Patents Issued in April 9, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200110285
    Abstract: An aspheric lens using an E-value to control an eyeball growth rate and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. A treatment zone of the aspheric lens includes a base curve having non-zero eccentricity, and the base curve can make the image shell formed on a retina have non-zero eccentricity, so as to increase a peripheral defocus area formed on the retina to effectively control myopia or hyperopia, thereby achieving the purpose of correcting myopia or hyperopia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: I-Tsung WU
  • Publication number: 20200110286
    Abstract: The inventive lens includes a large distance vision area located at, and above, a wearer's natural “straight-ahead” gaze, a full power near vision area for, e.g., reading, and other activities, while accommodating a comfortable intermediate vision zone for transition magnification powers. One aspect of the inventive lens provides a shortened corridor design for a given fit point and reference point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Eric Rhea, Patrick McCollum, Richard McRoberts
  • Publication number: 20200110287
    Abstract: Eyeglasses include a frame having a frame main body defining a receiving slot, a fastener having a rectangular body segment exposed from the receiving slot, and a lens unit including two lens portions and a connecting portion having a receiving notch. The fastener is rotatable at a predetermined angle relative to the frame between a first position, in which the lens unit can be inserted into or removed from the rectangular body segment through an opening of the receiving notch and can be inserted into or detached from the receiving slot through the lens portions; and a second position, in which the rectangular body segment is received and retained in the receiving notch, and the lens unit is fastened to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: York TSAI
  • Publication number: 20200110288
    Abstract: Provided is an prescription lens blank structure, including a first lens having a predetermined color and including a first outer surface and a first inner surface; and a second lens being a transparent lens and including a second outer surface and a second inner surface. The second outer surface of the second lens is directly combined with the first inner surface of the first lens in a mold, or the first inner surface of the first lens is directly combined with the second outer surface of the second lens in the mold, so as to form a prescription lens blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Chin Ming Chen, Nan Huag Kuo
  • Publication number: 20200110289
    Abstract: An ambient light adjustment eyeglasses comprising eyeglasses frame; one or more LEDs carried by the eyeglasses frame; one or more light adjustment sensors carried by the eyeglasses frame; one or more circuits carried by the frame that control light intensity emitted by the one or more LEDs based on ambient light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Carlos De La Fuente
  • Publication number: 20200110290
    Abstract: A driver circuit for a Mach-Zehnder modulator is provided that includes a first driver having an input to receive one of an input data or input data complement, and an output to be coupled to a first application voltage node associated with a first arm of a Mach-Zehnder modulator. The driver circuit includes a second driver having an input to receive the other of the input data complement or input data, and an output to be coupled to a second application voltage node associated with the first arm of the Mach-Zehnder modulator. The first driver and the second driver differentially drive the first and second application voltage nodes associated with the first arm of the Mach-Zehnder modulator to result in a voltage swing associated with a voltage applied to the first arm that is twice the supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Manohar Bhavsar Nagaraju, Sean P. Anderson, Alexander Christopher Kurylak, Kadaba Lakshmikumar
  • Publication number: 20200110291
    Abstract: An optical modulator, a substrate for an optical modulator, a method of manufacturing an optical modulator, and a method of manufacturing a substrate for an optical modulator that can reduce a propagation loss are provided. An optical modulator 1 according to an embodiment includes: a base substrate 10; a waveguide substrate 20 disposed over the base substrate 10 and including an electro-optic effect; a waveguide 23 formed on the waveguide substrate 20 for performing optical modulation; and an electrode 40 configured to apply a voltage to the waveguide 23. Here, the base substrate 10 and the waveguide substrate 20 are made of the same material, the waveguide 23 is formed inside the waveguide substrate 20, and a refractive index of the waveguide substrate 20 is larger than a refractive index of the base substrate 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Toshifumi YONAI, Kazuhito KISHIDA, Rinzo KAYANO, Satoru OHSAKI, Kengo OGAWA, Kouhei KURIMOTO, Hiroaki YOKOTA, Shoji KAKIO
  • Publication number: 20200110292
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device that includes a display area having an appearance of a specific color in a non-driving state or displaying a specific screen by using PDLC to improve esthetic appearance as in a home appliance. The display device comprises a reflective dispersed layer arranged on a display panel, wherein the reflective dispersed layer includes a PDLC layer between a first substrate and a second substrate, and a transflective layer arranged between the PDLC layer and the second substrate to transmit light externally emitted from the display panel and reflect externally incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: JinYeong KIM, DongHoon Lee, JinWoo Park, Bogyun Chung
  • Publication number: 20200110293
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer, and has a display region defined by a plurality of pixels. The first substrate has a pixel electrode provided in each of the plurality of pixels. The second substrate has a first, a second, and a third color filter having a striped pattern extending in a first direction, and a light blocking layer. The display region includes a first and a second region spaced apart from each other in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction, and a third region located between the first and second regions and including the center of the display region. The light blocking layer includes, in each of the first, second, and third regions, a plurality of first light blocking portions extending in the first direction, and a plurality of second light blocking portions extending in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: YUKIO YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200110294
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate comprising an insulating film, a first organic layer on the insulating film, and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix in an active area. The display device further includes a second substrate comprising a black matrix and a second organic layer stacked on the black matrix. The display device also includes a seal material that attaches the first substrate and the second substrate in a circumference area outside the active area. The first organic layer includes a first opening portion which exposes the insulating film, the second organic layer includes a second opening portion which exposes the black matrix, and the first opening portion and the second opening portion overlap the seal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Ayumi MORI
  • Publication number: 20200110295
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel and a display, wherein a conductive particle is sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate of the display panel, and a non-display region on the second substrate is arranged with a plurality of metal traces; the conductive particle is accommodated in a hollow hole on the escape region formed by the metal trace, and one end of the conductive particle is disposed on an adhesive dispensing region formed by the metal trace, and the other end is abutted against the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Shishuai Huang
  • Publication number: 20200110296
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel capable of reducing display defects due to bubbles. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes, sequentially from a back side to a viewing side, a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate. The first substrate includes, sequentially from a liquid crystal layer side, a pixel electrode and an organic insulating film in contact with the pixel electrode. The organic insulating film is provided with a void at a position overlapping an end of the pixel electrode. Preferably, the second substrate includes a black matrix and the void overlaps the black matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: HAJIME SAITOH
  • Publication number: 20200110297
    Abstract: A light control device includes: a light control element including first and second base members, first and second electrodes, a liquid crystal layer, and first and second terminals electrically connected to the first and second electrodes; and a drive circuit that applies a first drive voltage to the first terminal and applies a second drive voltage having a polarity different from that of the first drive voltage to the second terminal. The first drive voltage is set to a first voltage in a first period, is set to a second voltage lower than the first voltage in a second period, is set to a third voltage lower than the second voltage in a third period, and is set to a fourth voltage lower than the second voltage and higher than the third voltage in a fourth period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200110298
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. In some embodiments of the disclosure, opening support structures are arranged between a first substrate and a second substrate in at least a sub-area corresponding to the largest one of respective first spacings, that is, the opening support structures are arranged in at least the sub-area in which connection segments of touch signal lines are the most sparsely arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Donghua LI, Xiaoli WEI, Xiufeng ZHOU, Boping SHEN
  • Publication number: 20200110299
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device, the display panel includes a substrate; a display area, defined at a surface of the substrate, the display area includes a plurality of unit pixel areas, an outer edge of one of the unit pixel areas encloses to form area A1; a photo spacer, including a main photo spacer, one end of the main photo spacer fixedly connects to the substrate, an outer edge of the other end of the main photo spacer encloses to form area A2, A1 and A2 satisfy a relationship: 0.0001?A2/A1?0.0004; and/or, the photo spacer includes an auxiliary photo spacer, one end of the main photo spacer fixedly connects to the substrate, an outer edge of the other end of the auxiliary photo spacer encloses to form an area A3, A1 and A3 satisfy a relationship: 1/100<A3/A1?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Jianfeng Shan
  • Publication number: 20200110300
    Abstract: A display device includes a display substrate including a display area and a pad region, a first pad portion including a plurality of first pad terminals, the plurality of first pad terminals being arranged in a first direction, and a printed circuit board (PCB) including a base film and a second pad portion. The second pad is electrically connected to the first pad portion. The second pad portion includes a plurality of second pad terminals electrically connected to the plurality of first pad terminals, and a plurality of first test lines. The plurality of second pad terminals includes a plurality of sub-pad terminals. One of the plurality of first lines is connected to a first sub-pad terminal of the plurality of sub-pad terminals, and a second sub-pad terminal of the plurality of sub-pad terminals is not connected to any of the plurality of first lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Byoung Yong Kim, Jong Hyuk Lee, Jeong Ho Hwang
  • Publication number: 20200110301
    Abstract: A control system for a switchable privacy display apparatus comprises sensors arranged to determine device location, operating environment, document type, application type and further comprises a privacy policy for control of privacy images. High image visibility is provided for public mode operation while in privacy mode a high visual security level may be obtained by means of control of image luminance, contrast and white point in response to the privacy policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Harrold, Robert A. Ramsey, Michael G. Robinson, Graham J. Woodgate
  • Publication number: 20200110302
    Abstract: A display panel includes display pixels, a display area in which an image is displayed, and a non-display area in which no image is displayed. A boundary between the display area and the non-display area has a shape including a curve portion. The display pixels include center section display pixels and peripheral section display pixels. The center section display pixels are disposed in a center section of the display area. The peripheral section display pixels are disposed in sections of the display panel including the boundary between the display area and the non-display area. The peripheral section display pixels are formed as if by dividing the center section display pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KUROE, Noriyuki OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200110303
    Abstract: A display panel includes an upper display substrate and a lower display substrate. The upper display substrate includes a base substrate, a first partition wall on the base substrate, overlapping the light blocking area, and configured to define first, second, and third internal regions corresponding to the first, second, and third pixel areas, a second partition wall extending from the first partition wall, overlapping at least one area of the first, second, and third pixel areas, and configured to partition a region corresponding to the at least one area into partial regions, and first, second, and third color control layers respectively located in the first, second, and third internal regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Chang-hun LEE, Min-jae KIM, Min-hee KIM, Taehoon KIM, Kyunghae PARK, Joon-hyoung PARK, Danbi YANG
  • Publication number: 20200110304
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light emitting module to emit light; a first prism sheet provided on the light emitting module; a reflective polarizing sheet provided on the first prism sheet to transmit first polarized light of the light exiting the first prism sheet and reflect second polarized light of the light exiting the first prism sheet; a second prism sheet provided on the reflective polarizing sheet; and a liquid crystal panel provided on the second prism sheet, the liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizing sheet provided on a first side the liquid crystal cell, and a second polarizing sheet provided between the second prism sheet and a second side of the liquid crystal cell, wherein the second prism sheet is configured to control a transmission angle at which the light exiting the reflective polarizing sheet is transmitted by the liquid crystal cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Chol LEE, Wook Jae JEON, Nam Seok ROH, Kwan Sik MIN
  • Publication number: 20200110305
    Abstract: Disclosed is an array substrate, a display panel, and a display. Wherein the array substrate comprises: a substrate and a reflecting electrode disposed on the substrate. The reflecting electrode comprises a first recessed portion, and the inner wall of the first recessed portion is provided with at least two reflective surfaces that are connected and have different inclinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Fengyun Yang, Entsung Cho
  • Publication number: 20200110306
    Abstract: An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Takashi Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20200110307
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a substrate; a plurality of first light-emitting elements disposed in a first area of the substrate; a plurality of second light-emitting elements disposed in a second area of the substrate; a first power line disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of first light-emitting elements; a second power line disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of second light-emitting elements; a first circuit connecting element electrically connected to the first power line; and a first power supply element electrically connected to the first circuit connecting element. A projection of the first area on the substrate does not overlap a projection of the second area on the substrate, and the first area is closer to the first circuit connecting element than the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Heng-Chang CHANG, Chin-Lung TING
  • Publication number: 20200110308
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable operation portion including a switchable display screen portion, a frame holding the display screen portion; a light-emitting diode to light up, flashes, or turns off; a light source substrate provided with the light emitting diode; a light guide member which is fixed to an edge on a front side of the main assembly with respect to the display screen portion and which is provided with an emission opening through which the light emitted by the light emitting diode is directed to an outside. The light guide member is fixed such that a plane of the light emission opening of the light guide member is within a range of 45°±15° with respect to the display screen portion. The emission opening of the light guide member faces the light emitting surface of the light emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Shingo Hattori, Naohiro Seki, Yoshinori Inukai
  • Publication number: 20200110309
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source, a light reflecting unit, and a light diffusing unit. The light reflecting unit is arranged on an exit side of a light exit path with respect to the light source to reflect at least a part of a light emitted from the light source and transmit a part of the light. The light reflecting unit has an angle selecting property such that a reflectance of a light having a small incident angle becomes higher than a reflectance of a light having a large incident angle. The light diffusing unit is arranged between the light source and the light reflecting unit in the light exit path to diffuse the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: TAKESHI MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20200110310
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light source module including a plurality of light sources, and a reflector opposed to the light source module. The reflector includes a plurality of incidence openings on which light from the light sources is made incident, a plurality of emission openings opposed to the incidence openings, and a plurality of reflective surfaces extending from the incidence openings to the emission openings, respectively. Each of the reflective surfaces is formed by combining a plurality of curved surfaces arranged in an optical axis direction of the light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masayuki MIFUNE
  • Publication number: 20200110311
    Abstract: A backlight unit for a display device comprising a chassis, a reflector affixed to the chassis, optical sheets affixed to the chassis, one or more light emitters affixed to the chassis, and optically-calibrated internal support structures. There is an air gap between the reflector and the optical sheets. The optically-calibrated internal support structures are disposed within the air gap and affixed to the chassis. The optically-calibrated internal support structures are configured to increase rigidity of the chassis, and to substantially not alter the uniformity of light emitted by the one or more light emitters through the optical sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Cameron GORDON, Peter Richard OEHLER
  • Publication number: 20200110312
    Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate, a display panel disposed on a first surface of the base substrate, a low-refractive index layer disposed between the first surface and the display panel, a plurality of light source units disposed under a second surface opposite to the first surface of the base substrate, and a plurality of housings that define accommodation recesses and which respectively accommodate the light source units in the accommodation recesses. The light source units are exposed to the base substrate through the accommodation grooves, and the housings are connected to the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: JUNWOO PARK, Oseung YANG
  • Publication number: 20200110313
    Abstract: A display for emitting display light comprising: (a) a light source for emitting a source light; and (b) a filter positioned in the path of said source light, said filter comprising at least short, medium and long filters, wherein said short filter is configured to transmit short-primary light from said source light, said short-primary light comprising a violet portion having wavelengths from 400 to 440 nm and at least a second portion having wavelengths above 440 nm such that said short-primary light is perceptually blue, said short-primary light having a short-primary SPD having a short-primary power between 380-780 nm and a blue power between 440-500 nm, wherein said blue power is less than 5% of said short-primary power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: AURELIEN J.F. DAVID
  • Publication number: 20200110314
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transparent display device, including a transparent display panel and at least one full color light source. The transparent display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposite to each other, and a polymer liquid crystal mixed layer located therebetween. The light source is located at a side of the first substrate distal to the second substrate, and an orthographic projection of the light source on a plane where the first substrate is located is outside the first substrate. The light source is configured to emit light of at least two colors toward the transparent display panel in a time division manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Nanfang JIA, Long WANG, Guangkui QIN
  • Publication number: 20200110315
    Abstract: A photo alignment including a copolymer of a diamine and a dianhydride, wherein the copolymer includes a repeating unit including a first group derived from the diamine and a second group derived from the dianhydride, and wherein any one of the first group and the second group includes a photoreactive group and the other one of the first group and the second group includes at least one selected from a tert-butyl group, a tert-butoxy group, a tert-butyloxycarbonyl group, and a di-tert-butyloxycarbonyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jin-Soo JUNG, Suk Hoon KANG, Baek Kyun JEON
  • Publication number: 20200110316
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate having a first alignment film and an opposing substrate having a second alignment film with liquid crystals sandwiched therebetween. One of the first and second alignment films, comprises a first polyimide produced via polyamide acid ester containing cyclobutane as a precursor and a second polyimide produced via polyamide acid as a precursor. The polyamide acid has a higher polarity than that of the polyamide acid ester. The one of the first and second alignment films is responsive to photo-alignment. A first side of the one of the first and second alignment films is adjacent to the liquid crystals, and a second side thereof is closer to one of the TFT substrate and the counter substrate than the first side. The first side contains more of the first polyimide and less of the second polyimide than the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Noboru KUNIMATSU, Chikae Matsui, Hidehiro Sonoda, Yuko Matsumoto, Shoichi Uchino, Masaki Matsumori, Yasushi Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20200110317
    Abstract: A lifting apparatus, ultraviolet irradiation apparatus for alignment, and substrate alignment method. The lifting apparatus comprises: a support plate, provided with multiple lifting rods passing therethrough, each lifting rod being provided with at least one through hole (13) through which a respective lifting rod passes and extends along a vertical direction; an air producing mechanism, in communication with each through hole (13); and a transmission mechanism, disposed at the lower end of the lifting rods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicants: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Chin HUANG
  • Publication number: 20200110318
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first wiring and a second wiring positioned on the substrate, a thin film transistor (“TFT”) connected to the first wiring and the second wiring, and a pixel electrode connected to the TFT and including a transverse branch part, a longitudinal branch part, minute branches extending from the transverse branch part and the longitudinal branch part, and an outer branch part connecting end parts of the minute branches and adjacent to the storage electrode line, where a shortest distance from a center part of at least one side of the outer branch part to at least one side of the first wiring is different from a shortest distance from an edge part of at least one side of the outer branch part to at least one side of the first wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Cheol SHIN, Hak Sun CHANG, Se Hyun LEE, Seung Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20200110319
    Abstract: A liquid crystal apparatus as an electro-optical device includes a base material as a substrate, a TFT as a transistor, a second scanning line having a light shielding property in a layer between a semiconductor layer of the TFT and the base material, and a light shielding layer disposed between the second scanning line and an adjacent second scanning line adjacent to the second scanning line so as to overlap each of an end portion of the one second scanning line and an end portion of the adjacent second scanning line, in plan view from a normal line direction on one surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori KAWATA, Mitsutaka OHORI
  • Publication number: 20200110320
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including pixel electrodes, a first data line extending in the first direction and through which a data signal is supplied to the pixel electrodes in a first region that is close to one ends of the pixel electrodes in the first direction, and a second data line extending in the first direction and through which a data signal is supplied to the pixel electrodes in a second region that is closer to another ends of the pixel electrodes in the first direction than the first region is, and a driver circuit disposed close to the one ends of the pixel electrodes and configured to supply a data signal to each of the pixel electrodes through the first data line and the second data line. The first data line and the second data line are overlapped with each other in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Masakatsu TOMINAGA
  • Publication number: 20200110321
    Abstract: An electro-optic device comprises a first substrate having a rear surface and a second substrate having a front surface opposed to the rear surface of the first surface; a cavity defined between the opposed rear surface of the first substrate and the front surface of the second substrate; a sealing member bonding first substrate and second substrate together in a spaced apart relationship; and a bi-level bus bar assembly comprising a first layer and a second layer, and disposed between the first and second substrates. The bi-level bus bar assembly extends along at least a portion of a perimeter of the electro-optic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Adam R. Heintzelman
  • Publication number: 20200110322
    Abstract: A switchable device is provided. The switchable device includes an electro-optic element switchable between a darkened state and a transmissive state in addition to a sensor having a field of view at least partially defined by a perimeter portion of the electro-optic element. The darkened state is configured to mask the sensor and visibly match the perimeter portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Adam R. Heintzelman, George A. Neuman, David J. Cammenga, Mario F. Saenger Nayver, Jian Gao, Xiaoxu Niu
  • Publication number: 20200110323
    Abstract: A Fourier-transform interferometer includes a phase change plate including a reflective layer configured to reflect a first light that is incident, and a meta surface configured to locally and differently change a phase of the first light that is reflected. The Fourier-transform interferometer further includes a photodetector configured to detect a second light, and a transflective mirror and a mirror configured to transmit a first part of a third light that is incident, to the phase change plate, transmit a remaining part of the third light, to the photodetector, and transmit the first light of which the phase is locally and differently changed, to the photodetector. The photodetector is further configured to detect an interference pattern between the remaining part of the third light and the first light of which the phase is locally and differently changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yeonsang PARK
  • Publication number: 20200110324
    Abstract: An electrically tunable focusing achromatic lens includes a first liquid crystal cell, a second liquid crystal cell, and first and second electrode layer units which have two predetermined patterns for permitting two predetermined radially varying electric fields to be generated to across the first and second liquid crystal cells, respectively, to thereby allow one of the first and second liquid crystal cells to acquire a predetermined positive optical power and the other one of the first and second liquid crystal cells to acquire a predetermined negative optical power. When an incident light passes through the first and second liquid crystal cells, chromatic aberration of the first liquid crystal cell can be counterbalanced by that of the second liquid crystal cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Jen WANG, Hung-Chun LIN, Yi-Hsin LIN
  • Publication number: 20200110325
    Abstract: A method of phase optimization of an optical phased array (OPA) includes: performing a phase optimization in a beam forming process with respect to a single focal point, wherein the performing the phase optimization in the beam forming process may include: performing a first phase optimization in a first method to obtain a first beam phase profile; and performing a second phase optimization on the first beam phase profile in a second method that is different form the first method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jisan LEE, Inoh HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200110326
    Abstract: An imaging system comprises a light source generating a pump beam, and an optical coupling system for receiving an input beam of infrared light from a scene and combining the input beam with the pump beam, wherein an intensity of the pump beam is higher than an intensity of the input beam. The imaging system further comprises a crystal configured for adiabatically mixing the beams and providing an output beam having a frequency which is a sum of frequencies of the input and pump beams, and a visible, near-infrared or ultraviolet light imager configured for collecting and to spectrally resolving the output beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
    Inventors: Haim SUCHOWSKI, Michael MREJEN, Assaf LEVANON
  • Publication number: 20200110327
    Abstract: A concealing device for an imager of a vehicle includes a photochromic lens cover with an external surface that is co-extensive with an adjacent portion of the vehicle and disposed proximate a lens of the imager. The photochromic lens cover is operable between a first condition wherein the photochromic lens cover is exposed to ultraviolet light and darkens to a transmissivity of less than 15% and a second condition wherein the photochromic lens cover includes a transmissivity of greater than 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Robert R. Turnbull, Xiaoxu Niu, David J. Cammenga
  • Publication number: 20200110328
    Abstract: A projection display device includes a light source part including a first light source part that emits first color light and a second light source part that emits second color light having an emission intensity distribution different from that of the first color light, an image generator that generates an image on a basis of light emitted from the light source part, and a projection lens that projects the light outputted from the image generator onto a projection surface and has a projection optical axis that is shifted from a reference optical axis of the device as a whole. An emission optical axis of the first light source part is shifted to a direction opposite to a direction of the projection optical axis having been shifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: RYO MIYAO, MARIKO OBINATA, MASA TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200110329
    Abstract: A light source system includes a first light source emitting first laser; a wavelength conversion device; a driver device driving the wavelength conversion device to move in such a manner that regions of the wavelength conversion device sequentially and periodically receive the first laser; a second light source emitting supplementary light consistent in color with light emitted by one primary color light region; a control device controlling on and off of the second light source, the control device controlling the second light source to be on in at least two of: every time period during which a primary color light region of a same color is receiving the first laser, every time period during which the mixed color light region is receiving the first laser, and some time periods during which a primary color light region of a different color is receiving the first laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei HU, Yuxuan ZHOU, Yi LI
  • Publication number: 20200110330
    Abstract: A miniature optical design of an interior projection lighting system is suitable for automotive applications. The design provides an image, such as a logo, with suitable image quality on a desired vehicle surface. The design accounts for tilt between the projector and a target vehicle surface and includes minimal constituent parts, for example as few as two lenses, so as to minimize track length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Ron CHATTERJEE, Jinwon SUNG
  • Publication number: 20200110331
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to an apparatus for projecting a light spot, comprising a light source emitting a light beam having a wavelength and a divergence angle, a mirror arranged in the path of the light beam to deflect said light beam about a nominal deflection angle, the mirror having a surface with a known curvature, and a collimation lens arranged between the light source and the mirror in the path of the light beam, wherein the lens is mounted at a distance z1?f1 from the light source, f1 being the focal length of the lens, and wherein the distance z1 is chosen such that the width of the deflected light beam has a minimum at a pre-determined projection distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: TriLite Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Reitterer, Franz Fidler, Anna Balbekova, Gerhard Schmid, Ferdinand Saint Julien-Wallsee
  • Publication number: 20200110332
    Abstract: Multiple model functions may be calculated by detecting alignment marks on a semiconductor wafer structure. The model functions may be combined to determine a combined model function by using a weight function that assigns a different weight to each of basis functions of the model functions. Thus, even when asymmetry of alignment marks or overlay marks has high dependency on a horizontal location on a wafer, reliability of exposure process is insured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: MOO-SONG LEE, Seung-yoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20200110333
    Abstract: The present invention provides a forming apparatus that forms a composition on a substrate using a mold including a contact region to be brought into contact with the composition, comprising: a deformation unit configured to deform the contact region; and a controller configured to perform, for each of a first shot region and a second shot region on the substrate, a process of bringing the contact region and the composition on the substrate into contact with each other while controlling the deformation of the contact region, wherein an area where the mold faces the substrate during the process is different between the first and second shot regions, and wherein the controller is configured to change, between the first and second shot regions, a process condition for bringing the contact region and the composition into contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Setsuo Yoshida, Tosiya Asano
  • Publication number: 20200110334
    Abstract: A coloring composition includes a colorant, a radically polymerizable compound, a photo-radical polymerization initiator, and a thermal-radical polymerization initiator, in which the thermal-radical polymerization initiator includes at least one selected from a pinacol compound or an ?-hydroxyacetophenone compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shoichi NAKAMURA