optical element are contained within the housing; attaching the birefringent assembly to a camera lens attached to a camera; and capturing an image containing desired optical effects using the camera and the birefringent assembly. The present invention also provides the birefringent assembly discussed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: CORY SALAR HAGUE
  • Publication number: 20160377783
    Abstract: An optical fiber holding structure includes a light-transmitting tube configured to cover a surface-light-emitting optical fiber and a fixture configured to fix the tube to a building material. The tube is made of a material having such rigidity that the tube is not bent even when the tube is horizontally fixed by the fixture. The tube has a notch through which the optical fiber is introduced into the tube. The fixture includes an engaging portion, a mounting portion and a leg portion. The engaging portion is inserted into the tube through the notch to engage with an inner circumference of the tube. The mounting portion is mounted to the building material. The leg portion is configured to interconnect the engaging portion and the mounting portion with a predetermined gap left therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu TANAHASHI, Hideharu KAWACHI, Shinichi ANAMI
  • Publication number: 20160377784
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light guide plate, a backlight module, and a display device. The light guide plate contains a platform of uniform thickness along an edge of the light guide plate for installing a flexible printed circuit (FPC). The platform contains a plurality of through openings for installing light emitting diodes (LEDs). The backlight module contains LEDs, a FPC, and the light guide plate. The FPC is configured on the platform. The LEDs are configured inside the openings. The display device contains the backlight module. The present invention enhances the reliable connection between the FPC and light guide plate, reduces the probability of coupling failure, and lower the manufacturing difficulty and cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei GUO, Jie ZENG, Zhongjie LIU
  • Publication number: 20160377785
    Abstract: A light emitting device (1) comprising at least one light source (2) adapted for, in operation, emitting first light (13) with a first spectral distribution, a light guide (4) made of a luminescent material and comprising a light input surface (41) and a light exit surface (42) extending in an angle different from zero to one another, the light guide further comprising a first further surface (46) extending parallel to and arranged opposite to the light exit surface, wherein the light guide is adapted for receiving the first light (13) with the first spectral distribution at the light input surface, converting at least a part of the first light with the first spectral distribution to second light (14) with a second spectral distribution, guiding the second light with the second spectral distribution to the light exit surface and coupling the second light with the second spectral distribution out of the light exit surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Dmitri Anatolievich CHESTAKOV, Rifat Ata Mustafa HIKMET, Stefan Willi Julius GRUHLKE, Ties VAN BOMMEL, Albert BIJLSMA, Dirk Kornelis Gerhardus DE BOER, Gerardus Everardus Marie HANNEN, Hendrik Jan EGGINK
  • Publication number: 20160377786
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a backlight unit and a fluorescent film, and a boundary fluorescent body is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Jung-Hyun Ham
  • Publication number: 20160377787
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source, a transmission part and a lighting appliance. The light source is configured to emit a laser light. The transmission part is configured to transmit the laser light emitted from the light source through an optical fiber. The lighting appliance is configured to convert a wavelength of the laser light transmitted through the transmission part and emit an illumination light. The transmission part includes a guide part having a rail-shape and extending along a transmission direction of the laser light. The lighting appliance is further configured to be mounted in an arbitrary position of the guide part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideharu KAWACHI, Shinichi ANAMI
  • Publication number: 20160377788
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guiding plate with a light incident lateral surface. Pluralities of V-shaped grooves are disposed on the light incident lateral surface, the grooves are disposed along the light incident lateral surface in a direction of width of the light guiding plate with equal interval, and light emitting modules are disposed respectively on the opposite position of the slopes of the grooves correspondingly. The present invention further provides a liquid crystal display device equipped with the backlight module. The backlight module and the liquid crystal display device equipped with the backlight module can improve the brightness of the backlight module efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optpelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chengwen QUE
  • Publication number: 20160377789
    Abstract: A button module includes an operating member, a circuit board having a pattern for detecting touch operations on the operating member, a button arranged on the circuit board, and a light guiding component further including a front side, a back side opposite to the front side, a housing defined between the front and back sides, a recess defined in the back side for hosting a light source, a through hole extending through the front side and connecting the housing to the external space, and an optical path from an inner surface of the recess to the front side. The operating member, the circuit board and the button are located in the housing with the operating member at least partially hosted in the through hole and the button abutting the light guiding component. Light from the light source located in the recess extends along the optical path to the front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: SONGLING YANG, Songya Chen, Zihong Liu
  • Publication number: 20160377790
    Abstract: A light source assembly, a backlight and a display device are provided. The light source assembly comprises a bar-shaped light source unit, which comprises an organic light-emitting diode for emitting light and has a light outgoing side; and a light concentration bar, which has a light incidence surface and a light outgoing surface opposite to each other, the light incidence surface being disposed at an outer side of the light outgoing side of the light source unit and matching with the light outgoing side in size, and the light outgoing surface matching with a light incidence side of a light guide plate in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Gang LIU, Yaling KANG, Qinggang FENG, Xudong FANG
  • Publication number: 20160377791
    Abstract: A presentation device has a cylindrical display panel provided with a first pattern on an outer circumferential surface thereof and supported to be rotatable in a circumferential direction, a cylindrical light guide plate arranged along an outer circumference of the display panel and supported coaxially with the display panel such that the first pattern is visible from an outer circumferential side, and a light source opposing a portion of one edge surface of the light guide plate and configured to emit visible light. The light guide plate has prisms that are formed in a diffusing surface on an inner circumferential side opposing the outer circumference surface of the display panel, reflect visible light from the light source that enters the light guide plate from the portion of the edge surface toward an exit surface on the outer circumferential side opposing the diffusing surface and arranged along a second pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji MURAOKA, Takeshi KAKINUMA, Yoshihiko TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20160377792
    Abstract: A light guide plate includes a diffusing surface that diffuses incident light having a concave cylindrical surface shape with curvature in a first direction, and an exit surface having a convex cylindrical surface shape with curvature in the first direction. The light guide plate is constituted such that a pattern provided behind the diffusing surface is visible from the exit surface side. The light guide plate has an incident surface on at least one end of the light guide plate in the first direction, and prisms that are formed in the diffusing surface and reflect visible light from a light source that enters the light guide plate from the incident surface toward the exit surface. Each prism has a reflecting surface oriented toward the incident surface side, and an angle between the reflecting surface and the diffusing surface increases, the further the prism is from the incident surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji MURAOKA, Takeshi KAKINUMA, Yoshihiko TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20160377793
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source unit; and a light guide plate configured to guide light from the light source unit and to emit the light outward. The light guide plate includes an incidence surface which constitutes one end surface of the light guide plate and on which the light from the light source unit is incident, and emission surfaces which constitute opposite main surfaces of the light guide plate and from which the light incident on the incidence surface is emitted. The emission surfaces include dots formed by micro prism processing. The dots on one of the emission surfaces and the dots on the other emission surface are position-shifted in rotational symmetry with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motohiro SAIMI, Osamu TANAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160377794
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source unit and a light guide plate configured to guide light coming from the light source unit. The light guide plate includes an incidence surface, main emission surfaces from which the light incident on the incidence surface is emitted, and an end emission surface which is opposed to the incidence surface and from which the light is emitted. At least one of the main emission surfaces has a stepped surface which is formed such that the thickness of the light guide plate becomes thinner at a side of the end emission surface than at a side of the incidence surface. The stepped surface is configured to reflect the light in a direction opposite to a light guide direction extending from the incidence surface toward the end emission surface and inclined with respect to the light guide direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideharu KAWACHI, Shinichi ANAMI, Osamu TANAHASHI, Hiroyuki SEKII
  • Publication number: 20160377795
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a combined enhanced diffused reflector and back cover for a display stack. The back cover may be assembled proximate to a light guide panel layer of a display stack to receive light from a light guide panel and to reflect and diffuse light received from the light guide panel back to the light guide panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: ARVIND SUNDARAM
  • Publication number: 20160377796
    Abstract: Marketing strips having a light source and a flexible viscoelastic lightguide for displaying products or product related information, or illuminating a graphic on the marketing strip and products adjacent it. Light from the light source enters the viscoelastic lightguide and is transported within the lightguide by total internal reflection until the light exits from surfaces of the lightguide and through the graphic. The viscoelastic lightguide can include a pressure-sensitive adhesive, which adheres the lightguide to the marketing strip and enhances structural support for it. The light from the lightguide can illuminate products and labels on the marketing strip. The lightguide can also include a bevelled edge with light exiting the edge downward and backward from the marketing strip to illuminate products it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Audrey A. Sherman, Michael A. Meis, Kevin R. Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20160377797
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques to incorporate a light bar for a backlit liquid crystal display (LCD) onto a display carrier for the display. In particular, a display carrier for a display stack may have traces formed thereon and light emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed on the display carrier operably coupled to the traces. The LEDs to provide light to illuminate pixels in the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: ARVIND SUNDARAM
  • Publication number: 20160377798
    Abstract: A light guide apparatus that can redirect light impinging on the apparatus over a wide range of incident angles and can concentrate light without using a tracking system and methods for fabrication. This apparatus uses conditions of total internal reflection and refraction near the critical angle for total internal reflection (near TIR) in order to trap light within the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Agira, Inc.
    Inventor: Bal Mukund Dhar
  • Publication number: 20160377799
    Abstract: There are provided a circuit device for emitting heat to the outside and a backlight unit including the same. The present invention relates to a display device, a backlight unit connected to a display panel, or a constituent element thereof. The circuit device generates heat, and one or more heat emitting units for emitting heat generated from the light source of the backlight unit to the outside are added to the circuit device, and the backlight unit controlled by the aforementioned circuit device is provided. Each of the heat emitting units according to one embodiment of the present invention includes two or more different material layers to fix the circuit device and provide a heat emitting/directing function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunmin PARK, SangChul RYU, RokHee LEE, Suhun LEE
  • Publication number: 20160377800
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a backlight system for the LCD panel are provided. A light guide plate and an illumination source facing a side of the light guide plate are provided, wherein the illumination source comprises a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs). An LED substrate is provided on which the plurality of LEDs are mounted. A fixing plate is provided to which the LED substrate is attached. A set of clips are provided for binding the LED substrate and the fixing plate together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Takenori YAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160377801
    Abstract: A multimode coupling fiber for optical data links features low coupling loss to silicon photonics lasers, VCSELs, single mode transmission fibers, multimode transmission fibers, and high speed receivers. The coupling fiber includes a core, an optional inner cladding region, a depressed index cladding region, and an outer cladding region. The relative refractive index profile of the coupling fiber includes a core region with a profile and a depressed index cladding region that facilitates low bending loss and high bandwidth. The mode field diameter of the coupling fiber is well-matched to standard single mode transmission fibers and the etendue of the coupling fiber is high enough to couple efficiently to multimode transmission fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Scott Robertson Bickham, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li, Pushkar Tandon
  • Publication number: 20160377802
    Abstract: An optical fiber comprises a glass fiber including a core and a cladding surrounding the core, a non-strippable resin layer that adheres to and covers a surface of the glass fiber, and a buffer layer that covers the non-strippable resin layer, when pullout force measurement in which a length of 10 mm of each of the glass fiber and the non-strippable resin layer is pulled out at a tensile speed of 5 mm/min from the buffer layer is performed, a pullout force at 23° C. is 1.0 kg or less and a pullout force at 95° C. is 0.50 kg or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Yuya HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20160377803
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for producing portable, high power, broadband terahertz emitters based on arrayed terahertz photoconductive antennas. After such an arrayed structure is made, the phase of terahertz signals that are produced by each photoconductive antenna can be adjusted, and the terahertz signals can be added such that the signals are added constructively. Terahertz emitters based on terahertz photoconductive antenna arrays are advantageously small in size and scalable, allowing for terahertz power to be increased by adding more photoconductive antenna arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Dong Ho Wu, Benjamin Graber
  • Publication number: 20160377804
    Abstract: System and method embodiments are provided for optical I/O arrays for wafer scale testing. A wafer includes a plurality of dies of PIC chips. Each die includes a plurality of first and second optical I/O elements each configured to couple to a testing probe array. A row of I/O elements includes alternating ones of the first and second optical I/O elements. Each die also includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide coupling a first one of the first and second optical I/O elements to a second one of the first and second optical I/O elements, respectively. The first and second optical I/O elements configured such that the testing probe array couples to at least some of the first optical I/O elements from a first side of the PIC chip and couples to at least some of the second optical I/O elements from a second side of the PIC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Dritan Celo
  • Publication number: 20160377805
    Abstract: Various particular embodiments include a primary waveguide including an end section; cantilevered waveguides, each cantilevered waveguide including an end section disposed adjacent the end section of the primary waveguide; and control pins for applying an electrical bias to the cantilevered waveguides to selectively displace the end sections of the cantilevered waveguides away from the end section of the primary waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Brendan S. Harris, Vibhor Jain, Thomas Kessler, Yves T. Ngu, Sebastian T. Ventrone
  • Publication number: 20160377806
    Abstract: Integrated optical structures include a first wafer layer, a first insulator layer directly connected to the top of the first wafer layer, a second wafer layer directly connected to the top of the first insulator layer, a second insulator layer directly connected to the top of the second wafer layer, and a third wafer layer directly connected to the top of the second insulator layer. Such structures include: a first optical waveguide positioned within the second wafer layer; an optical coupler positioned within the second wafer layer, the second insulator layer, and the third wafer layer; and a second optical waveguide positioned within the third wafer layer. The optical coupler transmits an optical beam from the first optical waveguide to the second optical waveguide through the second insulator layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Brendan S. Harris, Vibhor Jain, Yves T. Ngu, Sebastian T. Ventrone
  • Publication number: 20160377807
    Abstract: A bent taper is provided that includes one or more waveguide bends, at least one of which has a tapering waveguide width along at least a portion thereof. In one embodiment, the bent taper is an S-shaped bent taper that is configured as a TE0-TE1 mode convertor. Such a bent taper can be combined with a linear bi-layer taper configured as a TM0-TE1 mode converter to form a TM0-TE0 polarization rotator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yangjin Ma, Michael J. Hochberg
  • Publication number: 20160377808
    Abstract: Waveguides and electromagnetic cavities fabricated in hyperuniform disordered materials with complete photonic bandgaps are provided. Devices comprising electromagnetic cavities fabricated in hyperuniform disordered materials with complete photonic bandgaps are provided. Devices comprising waveguides fabricated in hyperuniform disordered materials with complete photonic bandgaps are provided. The devices include electromagnetic splitters, filters, and sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Paul J. Steinhardt, Marian Florescu, Salvatore Torquato