Array Or Matrix Patents (Class 250/553)
  • Patent number: 11921327
    Abstract: A cable management arrangement (1000) is disclosed. In one aspect, a plurality of cables (1002) extending between first and second ends is provided. The arrangement (1000) can also include a supporting sheet (1004) having a first side and a second side, wherein the plurality of cables (1002) is removably adhered to the supporting sheet first side by a first adhesive (1010). A second adhesive (1012) can be provided on at least a portion of the supporting sheet second side and a protection sheet (1014) can be provided to cover the second adhesive (1012). A protection sheet (1014) can be provided that is removable from the supporting sheet (1004) to allow the supporting sheet (1004) to be adhered to a surface. A telecommunications arrangement is also disclosed in which the aforementioned cable management arrangement (1000) is mounted to a telecommunications tray (112) via the second adhesive (1012).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Pieter Vermeulen, Bart Vos
  • Patent number: 11822033
    Abstract: Methods and systems for implementing and utilizing radiometric characterization in combination with reference material characterization of an optical sensor to more accurately and efficiently measure material properties are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method for for optically measuring material properties includes an optical sensor being radiometrically characterized based on measured optical responses. A model is generated and includes model components of the optical sensor. A parameterized model is generated by fitting n variable parameters of the model components using the optical responses. The optical sensor is utilized to measure an optical response to a reference material and a re-parameterized model is generated by re-fitting m of the n variable parameters of the model components based, at least in part, on the measured optical response to the reference material, wherein m is less than n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Li, Christopher Michael Jones, James Martin Price, Bin Dai
  • Patent number: 10928321
    Abstract: An optical assembly 140 for a portable device for detecting molecule(s) within reaction vessels 110 comprises a collimator 403, a beam splitter arrangement and a plurality of guide arrangements 143. The collimator 403 collimates an excitation beam from an excitation source 400. The beam splitter arrangement splits the excitation beam from the collimator into a plurality of split excitation beams. Each beam splitter splits an incoming beam into two beams. In the case where the beam splitter arrangement comprises more than one beam splitter, the beam splitters are arranged in tiers such that a first tier comprises one beam splitter for receiving the excitation beam from the collimator, and each of the other tiers comprises one or more beam splitters. Each beam splitter in at least one of the other tiers receives a split excitation beam from a previous tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventor: Christopher Bruce Rawle
  • Patent number: 10831242
    Abstract: A folding device includes a power assembly, at least one movement assembly coupled with the power assembly, and at least one group of connecting rod assembly movably coupled with the movement assembly. The connecting rod assembly is configured to movably couple with a flexible panel, and the power assembly is arranged to be fixed relative to the flexible panel. The movement assembly is configured to be moved by the power assembly, the connecting rod assembly is configured to move along with the movement assembly and rotate relative to the movement assembly, and at least a part of the flexible panel is driven by the connecting rod assembly to move and be in a folded state or an unfolded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingsong He, Bin Lin, Song Li
  • Patent number: 10157573
    Abstract: An active matrix display where in one embodiment each cell comprises: a driving circuit for providing current to light emitting devices placed in the cell under the control of a data driver signal, a first light emitting device location connected to the driving circuit and a second light emitting device location connected in series to the first light emitting device location. A first thin-film transistor (TFT) is connected in parallel with the first light emitting device location and a second TFT is connected in parallel with the second light emitting device location, its gate node connected to the gate node of the first TFT. One terminal of a third TFT is connected to the gate nodes of the first and second TFTs and selectively connects a control signal to the first and second TFTs under the control of a scan driver signal. The control signal determines which of a first or second light emitting device placed in the cell emits light when the driving circuit provides current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ilias Pappas, Sean Lord, Yu-Hsuan Li
  • Patent number: 10096348
    Abstract: An electronic memory array includes a plurality of memory domains, a current controller, and a selector device. Each memory domain includes a plurality of bit cells. The current controller includes a current controller output electrically connectable to said plurality of memory domains and is configured to control a bit cell current. The selector device is electrically connected to the current controller and the plurality of memory domains. The selector device is configured to selectively electrically connect the current controller output to only a select one of said memory domains, such that the current controller controls only the bit cell current of the bit cells of the select memory domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: John K. Lynch, Pedro P. Irazoqui
  • Patent number: 9983500
    Abstract: An optical writing device performing optical writing with a light-emitting element, performing light amount switching, and including: a unit estimating a first value corresponding to a current amount for causing the element to emit a first light amount immediately after the switching; a unit supplying to the element, from immediately after the switching, a current amount corresponding to a first digital value acquired by quantizing the first value; a unit estimating a time amount through which a current amount for keeping the element emitting the first light amount increases from the current amount for causing the element to emit the first light amount immediately after the switching to a current amount corresponding to a second digital value greater than the first digital value by one step; and a unit supplying to the element, when the time amount elapses after the switching, the current amount corresponding to the second digital value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: So Yano, Yasushi Nagasaka, Masayuki Iijima, Takahiro Matsuo, Takaki Uemura, Akira Taniyama
  • Patent number: 9891432
    Abstract: An object detection device includes: a light projection unit that includes a light source having a plurality of light emitting units that are arranged along at least one direction; a light scanning unit that scans light emitted from the light projection unit along the one direction; a light receiving unit that receives light emitted from the light scanning unit and reflected on an object; and a control unit that determines a light emitting unit to be turned on among the light emitting units, according to a direction of travel of light scanned by the light scanning unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kohji Sakai
  • Patent number: 9534969
    Abstract: A system and method for tactile sensing using thin film optical sensing networks is disclosed. A sensing network includes an array of optical pathways arranged in a flexible material. Each optical pathway has an input at a first end and an output at a second end. A light source is coupled to the input of each respective associated optical pathway. Each light source directs a light signal having a first predetermined frequency and characteristic into the associated optical pathway. A light detector is coupled to the output of each respective associated optical pathway. Each light detector receives a light signal from the associated optical pathway and generates an output signal corresponding to the magnitude of the received light signal at a second predetermined frequency. A processor receives the output signals from each light detector and determines an amount of pressure applied to the sensing network based on the received signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Hunt, Timothy E. Bridges
  • Patent number: 9439558
    Abstract: A body-introducable apparatus includes: a light source unit having a first light source that outputs first light and a second light source that outputs second light in a wavelength band different from that of the first light; a light distribution matching unit that matches distributions of the first light and the second light; an illuminating control unit that illuminates the inside of the subject by driving the light source unit; and an imaging unit that captures an image of the inside of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Minai, Shinsuke Tanaka, Tatsuya Orihara, Yutaka Koshikawa, Kazuaki Tamura, Takeshi Mori
  • Patent number: 9146225
    Abstract: A method for detecting hydrocarbons with an underwater vehicle equipped with one or more measurement components is described. The method includes navigating the UV within the body of water; monitoring the body of water with measurement components associated with the UV to collect measurement data. The collected data from the UV is used to determine whether hydrocarbons are present and at the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Pottorf, Leonard J. Srnka, William Bond, Sebastien L. Dreyfus, Michael Lawson, William P. Meurer, Daniel P. Cherney, Steven R. May, William G. Powell, Christopher J. Vandewater, Mehmet D. Ertas, Kurt W. Rudolph, Sumathy Raman, Aaron B. Regberg, A. Lucie N'Guessan, Amelia C. Robinson
  • Patent number: 8754859
    Abstract: An electro-optic display comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer; a layer of a solid electro-optic material; and a backplane (162) bearing a plurality of pixel electrodes. A peripheral portion of the backplane extends outwardly beyond the layer of solid electro-optic material and bears a plurality of radiation generators (166) and a plurality of radiation detectors (168), the radiation generators and detectors together being arranged to act as a touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Holly G. Gates, Robert W. Zehner, Russell J. Wilcox, Matthew J. Aprea
  • Patent number: 8734008
    Abstract: An active sensor apparatus includes an array of sensor elements arranged in a plurality of columns and rows of sensor elements. The sensor apparatus includes a plurality of column and row thin film transistor switches for selectively activating the sensor elements, and a plurality of column and row thin film diodes for selectively accessing the sensor elements to obtain information from the sensor elements. The thin film transistor switches and thin film diodes are formed on a common substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Next Biometrics AS
    Inventor: Matias N. Troccoli
  • Patent number: 8677931
    Abstract: A pattern having exceptionally small features is printed on a partially fabricated integrated circuit during integrated circuit fabrication. The pattern is printed using an array of probes, each probe having: 1) a photocatalytic nanodot at its tip; and 2) an individually controlled light source. The surface of the partially fabricated integrated circuit comprises a photochemically active species. The active species undergoes a chemical change when contacted by the nanodot, when the nanodot is illuminated by light. To print a pattern, each probe raster-scans its associated nanodot across the surface of the partially fabricated integrated circuit. When the nanodot reaches a desired location, the nanodot is illuminated by the light source, catalyzing a change in the reactive species and, thus, printing at that location. Subsequently, reacted or unreacted species are selectively removed, thereby forming a mask pattern over the partially fabricated integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Gurtej S. Sandhu
  • Patent number: 8643574
    Abstract: To determine a deterioration and maintain a high-quality image without unevenness of brightness by performing a precise correction, a detection scanning line for selecting a pixel which detects a deterioration of a pixel, a detection line for informing the outside of the display area of the property of a pixel selected for detecting the deterioration, a deterioration determination means for determining a deterioration amount based on a voltage corresponding to a current detected by the detection line, and a deterioration correction means (computation circuit) for reflecting the determination result of the deterioration determination means in image data supplied to the pixel, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhide Miyamoto, Tohru Kohno, Masato Ishii, Naruhiko Kasai, Hajime Akimoto
  • Patent number: 8564580
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including a first light sensor unit configured to include a light-receiving element and detect intensity of ambient light to a display area; a second light sensor unit configured to include a light-receiving element and be provided with an infrared filter disposed on an optical path to the light-receiving element; and a signal processor configured to execute difference processing for a detection signal of the first light sensor unit and a detection signal of the second light sensor unit, wherein the infrared filter is formed by stacking at least two kinds of color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventors: Eiji Sakai, Takayuki Nakanishi, Seiji Uejima
  • Patent number: 8363042
    Abstract: An improved method for photon transfer curve (PTC) testing in an image sensor is described. A cost and time savings is achieved by reducing the number of frames necessary for measurements to two that are generated by illuminating a first plurality of pixel rows at a first intensity level m1, a second plurality of pixel rows at a second intensity level t2, and so forth up to an nth plurality of pixel rows illuminated at an nth intensity level mn where mn>m2>m1. The resulting image has “n” regions each with a different brightness. The highest intensity level essentially saturates the pixels in the nth region. In one example, a four row exposure and five intensity levels are employed in the illuminator sequence. An intelligent light source is pre-programmable with illumination intensity settings and is synchronized to the image sensor using HSYNC and VSYNC signals, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Digital Imaging Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Nussbächer, Giuseppe D'onofrio
  • Publication number: 20120085944
    Abstract: Filtering matrix structure comprising at least three color filters and a plurality of near Infrared filters, each one of the color filters and the near Infrared filters having an optimum transmission frequency, wherein the filtering matrix structure is made of n metal layers (m1, m2, m3) and n substantially transparent layers (d1, d2, d3) which alternate between a first metal layer (m1) and an nth substantially transparent layer (d3), each of the n metal layers (m1, m2, m3) having a constant thickness and at least one substantially transparent layer having a variable thickness which sets the optimum transmission frequency of each color filter and each near Infrared filter, n being an integer larger than or equal to 2. Application to 3D mapping and imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Pierre Gidon, Gilles Grand, Laurent Frey, Pascale Parrein
  • Patent number: 8125426
    Abstract: In an image displaying apparatus, first and second detecting units detect quantities of light propagating through a light path at two different locations. A variation calculating unit calculates the variation in the light quantity in the light path based on the quantities of light detected by each of the first and second detecting units. A controlling unit controls the quantity of light propagated to the screen if the variation in the light quantity exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Nagase, Jun Someya, Hiroaki Sugiura, Hiroshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110253915
    Abstract: LED transceiver front end circuitry and related methods are disclosed that use an LED or LEDs to transmit light in a transmit state and to receive incident light in a receive state while helping to reduce effects of power supply noise and ripple and device leakage currents on incident light measurements in applications where such conditions exist. In the disclosed embodiments and implementations, a controlled voltage is applied across an LED or LEDs or a reference voltage is applied to an LED chain or LED to help reduce the effects of power supply noise and ripple and device leakage currents on incident light measurements during a receive state of operation. Further, with respect to the LED chain, one or more resistors are coupled in parallel to the LEDs in the LED chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: David J. Knapp
  • Publication number: 20110250708
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) array is provided that includes applying an energizing signal to at least one of the OLED pixels in the array. The energizing signal exceeds a threshold level. The method also includes reducing the energizing signal and identifying an OLED in the array that continues to remain energized. The method further includes irradiating the identified OLED to degrade the organic material in the OLED. A method of performing quality control in a manufacturing process of an OLED array is provided. The method includes determining an intensity, a time and a wavelength of radiation sufficient to render an OLED of the OLED array inoperative by degrading organic material in the OLED. A system of performing quality control in a manufacturing process of an OLED array is provided. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: EMAGIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Amalkumar P. Ghosh
  • Patent number: 8009129
    Abstract: During a blanking period of a video signal, an element driving transistor for controlling a drive current supplied to an EL element is operated in its saturation region to thereby set the EL element to an emission level, and a current flowing through the EL element at that time is detected. Each current detector includes a current detection amplifier and a successive approximation type AD converter, and a DA converter of the successive approximation type AD converter is commonly shared among a plurality of the AD converters. With this arrangement, sufficient AD converting speed can be attained while using a simple structure to execute current detection for correcting display variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Yuichi Matsuo, Takashi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20110140010
    Abstract: Method for detecting an undesired object or flaw in relation to a background, wherein radiation with a first characteristic is cast by a first radiation source onto and close to the background and the location where the undesired object or flaw is to be expected, wherein radiation generated by the radiation source and reflected, dispersed, diffracted or transmitted by the undesired object is sensed by one or more radiation sensors, and wherein radiation is cast onto the location by a second radiation source with a second characteristic, which is disposed and/or has a second radiation characteristic such that apparent flaws can be removed relatively easily from the image signal sensed by the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Peter Jensen Akkerman, Dan Van Der Meer, Sjoerd Van Der Zwaan, Frederik Nico Endtz, Arend Van De Stadt
  • Publication number: 20110134425
    Abstract: A multi-channel arrayed isosbestic wavelength detection system comprises an arrayed light source board, an arrayed photoelectric sensor board, and an intermediate system frame. The arrayed light source board and arrayed photoelectric sensor board are assembled at opposite sides of the intermediate system frame. In addition, the arrayed light source system has a plurality of light-emitting elements, each of which comprises two monochromatic light sources that provide main wavelength and reference wavelength respectively, and the two wavelengths are isosbestic wavelengths. The arrayed photoelectric sensor system has a plurality of photoelectric sensors, which are aligned at fixed positions in one-to-one correspondence with the light-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Yu Aimin, Zhende Wang
  • Patent number: 7893916
    Abstract: A luminance compensation device for a backlight module and a method thereof are provided herein. In the present invention, a light sensor unit is utilized to sense a light intensity of the backlight module. A difference parameter based on the sensed light intensity and a preset luminance is calculated. Then, a gamma curve, a video data, or light intensity of the backlight module is adjusted according to the difference parameter. As a result, the level of display quality affected by the temperature or the aging of the backlight module can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Hsien-Wang Wei
  • Patent number: 7791498
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for driving LEDs. The apparatus comprise a plurality of red, green, and blue light emitting diodes connected, respectively; switching units turned on or off by an inputted pulse to turn on or off the red, green and blue light emitting diodes, respectively; and a control unit outputting respective pulses to sequentially delay a turn-on or turn-off time between the switching units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong Soo Park
  • Publication number: 20100220306
    Abstract: A method for providing an actinic illumination energizes solid-state light sources in an array, wherein each solid-state light source emits actinic light of a predetermined wavelength, directs the emitted actinic light from the solid state light sources through one or more compound parabolic concentrators, and forms a field conjugate to an objective lens by directing the concentrated actinic light from each compound parabolic concentrator through one or more lens elements in a lens array. Emission of one or more of the solid state light sources is adjusted to obtain a predetermined illumination pupil envelope function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph D. Malach, James Edson Webb
  • Publication number: 20100163760
    Abstract: To ensure satisfactory visibility even when the light emitting area of the light emitting element for displaying the operation state is small. At least one of a light projector or a light receiver is provided with a display portion for displaying an operation state of the multi-optical axis photoelectric sensor at a side position in the vicinity of the light projecting portion or the light receiving portion of the front surface of the housing. The display portion includes a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a line in the longitudinal direction while facing the front surface of the housing in the housing, and a plurality of light guiding bodies for guiding the light emitted by each of light emitting elements to the front surface of the housing. Each of light guiding bodies is arranged with the incident end face facing the light emitting element and the exit end face facing the front surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Toshinori SATO
  • Publication number: 20100141963
    Abstract: A sensing system includes a frame having a first boundary, a second boundary, a third boundary and a fourth boundary and defining a sensing area therein, a light source module for providing light to the sensing area, a first image sensor, a second image sensor, a third image sensor and a mirror component. The first image sensor is disposed between two neighboring ends of the first and second boundaries. The second image sensor is disposed between two neighboring ends of the second and third boundaries. The third image sensor is disposed between two neighboring ends of the first and fourth boundaries. The mirror component is disposed at the fourth boundary. A locating method of the sensing system can determine a location of a pointer accurately and avoid a problem of a blind zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Teng-Wei HSU, Hsin-Chi Cheng
  • Publication number: 20100051834
    Abstract: An inspection system for inspecting a sheet of glass comprises an illumination module, a collimating lens system, a telecentric imaging lens system and a Time Delay Integration line-scan camera. The illumination module has a low coherence light source emitting light. The collimating lens system has a focal point on the main axis thereof on which focal point its light source is located. The collimating lens system produces a collimated sheet of light from the emitted light. This collimated sheet of light passes through the sheet of glass. The telecentric imaging lens system concentrates the sheet of light passed through the sheet of glass on an image formation plane. The Time Delay Integration line-scan camera is positioned in a general area of the image formation plane. The camera is equipped with an antiblooming device. In another embodiment, an inspection system for inspecting a sheet of glass comprises a camera and a peripheral RDF illumination module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventor: Aleksey Lopatin
  • Patent number: 7642535
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light to have luminosity depending on the magnitude of a driving signal; a plurality of holding units that are respectively disposed in the plurality of light emitting elements, and respectively hold the driving signal to maintain a magnitude regulated such that the luminosity of the plurality of light emitting elements becomes uniform; and a plurality of supply units that are respectively disposed in the plurality of light emitting elements, and supply the driving signal, which is held by the holding units to have a certain magnitude for a period of time according to a gradation of light to be emitted, to a corresponding light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7639154
    Abstract: In order to adjust the luminance of indicator lights of a piece of monitoring and control equipment for an airplane, the control for regulating luminous intensity of legends and displays is used to act on the luminance value of the indicator lights. When the indicator lights are illuminated in a “day” mode, the luminance of the indicator lights is independent from the regulation of the luminous intensity of legends and displays. When the indicator lights are illuminated in a “night” mode corresponding to a reduced luminance of the indicator lights relative to the “day” mode, the luminance of the indicator lights can take at least two values according to the luminous intensity regulation value of the legends and displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Thierry Bourret, Laurent Goutal, Vincent Lautridou
  • Patent number: 7628507
    Abstract: The LED-radiance source is a suitable replacement of lamp-based integrating sphere sources where they are used as stable and uniform radiance sources. The LED-based radiance source includes an array of LEDs having substantially similar radiance output wavelengths and a radiation detector such as a photodiode that detects and monitors radiation directed from the LEDs. Temperature of the LEDs can be controlled by feedback from a photodiode, thereby allowing for control and stabilization of temperature-dependent radiation output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, The National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Inventors: David W. Allen, Howard Yoon
  • Patent number: 7616184
    Abstract: An arrangement matrix of primary color LEDs is provided. The arrangement matrix includes a first LED, a second LED and a third LED. The first LED, the second LED and the third LED are arranged to form a 4×4 lowest matrix unit. The ratio of the numbers of the first LEDs, the second LEDs and the third LEDs is 2:1:1. The first LED, the second LED and the third LED are presented as ?,?, and ?. The arrangement of the lowest repeat matrix unit is shown below: [ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ] .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Han Wen, Pang-Yen Liu
  • Patent number: 7586073
    Abstract: An imaging system comprises a light source module configured to generate a combination beam, a controller configured to control the light source module, an image-capturing module configured to capture the reflected beam by a sample. The light source module comprises a plurality of light-emitting devices configured to emit lights of different wavelengths, and the controller is configured to drive the light-emitting devices to emit the lights to form the combination beam consisting of at least two lights of different wavelengths. An imaging method comprises the steps of forming a first combination beam consisting essentially of at least two lights of different wavelengths, capturing the reflected first combination beam by a sample to have a first image, forming a second combination beam consisting of at least two lights of different wavelengths and capturing the reflected second combination beam by the sample to have a second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chi, Ding Kun Liu
  • Publication number: 20090114858
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light to have luminosity depending on the magnitude of a driving signal; a plurality of holding units that are respectively disposed in the plurality of light emitting elements, and respectively hold the driving signal to maintain a magnitude regulated such that the luminosity of the plurality of light emitting elements becomes uniform; and a plurality of supply units that are respectively disposed in the plurality of light emitting elements, and supply the driving signal, which is held by the holding units to have a certain magnitude for a period of time according to a gradation of light to be emitted, to a corresponding light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7485886
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light to have luminosity depending on the magnitude of a driving signal; a plurality of holding units that are respectively disposed in the plurality of light emitting elements, and respectively hold the driving signal to maintain a magnitude regulated such that the luminosity of the plurality of light emitting elements becomes uniform; and a plurality of supply units that are respectively disposed in the plurality of light emitting elements, and supply the driving signal, which is held by the holding units to have a certain magnitude for a period of time according to a gradation of light to be emitted, to a corresponding light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20080308755
    Abstract: A mechanical joint having at least first and second joint elements arranged in contact with each other. A first surface of the first joint element abuts a second surface of the second joint element and is at least partially provided with at least one optically emitting module. The respective abutting second surface of the second element is provided, at least in part, with at least one optically receiving module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Kenichi Hashizume, Kaoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7462897
    Abstract: The invention is made in view of solving problems in reduction in yield and an aperture ratio in accordance with an increase in the number of transistors which form a pixel, increase in power consumption for holding predetermined luminance to provide a light emitting device having a noble pixel configuration. A light emitting device of the invention includes a unit for applying a forward bias voltage to a first light emitting element so that a first pixel emits light and applying a reverse bias voltage to a second light emitting element, and a unit for applying a reverse bias voltage to the first light emitting element so that the first pixel emits no light and applying a forward bias voltage to the second light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masami Endo
  • Publication number: 20080203332
    Abstract: A fluorometer comprising an excitation system including an excitation source for producing excitation light capable of causing fluorescence in fluorescent material; and a detection system for detecting said fluorescence. The excitation source comprises one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) associated with means for causing said excitation light to form a beam that projects, during use, from the fluorometer. In one embodiment, the excitation system and the detection system are located in respective separate housings, the angular disposition between the housings being adjustable. In other embodiments, the excitation system and the detection system are located in the same housing. The fluorometer is particularly suited for use in detecting leaks in aqueous environments, especially when mounted on an underwater vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel McStay, Anton Forte, Khalid Thabeth, Terrence Greenaway
  • Patent number: 7399982
    Abstract: A special method is provided for more uniformly and quickly curing products with a scratch-resistant UV curable coating or UV curable printing thereon with high intensity UV light, such as for wires, cables, tubes, tubing, hoses, pipes, CDs, DVDs, golf balls, golf tees, eye glass lenses, contact lenses, string instruments, decorative labels, peelable labels, peelable stamps, doors, countertops, etc. The method can also be operated with one or more special UV curing apparatus equipped with a controller and one or more super high power UV-LED modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Con-Trol-Cure, Inc
    Inventor: Stephen B. Siegel
  • Patent number: 7322723
    Abstract: An illumination device has an illumination means formed by an arrangement of a plurality of semiconductor light sources (2) grouped together to form a field. Sensor elements (3) are arranged at individual positions of the field instead of the semiconductor sources (2). A multifunctional headlight can thus be advantageously created. The headlight can be embodied as a robust, compact, low-space unit. By virtue of the fact that the light sources (2) and the sensor elements (3) do not necessarily use the same lens system (1) i.e. each individual element of the multifunctional headlight can be provided with an individually designed lens system (1), the beam path of the illumination device can be separated from the field of vision of the sensor system and can thus be determined independently over large areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Manfred Griesinger, Markus Hartlieb, Wilhelm Kinces, Hans-Georg Leis, Siegfried Rothe
  • Patent number: 7271402
    Abstract: An optical alignment method is for an optical module including a housing unit, a light-sensing unit, and a lens unit. The method includes: (a) through image-capturing techniques, finding a light-sensing component of the light-sensing unit and a predetermined reference point, and determining an actual total optical path length between the light-sensing component and an object position; (b) subtracting a correction distance from the actual total optical path length to obtain a corrected total optical path length; (c) finding a first center line that divides the corrected total optical path length in half; (d) through image-capturing techniques, finding opposite first and second edges of the lens unit, and determining a lens length between the first and second edges; (e) finding a second center line that divides the lens length in half; and (f) assembling the lens unit to the housing unit such that the first and second center lines overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Che Wu
  • Patent number: 7223958
    Abstract: To provide an electro-optical device, such as a display or a printer head having a self-luminous element, in which a light-emitting state of a light-emitting element is detected. The electro-optical device comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in a display region on a substrate in a predetermined pattern, each including a light-emitting element; a plate-like member disposed to overlap the display region and formed of a transparent medium for transmitting light emitted from the plurality of pixel units and internally reflecting a portion of the transmitted light; and light detection means for detecting light that is internally reflected and reaches at least one side of the display region through the inside of the plate-like member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakajima, Katsunori Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7175712
    Abstract: A UV curing apparatus and method is provided for enhancing the distribution and application of UV light to UV photo initiators in a UV curable ink, coating or adhesive. The UV curing apparatus and method comprises UV LED assemblies in a first row with the UV LED assemblies spaced from adjacent UV LED assemblies. At least one second row of a plurality of UV LED assemblies are provided next to the first row but with the UV LED assemblies of the second row positioned adjacent the spaces between adjacent UV LED assemblies in the first row thereby to stagger the second row of UV LED assemblies from the UV LED assemblies in the first row. Desirably, the rows of staggered UV LED assemblies are mounted on a panel. UV curable products, articles or other objects containing UV photo initiators that are in or on a web can be conveyed or otherwise moved past the rows of UV LED assemblies for effective UV curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Con-Trol-Cure, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen B. Siegel
  • Patent number: 7161586
    Abstract: There is described a method of operating an optical motion sensing device comprising a light source and a photodetector device, the method comprising the steps of a) illuminating a surface portion with radiation by means of the light source, b) detecting radiation reflected from the illuminated surface portion by means of the photodetector device, c) detecting and measuring displacement with respect to the illuminated surface portion; and d) outputting motion reports that are each representative of a magnitude of the detected displacement, steps a) to d) defining a flash period and being repeated at a selected flash rate. The method further comprises the steps of e) comparing the magnitude of the detected displacement with a determined displacement threshold, and f) increasing or decreasing the flash rate if the magnitude of the detected displacement is respectively greater or lower than the displacement threshold. There is also described an optical motion sensing device implementing this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin SA
    Inventors: James Harold Lauffenburger, Gil Afriat, Robert R. Rotzoll
  • Patent number: 7161585
    Abstract: There is described a method of post-processing and reporting detected displacement in an optical pointing device as well as a sensing device for an optical pointing device implementing this method. Displacement is detected and a first count representative of a magnitude of the detected displacement is accumulated in an associated accumulation unit, this first count representing the magnitude of the detected displacement at a first resolution (or detection resolution). The first count accumulated in the accumulation unit is processed to convert this first count into a report count representing the magnitude of the detected displacement at a second resolution (or reporting resolution) lower than the first resolution. This report count is then reported, for instance to a PC or an external controller. These operations are repeated to generate periodic motion reports at the second resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin SA
    Inventors: James Harold Lauffenburger, Gil Afriat, Robert R. Rotzoll
  • Patent number: 7154235
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having solar cells and a fabricating method therefor are disclosed. The device comprises a transparent substrate; an organic electroluminescent device on the transparent substrate; and at least one solar cells on the transparent substrate. Besides, the device further comprises a driving unit coupled to the organic electroluminescent device; a transform unit coupled to the solar cells; and a control unit coupled to the driving unit and the transform unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: RiTdisplay Corporation
    Inventors: Jiun-Haw Lee, Ting-Wei Chuang, Chih-Chien Lee, Peir-Jy Hu
  • Patent number: 7135695
    Abstract: A line light source system includes a line light source formed by a number of linearly arranged light emitting elements. A pair of cylindrical lenses converges the light bundles emitted from the respective light emitting elements in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the light emitting elements are arranged, and a pinhole array limits the angle of divergence of the light bundles emitted from the respective light emitting elements with respect to the optical axis of the cylindrical lenses in a direction parallel to the direction in which the light emitting elements are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuo Hakamata
  • Patent number: 7132635
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that employ one or more light sources to reduce the ability to recognize or identify one or more objects. In various examples, one or more LED-based light sources are utilized in camouflaging techniques. The apparatus and methods disclosed relating to camouflaging techniques have wide applicability in a number of environments (and with a number of different objects) including, but not limited to, military, commercial, industrial, sporting, recreational, and entertainment applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Color Kinetics Incorporated
    Inventor: Kevin J. Dowling