Patents Issued in July 4, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190204461
    Abstract: An SiPM sensor chip includes pixels consisting of microcells Z, each pixel being associated with an xy position x1, x2, x3, . . . , xN or y1, y2, y3, . . . yM. A plurality of pixels form a block, and the microcells are connected to output channels for a linear coding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Christoph LERCHE, Arne BERNEKING, Nadim Joni SHAH
  • Publication number: 20190204462
    Abstract: Method for calibrating a high-voltage generator of an X-ray tube in a tube-detector system including: introducing at least two filters of different materials into an X-ray beam between the X-ray tube and a detector, the first filter material having its K-edge outside and the second filter material having its K-edge inside a predefinable high-voltage range; setting a nominal high-voltage value at the generator and recording an X-ray image of the filters through the detector; recording X-ray images of the filters at other nominal values; forming a relationship between signals in the X-ray images for the first and second materials for each nominal high-voltage value; determining the nominal high-voltage value by reference to the setting at the generator where the relationship has an extreme value; calculating a difference between this nominal high-voltage value and the K-edge value of the second material; and correcting the nominal high-voltage value by the calculated difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: André SCHU
  • Publication number: 20190204463
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for imaging seismic data includes obtaining an initial model of a subsurface formation, wherein the model includes a plurality of nodes that form at least part of a grid; an initial dip value for the nodes; and a set of origin coordinates for each of the nodes; performing bottom-up ray tracing for each node in the model, resulting in a set of arrival coordinates for each node; identifying a plurality of gathers from the seismic data; for each gather: calculating a set of midpoint coordinates; defining a midpoint vicinity surrounding the set of midpoint coordinates; identifying the nodes having arrival coordinates within the midpoint vicinity; and estimating a unique aperture for each of the gathers based on the respective origin coordinates; storing the estimated apertures in a table; and generating a subsurface volume or image with subsurface reflectors determined with apertures of the respective gathers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Valeriy V. Brytik, Yaxun Tang, David Gaines, Fuxian Song, Anton Spirkin
  • Publication number: 20190204464
    Abstract: A method and system are described for creating subsurface models that accounts for non-matrix features. The method includes identifying non-matrix attributes and non-matrix effective properties, constructing a subsurface model for a subsurface region and using the subsurface model in simulations and in hydrocarbon operations, such as hydrocarbon exploration, hydrocarbon development, and/or hydrocarbon production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Paul J. Moore, III, Fermin Fernandez-Ibanez, James M. Degraff
  • Publication number: 20190204465
    Abstract: A transmission device of a submarine resource exploration system includes a transmission unit which transmits a predetermined transmission artificial signal transmitted in order to perform exploration of submarine resources in water using water as a medium. A reception device includes a reception unit which receives a composite signal of a received artificial signal representing a signal propagated to the reception device using water as a medium in the transmission artificial signal, and a self-potential propagated to the reception device using water as a medium due to a potential anomaly generated due to submarine resources. A signal processing device includes a signal processing unit which separates the composite signal into the received artificial signal and the self-potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Nippon Marine Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi KASAYA, Tadanori GOTO, Yoshifumi KAWADA, Hisanori IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190204466
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for evaluating a volume of an earth formation carried out using complex dielectric measurements. Methods include making measurements of complex permittivity at a plurality of frequencies; identifying an optimal frequency by: identifying candidate frequencies having a corresponding measurement with a respective sensitivity to at least one of i) salinity and ii) water-filled porosity, by determining that each respective sensitivity is substantially independent of rock texture; selecting a maximum of the candidate frequencies as the optimal frequency; using a table search method based on a forward model to generate an initial estimate of at least two parameters of the volume; and using the initial estimate as an initial condition for an inversion of other measurements at frequencies other than the optimal frequency to generate a final solution comprising final estimates for formation properties. The at least two parameters may comprise water salinity and water filled porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Yinxi ZHANG, Alberto MEZZATESTA
  • Publication number: 20190204467
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cloud-based oil and gas well monitoring. The solution comprises a concentrator located electrically on the input side of an artificial lift drive motor or pump, and measures single or three-phase voltage, current and power. The concentrator includes a communication means, antenna, power supply, microprocessor, and voltage and current transducer means. The concentrator sends status and measurement information to the server system. The server system processes and stores concentrator data, and provides a web interface for a user to view live data, analyze graphs and reports, view a map-based UI showing overall status of devices and wells, and configure alerts based on conditions. An aspect adds a Smart Artificial Lift Receiver that interfaces with various sensors, and connects to a concentrator through an interface. The augmented concentrator links with the smart pump concentrator, processing the sensor data similarly to the voltage and current data already measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Edward Curt, Christopher Fisher Mullins
  • Publication number: 20190204468
    Abstract: Acoustic imaging tools and methods use refracted wave amplitudes to generate borehole images, thereby providing a method and tool that is highly sensitive to borehole discontinuities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Yao GE, Wei LI, Jing JIN, Chung CHANG
  • Publication number: 20190204469
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a vehicle-mounted type back scattering inspection system. The vehicle-mounted type back scattering inspection system includes a carriage and a back scattering imaging device, the scanning range of the back scattering imaging device is variable. As the scanning range of the back scattering imaging device of the present disclosure is variably set, the inspection range of the back scattering imaging device can be expanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Hao YU, Ying LI, Weizhen WANG, Quanwei SONG, Dongyu WANG, Haojie CHI, Jianmin LI, Yulan LI, Chunguang ZONG, Zhiqiang CHEN, Yuanjing LI, Li ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190204470
    Abstract: A method of creating a well image log of a cased well is provided. A passive cased well image logging tool assembly including a logging tool body, a plurality of gamma ray radiation sensor assemblies and a spatial positioning device is moved through at least a portion of the wellbore. Corrected gamma ray radiation data is vertically sampled. Based on the sampled data, a well image log is prepared. A passive cased well image logging tool assembly for use in a cased well is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Jonathan Godard Kuespert
  • Publication number: 20190204471
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the composition of an earth formation are disclosed. One or more spectra that correspond to gamma radiation that is detected at each of multiple depths in a wellbore are generated, the contributions of each of multiple detection elements to the one or more spectra are determined, and the weight fractions of each of multiple compounds that are associated with the detection elements are calculated. The weight fraction calculations are based on a number density ratio value for the compound's associated detection element, which allows the weight fraction to be calculated directly from the contribution of the compound's associated detection element without a normalization factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Donald McKeon, Richard R. Pemper
  • Publication number: 20190204472
    Abstract: A system may comprise a scanner assembly and a radiometer. The radiometer may comprise a W-Band and F-Band receiver and an intermediate frequency processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: William Joseph Blackwell
  • Publication number: 20190204473
    Abstract: A terahertz security check method and system may include: a terahertz scanning device collecting a terahertz original image of a human body under test, and sending the same to a central server that identifies the terahertz original image, and determines whether the human body under test carries an article. If so, the image is marked with the position of the article and sent to a monitoring terminal. The monitoring terminal correspondingly marking the position of the article on a pre-stored human body cartoon image, and displaying the terahertz original images before and after marking to monitoring personnel, so that the monitoring personnel determine whether the central server has an identification error; and if so, the monitoring terminal changing a marker on the human body cartoon image, and sending the changed cartoon image to a client of security check personnel for displaying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Hanjiang Chen, Tiansheng ZHANG, Chunchao QI, Shukai ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20190204474
    Abstract: A system for determining a fingerprint of a structure is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Laura Pyrak-Nolte, David Nolte, Nicholas Nolte
  • Publication number: 20190204475
    Abstract: A system and method for forecasting perceived transitions to the four annual seasons in geographic areas is disclosed. The perceived transitions are identified by comparing forecasted daily temperatures in each geographic area to thresholds generated based on normal daily temperatures in those geographic areas. The forecasted daily temperatures may be calculated using both forecasted temperatures and forecasted perceived ambient temperatures (calculated using both temperature and humidity, cloud cover, sun intensity, and/or wind speed).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Rosemary Radich, Tim Loftus, Jennifer Akers, Michael R. Root
  • Publication number: 20190204476
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for forming a light extraction layer comprising nanostructures, the method comprising: providing a substrate, the substrate being at least partially transparent to UV light; forming a non-aqueous precursor solution comprising fluorine and an alkaline earth metal to form alkaline earth metal difluoride particles; applying the precursor solution on at least a first side of the substrate; drying the substrate at a first temperature for a first period of time; and baking the substrate at a second temperature, higher than the first temperature, for a second period of time, thereby forming a light extraction nanostructure layer comprising alkaline earth metal difluoride nanostructures on the substrate. The present invention also relates to a light extraction structure and to a UV lamp comprising such an extraction structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Lightlab Sweden AB
    Inventors: Jan-Otto CARLSSON, Olesya NIKONOVA
  • Publication number: 20190204477
    Abstract: A functional polarizing film includes a polarizing layer, at least one moisture-binding layer on a first surface of the polarizing layer, and at least one moisture-blocking layer disposed on a first surface of the moisture-binding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Nam Jin KIM, Chul Hwan PARK, Sang Woo KIM, Mi Kyung KIM
  • Publication number: 20190204478
    Abstract: A method of coating an optical substrate with a transparent, electrically conductive coating includes depositing a semiconductor coating over a surface of an optical substrate. The semiconductor coating has broadband optical transmittance. Channels are formed in the semiconductor coating. The method includes coating over the semiconductor coating and filling the channels with a doped semiconductor. The doped semiconductor is removed from the semi-conductor coating, leaving the doped semiconductor in the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Bradley Dean Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20190204479
    Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display including the same are provided. The polarizing plate is composed of a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, and includes: a polarizer; and a bonding layer and a first polarizer protective film sequentially stacked on an upper surface of the polarizer. A light shielding layer includes a UV absorbent material and is embedded in the bonding layer to constitute at least a portion of the non-display region. The light shielding layer is formed on at least one surface of the first polarizer protective film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ji Hyun HWANG, Yoo Jin KIM, Jin Woo KIM, Dong Yoon SHIN, Bae Wook LEE, Sung Man CHO
  • Publication number: 20190204480
    Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate and a coating applied over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metallic layer formed from one or more silver compounds doped with at least one metal selected from Groups 3 to 15 of the periodic table of the elements. Also disclosed are capsules that can absorb electromagnetic energy as well as a process of forming an antimony-doped tin oxide coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: James P. Thiel, Andrew V. Wagner, Adam D. Polcyn, Dennis J. O'Shaughnessy, Paul A. Medwick, Harry Buhay, Jeffrey A. Benigni, Donald Anthony
  • Publication number: 20190204481
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an anti-glare film is provided. The manufacturing method includes spraying a solution on a substrate to form a plurality of droplets on the substrate, wherein the solution includes a curable resin, a plurality of particles, and a solvent; and curing the plurality of droplets to form an anti-glare film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ching-Huan LIAO, Hsin-Tao HUANG, Franklin Chau-Nan HONG, Cyun-Jhe YAN, Wen-De ZHENG, Yu-Lun HSIAO
  • Publication number: 20190204482
    Abstract: A system for transferring near-UV and/or UV photons with engineered angular momentum on to matter, and treat organic and inorganic substances and/or impurities comprising a coherent or incoherent source of near-UV and/or UV photons, and one or more angular momentum generators configured to deliver near-UV and/or UV photons with optimized spin angular momentum (SAM), orbital angular momentum OAM, and/or a SAM/OAM combination to target organic or inorganic substance and/or impurity, wherein the angular momentum generators are scalable such that they can be fabricated as a stand alone structure, as a structure fabricated on the package of the near-UV and/or UV photon source, or as an integral part of the near-UV and/or UV photon source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Paolo BATONI
  • Publication number: 20190204483
    Abstract: A diffraction grating may include a substrate. The diffraction grating may include an etch stop layer to prevent etching of the substrate. The etch stop layer may be deposited on the substrate. The diffraction grating may include a marker layer to indicate an etch end-point associated with etching of a dielectric layer. The marker layer may be deposited on a portion of the etch stop layer. The diffraction grating may include the dielectric layer to form a grating layer after being etched. The dielectric layer may be deposited on at least the marker layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: John Michael MILLER, Gonzalo WILLS, Lu TIAN, Michael O'LEARY
  • Publication number: 20190204484
    Abstract: An optical device includes a shaped layer, an optical function layer, and an embedding resin layer. The shaped layer has a structure forming a concave section. The optical function layer is formed on the structure, and partially reflects incident light. The embedding resin layer is made of energy beam curable resin, the embedding resin layer having a first layer having a first volume, and a second layer formed on the first layer, the second layer having a second volume, the concave section being filled with the first layer, a ratio of the second volume to the first volume being equal to or larger than 5%, the structure and the optical function layer being embedded in the embedding resin layer. In the optical device, at least one of the shaped layer and the embedding resin layer has light transmissive property, and an entrance surface for the incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ITO
  • Publication number: 20190204485
    Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; a bonding layer on an upper surface of the polarizer; and an anti-reflection film on an upper surface of the bonding layer, and the anti-reflection film includes a base layer, a high refractivity layer, and a low refractivity layer sequentially stacked on the bonding layer in the stated order, the bonding layer has an index of refraction of about 1.51 to less than 1.60, and the polarizer, the bonding layer, and the base layer satisfy the relation: Index of refraction of polarizer<Index of refraction of bonding layer<Index of refraction of base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Yeon Ju Jung, Seo Young Kang, Han Su Kim, Il Woong Baek, Dong Yoon Shin
  • Publication number: 20190204486
    Abstract: An optical film with a conductive function is provided. The optical film with the conductive function includes a liquid crystal optical compensation film and a conductive layer. The conductive layer is disposed on the liquid crystal optical compensation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: imat corporation
    Inventors: Tsai-An Yu, Da-Ren Chiou, Shih-Ming Hung, Kuo-Chen Wu, Yi-Chien Chen, Hsiu-Yun Hsu
  • Publication number: 20190204487
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a polarizer, a display panel, a display apparatus, and a wearable device. The polarizer includes a polarizing layer and a lens layer arranged in stack, wherein the lens layer includes at least one converging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: Beijing BOE Display Technologyy Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Linlin WANG, Dongliang WANG, Dan WANG, Huabin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190204488
    Abstract: Provided is a light diffusion film laminate for a reflective display device that can improve the reflection luminance at a predetermined observation position (for example, the front direction of the screen) without reducing the visibility not only from the predetermined observation position (for example, the front direction of the screen) but also from a position away from a predetermined observation position (for example, an oblique direction deviated from the front of the screen) and a reflective display device including the light diffusion film laminate. A light diffusion film laminate for a reflective display device has optical diffusibility that changes depending on an incident angle of light, and at least transmits reflected light occurring when incident light is reflected by a reflective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Tsubasa SAKANO, Masahide SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190204489
    Abstract: A method for patterning film layer, a metal wire grid polarizer and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes: forming an imprint adhesive layer on a metal layer; imprinting the imprint adhesive layer to form a groove so that part of the metal layer is exposed from the bottom of the groove; performing a surface treatment on the exposed metal layer to form an etching-resist layer on the surface of the exposed metal layer, the etching-resist layer containing an element contained in the metal layer; and etching the imprint adhesive layer and the surface-treated metal layer to remove the imprint adhesive layer and the metal layer whose surface is not formed with the etching-resist layer, to obtain a patterned metal layer, thereby reducing cost and time of the metal layer patterning and improving the patterning accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Hua Huang
  • Publication number: 20190204490
    Abstract: To provide a polarizing plate capable of excellently controlling reflectance characteristics, a polarizing plate manufacturing method, and an optical apparatus including the polarizing plate. Provided is a polarizing plate 10 with a wire grid structure, including: a transparent substrate 1 and a grid-shaped convex portion 6 arranged on the transparent substrate at a pitch shorter than a wavelength of light of a use band and extending in a predetermined direction, wherein the grid-shaped convex portion 6 includes a reflection layer 2, a first dielectric layer 3, and an absorption layer 4 in order from the transparent substrate 1, and wherein the reflection layer and the first dielectric layer have substantially the same width and a minimum width of the absorption layer is smaller than a minimum width of the reflection layer and the first dielectric layer as viewed from a predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventor: Tomu Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190204491
    Abstract: A head-up display system includes a display control component, a polarization conversion member, a birefringent lens component, a scattering component, and a reflecting component; the display control component is configured to alternately output a first to-be-displayed image and a second to-be-displayed image to the polarization conversion member; the polarization conversion member is configured to convert light having different polarization states; the birefringent lens component is configured to image light of a P-polarization state and a S-polarization state; the scattering component is configured to scatter formed images onto the reflecting component, respectively; and the reflecting component is configured to reflect the images to an eye of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Tao HONG
  • Publication number: 20190204492
    Abstract: An active phase modulator and a beam steering device capable of 360-degree phase modulation. The active phase modulator includes a substrate, an active layer whose electrical characteristics change when an electric field is applied thereto, an insulating layer, and a nano-antenna including a plurality of first nano-antennas, wherein the first nano-antennas are distributed at 90-degree angular intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghyun PARK, Changgyun SHIN, Byounglyong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190204493
    Abstract: A multilayer optical film has a packet of microlayers that selectively reflect light by constructive or destructive interference to provide a first reflective characteristic. At least some of the microlayers are birefringent. A stabilizing layer attaches to and covers the microlayer packet proximate an outer exposed surface of the film. Heating element(s) can physically contact the film to deliver heat to the packet through the stabilizing layer by thermal conduction, at altered region(s) of the film, such that the first reflective characteristic changes to an altered reflective characteristic in the altered region(s) to pattern the film. The stabilizing layer provides sufficient heat conduction to allow heat from the heating elements to change (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Benton Free, Martin B. Wolk, Rolf W. Biernath, Stephen A. Johnson, William W. Merrill, William F. Edmonds, Claire A. Jalbert
  • Publication number: 20190204494
    Abstract: A display screen includes a light guide plate having a light incident surface and at least two light emitting surfaces, at least two display panels each correspondingly disposed at a corresponding one of the light emitting surfaces of the light guide plate, and a light source disposed at the light incident surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Xing ZHAO, Lijun SU, Zhiguo SHEN
  • Publication number: 20190204495
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image. A light guide plate is disposed below the display panel. The light guide plate has a light incident surface. A light source is disposed adjacent to the light incident surface of the light guide plate to generate first light. A light conversion layer is disposed between the light guide plate and the display panel to convert a wavelength band of incident light. An optical filter layer is disposed between the light guide plate and the light conversion layer to selectively transmit or reflect incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: KWANGKEUN LEE, YOUNGMIN KIM, YEONGSEOK KIM, HAEIL PARK, SEON-TAE YOON, JUNHAN LEE
  • Publication number: 20190204496
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light guide plate that includes a side surface that is an incidence surface that is normal to a first direction, a light source adjacent to the incidence surface, and a light conversion layer disposed on an upper surface of the light guide plate that changes a wavelength of light incident thereto. The light conversion layer includes a first portion and a second portion arranged in the first direction. The first portion is closer to the incidence surface in the first direction than the second portion, and the first portion is thinner than the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: KWANGKEUN LEE, Junghyun Kwon, Yongseok Kim, Haeil Park, Seon-Tae Yoon, Daeho Lee
  • Publication number: 20190204497
    Abstract: A light-guide plate includes a light-guide member through which light is guided to exit from an upper surface of the light-guide member; and a high refractive index member covering a lower surface of the light-guide member which is opposite to the upper surface thereof, the high refractive index member including: a first high-refractive layer and a second high-refractive layer having refractive indices equal to each other, each of the refractive indices being equal to or greater than a refractive index of the light-guide member; and a quantum dot pattern which changes a wavelength of light incident thereto, disposed between the first high-refractive layer and the second high-refractive layer to dispose the first high-refractive layer between the light-guide member and the quantum dot pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Sangmin JEON, Seungjun YU
  • Publication number: 20190204498
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The display device includes: a display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a light guide plate configured to receive light from light sources disposed on a side surface thereof, and to emit the light to the display panel; an optical sheet disposed between the light guide plate and the first substrate; and a spacer disposed and attached between the display panel and the light guide plate. The spacer has a uniform width along a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Sanggil LEE, Eunguk Lee, Byunggon Kum
  • Publication number: 20190204499
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light guide plate assembly, a backlight source and a display device. The light guide plate assembly includes at least two light guide plates that are stacked on each other. Refractive indexes of the light guide plates are monotonously changed in a stacking direction of the light guide plates. One side of each light guide plate is provided with a refraction cavity. The refraction cavities of adjacent two light guide plates are disposed in two sides of the light guide plate assembly in a staggered manner. A light scattering layer is disposed at an inner wall that encloses the refraction cavity of each light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Qi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190204500
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display device and a mechanism thereof, the wall-mounted heat dissipation mechanism includes: a heat dissipation plate including a longitudinal plate and a transverse plate bended to each other, a LED light bar attached to an inner surface of the longitudinal plate, the transverse plate is arranged opposite to a back surface of the light guide plate; a hanger including a first hanger fixed on a hanging wall and two second hangers respectively fixed on two ends of the first hanger at intervals, the second hanger is configured to detachably connect with the heat dissipation plate; and a heat dissipation mechanism fixed on the first hanger and disposed between the two second hangers, the heat dissipation mechanism being in surface contact with a back surface of the heat dissipation plate. The bulky part of the mechanism is integrated into the hanger structure of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Mingjun ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20190204501
    Abstract: A display including a display panel and a backlight module is provided. The backlight module includes a light guide plate and a support. The light guide plate includes a light exiting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the light exiting surface, and a light entering surface connected between the light exiting surface and the bottom surface. The support is disposed between the light guide plate and the display panel. The support is fixed to a side surface of the display panel facing the backlight module and is carried on the light exiting surface of the light guide plate. The support is in movable contact with the light exiting surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: PEI-TING HUANG, BING-HAN TSAI
  • Publication number: 20190204502
    Abstract: A heat-dissipation package for use with an optical fiber includes a base, a cover, and a hollow sleeve. The base includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and a groove embedded in the upper surface, the groove having a generally U-shaped cross-sectional shape. The cover is positioned on the upper surface of the base. The sleeve includes a cylindrical inner surface and an outer surface with a first portion which has a generally U-shaped cross section and a second portion which has a generally planar cross section such that edges of the planar cross section contact an open end of the U-shaped cross section. The first portion of the outer surface of the sleeve is positioned in the groove and the second portion of the outer surface of the sleeve is in contact with the cover. The sleeve is configured to encapsulate a heat-generating section of the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Teraxion
    Inventors: Ghislain Bilodeau, Dominic Faucher, Mathieu Faucher, Francois Seguin
  • Publication number: 20190204503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin optical waveguide including a core and a cladding having a refractive index lower than that of the core, in which the resin optical waveguide includes, along a light propagation direction, a coupling part at which at least a part of the core is exposed and an optical waveguide part where the whole circumference of the core is covered with the cladding, and the core has a width Wb at an end part of the coupling part at a side of the optical waveguide part being larger than a width Wa of the core at an end part of the coupling part at a side opposite to the optical waveguide part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Seiki OHARA, Shotaro TAKENOBU
  • Publication number: 20190204504
    Abstract: A photonic device has a polarization-dependent region and a device layer including a first cladding film, a second cladding film, and a core film. The core film includes one of (1) a material having an index nM and (2) alternating layers of a first material having a first index and second material having a second index. The alternating layers have an effective index for TE polarized light nTE and an effective index for TM polarized light nTM. Each of the first cladding film and the second cladding film include the other of (1) the material having the index of refraction nM and (2) the alternating layers nTM<nM<nTE, and the indices of the upper cladding and the lower cladding are less than nTM, nM and nTE. A polarizer, polarizing beam splitter and coupler using clipped coupling can employ the material having an index nM and the alternating layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: JEFFREY CHILES, SASAN FATHPOUR
  • Publication number: 20190204505
    Abstract: A microelectronic device includes a photonic die having a die input/output (I/O) port. The microelectronic device includes a photonic connection between the first photonic I/O port and the second photonic I/O port. The photonic connection has a dielectric signal pathway for a photonic signal from the first photonic I/O port to the second photonic I/O port. The second photonic I/O port may be a package photonic I/O port at an exterior of the microelectronic device, or may be another die photonic I/O port on another photonic die of the microelectronic device. The photonic connection is formed using at least one additive process, such as by selectively placing material for the photonic connection in a region for the photonic connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Benjamin Stassen Cook, Daniel Lee Revier
  • Publication number: 20190204506
    Abstract: A polymer waveguide/modulator including a lower cladding layer, a polymer core, an upper cladding layer, a first protection/barrier layer sandwiched between the lower cladding layer and the core, and a second protection/barrier layer sandwiched between the core and the upper cladding layer. The protection/barrier layers designed to protect the cladding layers and the core from solvents and gases and to prevent current leakage between the cladding layers and the core. The first protection/barrier layer is optically transparent and designed with a refractive index less than, greater than, or the same as the refractive index of the core and approximately equal to the refractive index of the lower cladding layer. The second protection/barrier layer is optically transparent and designed with a refractive index less than, greater than, or the same as the refractive index of the core and approximately equal to the refractive index of the upper cladding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Lightwave Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Becker, Michael Lebby, Youngwoo Yi
  • Publication number: 20190204507
    Abstract: One example includes an apparatus that includes a plurality of input/output (I/O) ports and a body portion. The plurality of I/O ports can be arranged at a plurality of peripheral surfaces of the body portion. The body portion includes a solid dielectric material having a substantially constant index of refraction. The body portion also includes parallel planar surfaces spaced apart by and bounded by the plurality of peripheral surfaces. The solid dielectric material in the body portion can be writable via a laser-writing process to form an optical waveguide extending between a set of the plurality of I/O ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Raymond G. Beausoleil, Marco Fiorentino, Jason Pelc, Charles M. Santori, Terrel L. Morris
  • Publication number: 20190204508
    Abstract: Embodiments include a sensor node, a method of forming the sensor node, and a vehicle with a communication system that includes sensor nodes. A sensor node includes an interconnect with an input connector, an output connector, and an opening on one or more sidewalls. The sensor node also includes a package with one or more sidewalls, a top surface, and a bottom surface, where at least one of the sidewalls of the package is disposed on the opening of interconnect. The sensor node may have a control circuit on the package, a first millimeter-wave launcher on the package, and a sensor coupled to the control circuit, where the sensor is coupled to the control circuit with an electrical cable. The sensor node may include that at least one of the sidewalls of the package is crimped by the opening and adjacent and co-planar to an inner wall of the interconnect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Adel A. ELSHERBINI, Georgios C. DOGIAMIS, Sasha N. OSTER, Erich N. EWY, Telesphor KAMGAING, Johanna M. SWAN
  • Publication number: 20190204509
    Abstract: A fiber connector, comprising a housing comprising a region extending in a lengthwise direction an optical fiber disposed in the region, a first portion of the optical fiber comprising an inner core, a cladding layer surrounding the core, and a first outer polymer layer surrounding the cladding layer and a second portion of the optical fiber comprising the inner core, the cladding layer surrounding the core and a second outer polymer layer that is different from the first polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: nLIGHT, INC.
    Inventor: Dahv A.V. Kliner
  • Publication number: 20190204510
    Abstract: Embodiment of present invention provide an optical interconnect apparatus. The apparatus includes an optical signal path; a first set of pigtail fibers attached to a first end of the optical signal path via a first wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) filter; and a second set of pigtail fibers attached to a second end of the optical signal path via a second WDM filter. Embodiment of present invention further provide an interconnected optical system that includes a first optical transport terminal having a first set of optical signal ports and a second optical transport terminal having a second set of optical signal ports, with the two sets of optical signal ports being interconnected by the optical interconnect apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Auxora, Inc.
    Inventors: Jinghui Li, Yuan Liu, Haiquan Zhang, Xiaodong Huang